The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-12


100000 per acre.
The Chicago Reccrd.Herald pub
lished the following individual eu
periences IN South Texas.
Men who came here with $500 and
5000 a few years ago are now indie
pCndently rich.
"A young man who came 70 this
country for his health. bought l8
acres and in one year cleared over
$4,000 from It, which was $3J3.33 por
acre.
Another man, 65 years old, from
70 acres, sold $1,000 worth OF p.U.
duce, from which he realized $C3.29
per aero and then raised a Cotton
crop on part Of It, which made ulm
S35 per acre, which made the same
land net him $9S.29 per acre for that
year"
Another man from so acres IN 1905
realized as follows: From Onions,
$2,22G91; from Cotton, S1,80O; 20
bushels Corn; ~ tons Hay: 5000
pounds Sweet Potatoes"
Another made $4,000 from five
acres Of early Cabbage. which was
$640 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 $20IG9 from each
OF the l30 acres he had planted"
Another netted, above all expenses
SEQ 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
$50 per acre."
Another realized $32,9G6 from 2SO
acres in Melons, which was S143.33
per acre"
Another netted s21, 900 from Ss
acres in Onions, which was 5000 per
acre"
Another netted $17445, or $79.25
| 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 !n August, and marketed
in December"
The same authority quotes the fol.
lowing statement from the Hon. Jo-
seph Daily, of Chillicothe, H., who
owns thousands Of acres in the Hi.
nois Corn Belt. He says: q
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 IL years. Amy
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 $15Q
to 1925 per acre"
Come to the land OF beautiful sun
shine and almost perpetual harvest
Where the people are prosperous,
happy and contented. o
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-winter's balmy air
and glorious 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 SO 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 TO 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 10
have plenty and go in the best so
ciety. Z
/ Where the natives work less and
have more to show for what they dc
, 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
trations are unknown.
Where sufferers with Asthma
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Hay Fever and
, Throat Troubles find relief.
} Where, surrounded by fruits and
) vegetables, which linen every montf
; in the year, the living Is better and
. less expensive than in the North.
+ Where the water is pure, soft, anC
! plentiful.
: Where the taxes are 80 low tha
, the amount is never missed
Where Public and Private SCHOOL,
and Churches OF all denomination
are plentiful.
}. Where peace, plenty and good will
prevail
}. Where Il is so healthy that ther'
o are few physicians and most OF then
O. make a living, supplement thei
}. ipccme from other business. -
-. Sa~ ntonio, Texas.
laid to any one proving that
Is not trl1e