Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-07-03


finest 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
Pleasanton (the county seat of Atlas
cosa County,, and extending through
AtascoSa and a part of McMullen
Counties, TO within II miles of my
60.000-acre Live Oak County Ranch,
which in four months last year, sold
to 1000 Home Seekers, on liberal
terms. without interest on deferred
payments which gives the poor man,
from his savings, a chance to secure
a good farm and town lot for his home
in town. ] will donate and turn over
to three bonded. Trustees. $3.50, 900
from the proceeds of the sale of this
property 10 the purchasers. as a bonus
to 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
1T rains TOO much, and the arid section
of West Texas, where it does not rain
enough.
It's close proximity to San Antonio,
the largest city in the State, with a
claimed population of over 100000 en-
hances its value as a 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-
vations 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 GO 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 81
degrees.
Rainfall.
From the Government record, it is
safe TO assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully 35 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 IL feet apart. Also a
number Of fine shallow wells.
Tanks.
Also, q number Of fine flowing Arte-
sian Wells, whose crystal streams flow
for miles and miles down those creeks,
whose broad, rich. valleys, irrigable
from those 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, Cauliflower, Okra, Oys
ter Plant. Peas, Rasberries, Turnips
Apricots, Catalogues, Grapes, Irist
Potatoes. Olives, Sweet Potatoes, Ba
nanas. Dates, English Walnuts, Figs
Melons, Peanuts, Barley, Blackberries
Broom Corn, Lemons, Plums. Tobac
CO, Alfalfa, Rye, Oranges, Peaches
Pecans, Corn, Cotton, Oats, Wheat
Apples, Pears.
Page 90 of the book entitled Beau
tiful San Antonio" officially issued b,
the Business Mems Club of San An
tonic, dated May, 1906, says:
1T is readily conceded by all thos
who know anything about Texas tina
the most prolific agricultural section
is that which recognizes San Antonio
as its logical center, particularly tina
portion directly south of San Antonio
with the Gulf Of Mexico bordering Of
the southeast and the Rio Grande boz
dering on the south and west.
Within the last four or five years
in the territory named, special after
ton has been given to growing vege
tables, they maturing at a time whe
they secure the maximum prices o.
Northern markets. which markets the
virtually invade without a competitor
The profit in growing vegetables il
this territory will be seen by an exam
ination Of the following figures, Sc
cured from reliable sources, shown
Net Earnings Per Acre:
'Watermelons from $500 to $500. OF
"Cantaloupes from $4,000 to $500.
Cabbage from $l25.00 to $225.00.
"Caulifiower from $500 to $225.Ot
Beans and Peas from $4,000 t
t125.O0,
Tomatoes from $1250O to $40O.0 90.
Potatoes from $4,000 to $4,000.
Onions from $4,000 to $4,000.
"Tabasco Peppers from $4,000 {
$4,000 per acre.
THE Chicago Record-Herald pu1
fishing the following individual exper
ences in South Texas:
Men who came here with $500 an
$500 a few years ago are now ind