The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-19


$4,000 per acre.
The Chicago Record-Heialc pub
lished the following iudlyidull eu.
periences I'm South Texas
Men who came here with zoos md
5000 a few years ago are now iudS
pendenuy rich.
"a young man who came to this
country for his health. bought IS
acres and In ono year cleared over
$4,000 from 1t. which was S33333 per
acre.
Another man, 65 years old, from
10 acres, sold $1,000 worth OF pro
duce, from which he realized sC3.Zg
per acre and then raised q Cotton
crop on part of II, which made him
S35 per acre, which made the same
land net him S9S.29 per acre for that
year."
Another man from so acres in 1904
realized as follows: From Onions,
$2,226.91; from Cotton, $1,S00; 200
bushels Corn; IL tons Hay; 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes"
Another made $4,000 from five
acres Of early Cabbage, which was
S64O per acre, and grew second
crop Of Corn and Peas on the same
ground that year."
Another realized $4,000 from 80
car loads of Cabbage, averaging $500
per car, which was S20769 from each
Of the $50 acres he had planted"
Another netted, above ell expenses
$50 per acre on Potatoes, and planted
The same ground in Cotton that year,
from which he realized $35 per acre,
yai which H. made made . that ground yield him
Another realized s32,966 from 2SO
acres in Melons, which was S143.33
per acre"
Another netted s21,oOO from IS
acres in Onions, which was 5000 per
acre"
Another netted s17,445, OF s79.25
per acre from nine cuttings of 220
acres in Alfalfa, which yielded in one
year 2.475 tons and sold at S11 per
ton"
Another received 5000 from ono
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
nols Corn Belt. He says: .
/ am one Of the heaviest taxpayers
on farm lands in Mason and Tazewell
| Counties, Illinois, and l have been
familiar with the conditions around
San Antonio for IL 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 glorious sunshine.
Where the land yield Is enormous,
and the prices remunerativs.
Where something can be planted
and harvested every month in tie
year.
Where the climate Is SO mild that
the Northern farmer here saves prac-
Ideally 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
luxurles Of the tropic zones.
Where the farmer does not have to
work hard six months In the year to
raise feed to keep his stock from
dying during the winter, as they do
la 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.
Where the natives work less and
have more to 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 sunstroles and heat pros
/ trayions 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 al ell denominations
are plentiful.
Where peace, plenty and good will
prevail.
Where It is go healthy that there
are few physicians and most OF them
to make a living, supplement theiT
income from other business. 8
10 p!a7a. San antonio. Texaa.
aid to any one proving that
tiSement is not true.