The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-02


The Chicago Record.Herald pub
lished the following individual ex-
perlences in South Texas.
Men who came here with $500 and
5000 few years ago are now inde-
pendenuy rich.
"A young man who came to this
country for his health, bought Is
acres and in one year cleared over
$4,000 from It, which was S333.33 per
acre.
Another man, 65 years old, from
10 acres. sold $4,000 worth Of pro
duce. from which he realized $G3.29
per acre and then raised a Cotton
crop on part OF IL, which made him
S35 per acre, which made the Same
land net him $9S.29 per acre for that
year"
Another man from so acres in 1904
realized as follows: From Onions,
$2.226.9t; from Cotton, $1,80O; 200
bushels Corn; IL tons Hay; 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes"
Another made $4,000 from five
acres OF early Cabbage, which was
S640 per acre, and grew second
crop OF Corn and Peas on the same
ground that year"
Another realized $4,000 from 30
car loads of Cabbage, averaging $500
per car, which was S20IG9 from each
OF the 1870 acres he had planted"
Another netted. above all expenses
$50 per acre on Potatoes, and planted
the same ground in Cotton that year,
from which he realized $35 per acre,
which made that ground yield him
S95 per acre" q
Another realized $32,9GG from 2sO
acres in Melons, which was $143.33
per acre"
Another netted $1,000 from 3s
acres In Onions, which was 5000 per
acre"
Another netted $17.445, or $79.25
per acre from nine cuttings of 220
acres in Alfalfa, which yielded In one
year 2,475 tons and sold at $11 per
ton"
Another received 5000 from one
acre in Cauliflower; sown in July,
transplanted in August, and marketed
in December"
The same authority quotes the fol.
lowing statement from the Hon. Jo-
seph Daily OF Chillicothe, ILL.,, who
owns thousands of acres in the ILL
nois Corn Belt. He says:
Il am one of the heaviest taxpayers
on farm lands In Mason and Tazewell
Counties, Illinois, and | have been
familiar with the conditions around
San Antonio for 12 years. Any
thrifty farmer can get rich, and make
more money off of this cheap land,
acre for acre. than any land in the
State of Illinois, that sells from $3.50
to S225 per acre"
Come to the land OF beautiful sun
shine and almost perpetual harvest.
Where the people are prosperous.
happy and contented. .
Where the flowers bloom ten
months in the year.
Where the farmers and gardeners,
whose seasons never end, eat home
grown June vegetables in January.
and bask in mid-winters balmy air
and rlOroCs sunshine.
Where the land yield is enormous.
and the prices remunerative.
Where something can be planted
and harvested every month in the
year
Where the climate Is 50 mild that
the Northern farmer here saves prac-
tically all his fuel bills and three
fourths the cost of clothing his family
in the North.
Where the country is advancing
and property values rapidly increas-
| Ing,
Where all stock, without any feed.
| fatten winter and summer, on the ma
| tive grasses and brush.
Where the same land yields the
substantials OF the temperate and the
luXuries OF the tropic zones.
Where the farmer does not have to
work hard six months in the year to
| raise feed 20 keep his stock from
dying during the winter. as they do
| In the North and Northwest.
Where there are no aristocrats and
| people do not have to work hard to
have plenty and go in the best so
ciety. q
Where the natives work less and
have more 10 show for what they do
than in any country in the United
States.
Where houses, barns and fences
can be built for less than half the
cost in the North,
Where suDstrokes and heat pros
uations are unknown.
Where sufferers with Asthma
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Hay Fever and
Throat Troubles find relief.
Where surrounded by fruits and
vegetables, which Iipen every month
in the year. the living is better and
less expensive than in the North.
Where the water is pure, soft, and
plentiful.
Where the taxes are so low that
the amount is never missed
Where Public and Private Schools
and Churches OF all denominations
are plentiful.
Where peace, plenty and good will
prevail.
Where Il is so healthy that there
are few physicians and most OF them
to make a living, supplement theil
income from other business. =
10 Plaza, San antonio Texas.
AID to any one proving that
isement is not true.
NJ G r..