Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-04-07

\ strong FACTOR ln the development
1i This territory has been the land
Ialeuf be- Z was who first called eV-
iensive attention 10 70 and its ndyan.
fascs hts efforts and money brought
strangers here and sold many the
land he made that bic business. AMI
10 hc had been Interested boo no vel.
fare NJ tho country instead o. 100 his
comm Issiou or bonus an would have
been aeu much was veil the evil
Twas 100 orarse.i.ug bis customers
many who came here 10 purchase for
lhmes we're persuaded 20 become
spectators aud invest zoo additional
Hand what should have gone INFO inc
|Dr0yements. thus they orer-pought
.aul Rere without capital Tor degel-
|onmeut and the land was leit Idle
and wnr0duCtiFe II was like O mcr.
leblanc investing an his capital IN a
STORE building or a manufacturer IN a
factory they have nothing 70 operate
with Among these are the few dis
satisfied Investors. those who utilized
their lands are sratitlcd with results
Imluy far hevond their expectations
Here a. Crosbyton We have a great
Example Of Development four years
AGO This was the cutting grodnd"
Too large ranch whore cattle were
gathered a' the roundup The e. r.
Tive stock Company had owned nine
.'' 'H1 aud 1'ros OF land here In one
|'n|' ANA nearly eighteen thousand
acres eIs"N here. all fully stocked
'#.'h cattle ln This connection they
IIHi '"rHed extensively FOR feed ard
.H..H .nnsHmHpn As demand for
..Hn' For iWm.Ha developed hoy CONS
.m.d se..iu. 40 first as low gs
'H dollars per acre. and On easy
f0m With tHe loyeolnmcut of the
.u'.r and construction of the
.'m.H.nn south Plains Railroad.
".'.H Has bWIl equipped aud oper-
.0'0I p. fHe owners ot This cattle CONF
.Hu prices u these and other bands
. unI.. advanced but the company
.ols"I 'h'er terms and extended their
plume for payments over one 20 ten
years Their OBJ Get and efforts have
been to sell 'o farmers for home,
land farming and although the agree
men' or understanding has not in all
Instances been ls vet complied with
It has resulted in settling upon tho
land so disposed OF large number
lof thrifty prosperous farmers. every
one Of whom have beitcrcd their con.
Idition and many thousand acres are
by them In high state OF cultivation.
None OF these have 1efaulted In pay
ments and many have anticipated
their entire obligation. Some have
made large money on their invest
lmcut and In one instance the COM
pany paid land purchaser for his
sod crop as much as he paid the com
pany for The land on which II grew
this farmer has since sold consider
able OF his land FOR SO PEI acre.
The country SHOWS every eviden'o
Ut prosperity and development Tho
&C. Is. Live stock Company has ar
RANGED 10 increase its farming inter-
prise to ten thousand acres to dem
oustrate the profit OF extensive. mis-
l'ellaneous farming in this localii,
and exhibit an example of the best
/ practical scientific methods, thi,
farm is under efficient. experienced
management. equipped with every
requisite ana divided into seven diyi-
sious. each supervised BY WORKING
foreman. six divisions are about
/ Croshyton and one at Lorenzo Over
lifiy.fiye thousand acres of this farm
win be- IN ron this year and the bal
aucc under cultivation as fast as I.
can be broke to advantage On div
sion so adjoining Crosbyton, O.
demonstration plot OF twenty acre
has been laid off, on each separat.
acre win he grown a different cron
No present three Of tho acres ht'
been soWu 10 wheat, oats and barl.t
respectively This demonstrate.
plot and the weekly lectures or cor
fercnces held az the company's Earn
office are interesting and instrurtit
tha lectures an farmers are S.
a and invited 90 EXCHANGE id
uI swap experiences, and iufor
Han from mo hiehost authorucs
.u nIp Tor reference. much hosotI
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