Free press., 1907-06-29

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| 95, 900 acres comprises one of the
| finest bodies of Agricultural and Truck
Farming land n the entire state, COM
| mencing about SO miles south of San
! Antonio and about two miles south of
| PleasantOn (the county seat of AtaS-
| cosa County,, and extending through
| Atascosa and a part of McMullen
! Counties, to within II miles of my
| 6O000-acre Live Oak County Ranch,
| which / in four months last year, sold
| to 1000 Home Seekers, on liberal
! terms, without interest on deferred
( payments, which gives the poor man,
I from his savings, a chance to secure
a good farm and town lot for his home
in town. l will donate and turn over
| to three bonded Trustees, $3.50, 900
| from the proceeds of the sale of this
| property to the purchasers, as bonus
to the first railroad built through this
| property on the line which / shall
designate.
This property is located on that mid
| die plain between East Texas, where
: it rains too much, and the arid section
of West Texas, where it does not rain
enough.
Its close proximity to San Antonio,-
| the largest city in the State, with a
claimed population of over 100, 600, en-
hances its value as market for Agri-
cultural and Truck farm products far
beyond the value of similar land not
so favorably located.
Topography.
Level to slightly rolling. Large,
broad, rich valleys, encircled by ele-
vations suitable for homes: SO per
cent. fine farming land, balance pas
ture land.
| Forestry
Ash. Elm, Gum, blackberry, Live
Oak, Mesquite, Pecan, abundant for
shade, fencing and wood.
Soil.
About so per cent rich, dark, sandy
loan, balance chocolate or red sandy
| loan, usually preferred by local farm
ers, and each with soil averaging from
2 to feet deep, with clay subsoil.
which holds water.
Climate.
Mild, ba1my, healthy, practically
free from malaria few frosts, no snow,
no hard freezes; continuous sea breeze
moderates extremes of heat and cold,
producing warm winters and cool sum-
mers. Average temperature about 62
degrees.
Rainfall.
From the Government record, it is
safe to assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully 35 inches per
year, which is more than some of the
old States have had. and is plentiful
for ordinary crops properly cultivated,
and for Grass Growing.
improvements and Water.
This property is fenced and cross
fenced in many large and small pas
lures, with four barbed wires, with
posts about IL feet apart. Also a
number of fine shallow wells.
Also a number of fine Lakes and
Tanks.
Also, number of fine flowing Arte-
sian Wells, whose crystal streams flow
for miles and miles down those creeks,
whose broad, rich valleys, irrigable
from those continuously flowing
streams, make it the ideal place for
the Marketing Gardener who desires
to raise from two to three crops of
marketable produce on the same
ground every year.
Farming and Truck Farming.
| Seasons never end.
This land is adapted to profitable
culture of Beans, Cabbage, Celery,
Cucumbers. Lettuce, Tomatoes, Beets,
Carrots, Onions, Radish, Squash,
Strawberries, Cauliflower, Okra, Oys-
| ter H1dnI, 10dS, IldSD0EI10S. L
Apricots, Cantaloupes, Grapes, Irish
Potatoes, Olives, Sweet Potatoes, Ba-
nanas, Dates, English Walnuts, Figs,
Melons, Peanuts, Barley, Blackberries,
Broom Corn, Lemons, Plums, Tobac-
co, Alfalfa, Rye, Oranges, Peaches,
Pecans, Corn, Cotton, Cats. Wheat
Apples, Pears.
Page SO of the book entitled Beau
tiful San Antonio" officially issued by
the Business Mems Club of San An.
tonic, dated May, 1906, says:
1T is readily conceded by all those
who know anything about Texas that
the most prolific agricultural section
is that which recognizes San Antonio
as its logical center. particularly that
portion directly south of San Antonio
with the Gulf of Mexico bordering on
the southeast and the Rio Grande bor-
dering on the south and west.
Within the last four or five years.
in the territory named, special atten-
tion has been given to growing vege-
tables, they maturing at a time when
they secure the maximum prices on
Northern markets, which markets they
virtually invade without competitor.
The profit in growing vegetables in
this territory will be seen by an exam
ination of the following figures, Sc
cured from reliable sources, showing
Net Earnings Per Acre:
.'Watermelons from $500 to $4,000
'sCantaloupes from $4,000 to $500.
Cabbage from $125.00 to $4,000.
"Caulifower from $500 to s225.00.
Beans and Peas from $4,000 TO
$125.00.
'Tomf4oes from $125.0o to $4,000.
"Pota oes from $4,000 to $4,000.
"Onions from $4,000 to $SO0.OO.
"Tabasco Peppers from $500.00 tc
$4,000 per acre.
THE Chicago Record-HeraId pub
! fishing tire following individual expert
ences in South Texas:
Men who came here with $500 and
$500 a few years ago are now inde
= pendently rich
"a young man who came to this
Tom Reeds Birthplace.
! The birthplace of the late Speaker
Reed, which is about to be torn down
I is III the heart of Portland's Italiar
ouarfor and Is nov. a tenement swarm