The Monticellonian., 1907-06-13

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 Onions from sl50.00 to sS00.00. | "Tabasco Peppers from $500o0 to s90J.00 per acre.
 The Chicago Record Herald pub lished the following individual ex- periences in South Texas.
 Men who came here with $500 and $Go0 few years ago are now inde- pendenly rich.
 "A young man who came to this country for his health, bought 19 acres and in one year cleared over S6,000 from 1t, which was $333.33 per acre
 Another man, @ years old from 79 acres, sold s5,000 worth of pro- duce, from which. he realized $63 29 per acre and then raised a Cotton crop on part of it, which made him s35 per acre, which made the same land net him $9S29 per acre for that year."
 Another man from 80 acres in 1904 realized as follows: From Onions, $2.226,Si; from Cotton, $1,S00; 200 I bushels Corn; 12 tons Hay; 5000 pounds Sweet Potatoes"
 Another made $3,200 from five acres of early Cabbage. which was $o40 per acre, and grew a second crop of Corn and Peas on the same ground that year"
 Another realized $27,000 from 90 car loads of Cabbage, averaging $500 per car which was $20769 from each of the 130 acres he had planted"
 Another netted, above all expenses S60 per acre on Potatoes, and planted the same ground in Cotton that year, from which he realized S35 per acre, which made that ground yield him ,9o per acre"
 Another realized $32,9G6 from 230 acres in Melons. which was $14333 i per acre"
 Another netted s21, ,000 from 35 acres in Onions, which was sG00 per acre"
 Another netted s17.445, or s7925 per acre from nine cuttings of 22e acres in Alfalfa, which yielded in one year 2,475 tons and sold at $1I per 1 ton"
 Another received $90o 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 Chilicotbe, H., who owns thousands Of acres in the Illi- nos Corn Belt. He says:
 Il am one of the heaviest taxpayers or farm lands in Mason and Tazewell Counties. Illinois, and I 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 tho State of Illinois. that sells from $150 10 S225 per acre"
 Come to the land of beautiful sum- 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 5rown June vegetables in January, md bask in mid-winter's balmy air md glorious sunshine.
 Where the land yield is enormous, tnd the prices remunerative.
 Where something can be planted md harvested every month in the ear.
 Where the climate Is so mild that he Northern farmer here saves prac- .ieally all his fuel bills and three- tourths the cost of clothing his family Il the North. Where the country is advancing and property values rapidly increas s. ing
 Where all stock, without any feed. F, At.x i've grasses and brush
 Where the same land yields the ubstantials 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 ,'aise feed to keep hts 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 lave plenty and go in the best so- ciety.
 Where the natives work less and nave more to show for what they do ,han 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 sunstrokes and heat pros- traions are unknown. l Where sufferers with Asthma. Bronchitis, Catarrh, Hay Fever and Throat Troubles find relief
 Where, surrounded by fruits and vegetables, which ripen every month in the year. the living is better and i less expensive than in the North.
 Where the water is pure. soft, and plentiful.
 Where the taxes are SO low that i the amount is never missed
 Where Public and Private Schools and Churches of all denominations are plentiful.
 Where peace. plenty and good will i prevail.
 Where it is so healthy that there are few physicians and most of them i to make a living. supplement their | income from other business. aid to any one proving that tisement is not true. no Plaza. San Antonio. Texas.