Mexico Missouri message., 1907-06-27

$4,000 acres comprises one OF the |
Nnest bodies OF Agricultural and Truck |
Farming land in the entire state, COM |
mencing about SO miles south OF San |
Antonio and about two miles south Of |
Pieasanton 1.-THE county scat OF Atlas. |
cosa County,. and extending through |
Atnscosa and part OF McMullen |
Counties. 10 within II miles OF my |
eO.O00.Rcre Live Oak County Ranch. |
which IN four months last year. sold |
20 1000 Home Seekers, on liberal !
terms, without interest on deferred |
payments, which gives the poor man, |
from his savings, n chance to secure |
a good farm and town lot for his home |
in town. ! will donate and turn over |
10 three bonded Trustees. S250.00O |
from the proceeds OF the sale OF this !
property TO the purchasers, as bonus |
90 the first railroad built through this |
property on the line which l shall |
designate.
This property is located on that mid.
die plain between East Texas, where
q rains too much and the arid section
Of West Texas, where Il does not rain
enough.
It's close proximity TO San Antonio.
che largest city In the State. with a
claimed population OF over 100000. en-
hances It's value as a market for Agri.
cultural and Truck farm products far
beyond the value OF similar land not
90 favorably located.
Topography.
Level to slightly rolling. Large.
broad, rich valleys. encircled by ele-
vations suitable for homes; 80 per
cent. fine farming land, balance pas
ture land.
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
. to 4 feet deep. with clay subsoil.
which holds water.
Climate.
Mild, balmy. 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 G2
degrees.
From the Government record. II Is
safe 10 assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully 50 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 ~ feet apart. Also
number of fine shallow wells.
Also a number OF fine Lakes and
Tanks.
Also. a number OF fine flowing Arte-
sian Wells. whose crystal streams flow
for miles and miles down those creeks.
whose broad. rich valleys, irrlgable
from those continuously flowing
streams, make II 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 90 profitable
culture OF Beans. Cabbage, Celery,
Cucumbers. Lettuce. Tomatoes. Beets.
Carrots, Onions. Radish, Squash.
Strawberries. Caulliower. okra, oys.
ter Plant, Peas. Rasberries. Turnlps,
Apricots. Catalogues. Grapes. Irish
Potatoes. Olives. Sweet Potatoes. Ba-
nAnas, Dates, English Walnuts. Figs,
Melons, Peanuts. Barley. Blackberries,
Broom Corn. Lemons. Piums. Tobac'
60. Alfalfa, Rye. Oranges, Peaches
Pecans. Corn. Cotton. Oats. 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:
at IL readily conceded by all those
who know anything about Texas that
Abe most prolific agricultural section
as 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 Dor
.deFing on the south and west.
within the last four or I'VE years
IN the territory named, special atten
eioa has been given to growing vege
tables. they maturing at time wheI
they secure the maximum prices OF
Northern markets, which markets thel
virtually invade without competitor
The profit in growing vegetables II
this territory win be seen by an exam
nation OF the following figures. sc
eured from reliable sources. showing
Net Earnings Per Acre;
-swatermelons from $500 to $4,000
~Cantaloupes from $4,000 to $500.
Cabbage from $4,000 10 s226.00.
~cAulin0wer from $500 10 s22b.0t
~Beans and Peas from $4,000 4
$4,000.
Tomatoes from $4,000 70 $4,000.
-Potatoos from 5000 20 $4,000.
AOrions from $4,000 20 $4,000.
rIhbsaco Peppers from $4,000 I
$4,000 per acre.
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