The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-06-15
"Texas is the Garden Spot Of the Lord"
o5, 900 Acre Ranch of Or. Chas. r. Simmons
Now On the Market.
Here is Your Opportunity Buy Farm Of from 10 Acres $40 and
Two Town Lots in This "Gaden Spof for S2lO. Pay.
able $40 per Month Without Interest


$4,000 acres comprises one Of the
finest bodies OF Agricultural and Truck
Farming land in the entire state com.
mencing about 80 miles south OF San
Antonio and about two miles south OF
Pleasanton (the county seat OF Atlas.
cosR Courtyt, and extending through
Atascosa and part OF McMullen
Counties, to within II miles OF my
60,000-acre Live Oak County Ranch,
which In four months last year sod
60 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
20 three bonded Trustees S250.0O0
from the proceeds OF the sale OF this
property TO the purchasers as n bonus
90 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
It rains TOO much, and the arid section
OF West Texas, where It does not rain
enough.
It's close proximity 20 San Antonio
the largest city in the State. with
claimed population OF over l00. 900. en-
hances It's value as n market for Agrl-
cultural and Truck farm products far
beyond the value Of similar land not
30 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 co 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 feet deep. with clay subsoil,
which holds water.
Climate.
MIG. 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 62
degrees.
Rainfall.
From the Government record, Il is
safe TO assume that the rainfall on this
property has been fully 80 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
number OF fine shallow wells.
Also a 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 those continuously flowing
streams, make It the ideal place for
the Marketing Gardener who desires
20 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
y
Cucumbers, Lettuce, Tomatoes. Beets.
Carrots. Onions. Radish. Squash.
Strawberries, Caullhower, Okra, Oys-
ter Plant, Peas, Rasberrles, Turnips,
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,
Pecans, Corn, Cotton, Oats. Wheat,
Apples, Pears.
Page G3 of the book entitled Beau.
tlful 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 lslow anything about Texas that
the most prolific agricultural section
is that which recognizes San Antonio
as its 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 years,
In the territory named, special atten-
ton has been given 20 growing yeEe-
tables, they maturing az a time when
they secure the maximum prices on
Northern markets, which markets they
virtually invade without a competitor.
The profit I'm growing vegetables in
this territory will be seen by an exam
iuation ot the following figures, Sc.
cured from reliable sources, showing
Net Earnings Per Acre:
"Watermelons from $500 to $4,000.
"Ca2taloupcs from $4,000 to $500.
Cabbage from $4,000 to $4,000.
"Caulihowcr from $500 to S225.O0.
Deans and Peas from $4,000 to
sl2500
Tomatoes from $4,000 to $4,000.
Potatoes from $4,000 to $4,000.
Onions from $4,000 TO $4,000.
"Tabasco Peppers from $4,000 20
100000 per acre.
"The Chicago ReCord-IIerg'd pub,
fishing the following individual expert.
ences In South Texas
MEN who came here with $500 and