The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-05-03
President Roosevelt said:
TEXAS is THE GARDEN SPOT OF
THE LORD"

Investigation will show that this
$4,000 acres comprises one Of the
finest bodies of Agricultural and Truck
Farming land in the entire state, com
menCing about Sc miles south Of San
Antonio and about two miles south OF
PIeasantOn Cthe county seat of Atlas
cosa County,, and extending through
AtaSCOSa and a part Of McMuIlen
Counties, to within II miles OF my
60,000acre Live Oak County Ranch,
which | in four months last year, sold
10 1000 Home Seekers. on liberal
terms, without interest on deferred
payments, which gives the poor man;
from his savings. 4 chance to secure
a good farm and town lot for his nome
in town. | will donate and turn over
to three bonded Trustees, $25O,OOO
from the proceeds Of the sale of this
property to the purchasers, as a 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 il does not rain
enough.
Its close proximity TO San Antonio,
the largest city in the State, with
claimed population of over 100 900. 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-
yations suitable for homes; 80 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 60 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 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 CO
degrees.
Rainfall.
From the Government record, 1t is
safe to assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully So 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 II feet apart. Also a
number of fine shallow wells.
Also, 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 these 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, Caulifower, Okra, Oys.
ter Plant, Peas, Raspberries, TurnIns
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
Fecans, Corn, Cotton, Oats, Wheat,
Apples. Pears.
rage 63 of the book entitled Beau
uful 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 It's logical center, particularly that
portion directly south of San Antonio
with the Gulf of Mexico bordering on
the southeast and the Rio Grande Dor.
dering on the south and west.
Within the last four or five wears
IN the territory named, special atten.
ton has been given to growing vege.
tables, they maturing at a time when
they secure the maximum prices IN
Northern markets, which markets thew
virtually invade without a 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:
"Watermeons from SIS. to 100000
"Cantaloupes from $4,000 to $75.0o
Cabbage from $4,000 to $225.0O.
"Caulifiower from $500 to $225.00
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