The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-03-02

Valley, clear warm sunshiny days and
cool nights with copious dews. Dews
that drip from roof and foliage and
hang to the window screens like a
light shower. For more than two
months great loads of farm produce
have been hauled into San Benito from
the truck farms south and east Of
town. We first saw immense loads Of
zane from the sugar lands near
Brownsville which is hauled to San
Benitos' big sugar mill where It is
made up into a dark brown sugar. 1t
is then sen off to the refinery and
comes back beautiful granulated and
light brown sugar. Few people use
this unreined sugar but we bought a
few pounds which we made into syrup
which tastes not unlike maple. Very
Lice with hot biscuits and griddle
cakes. AS no more sugar cane is being
brought in | presume the crop is all
harvested. At present great loads of
cabbage, lettuce, potatoes and other
vegetables are being hauled past.
Many OF the townspeople raise a few
vegetables, but they look dwarfed be-
side the loads from the ranches. 1t
made me want to see green fields,
growing crops, stock, something do
ing SO | planned a trip to Browns
vile. | wanted to see the interna-
tional bridge with old Glory floating
over the east entrance, and the yellow
flag with the serpent in the eagles
talons on the Mexican side and take
just a peep across the border. Well
after n or two good meals and a
lily concluded it would be a good plan
to make the trip. He wished to see the
county seat and make a few purchases
and go W. did. The fields looked good.
The house of the ranchman was well
enough but the novels wh"re the Mexi-
can hired help lived was horrid. We
saw other unusual sights. Mexican
women rolling a cigarette and smok-
ing with the greatest enjoyment.
Brownsville as seen from the depot is
a d~ilapitated looking place surround
ed by the curio store and other un-
buildings; most of the bricks
missing from the old sidewalk, but if
one "a get a few blocks away from
the station the buildings and walks are
better. The Brownsville trip was dis
appointing but we went out to the
Ranch yesterday, Toasted our
on real farming. A short time
after we settled in San Benito we be-
came acquainted with a dear old lady,
her learned much of her son
and his ranch which is about six miles
of town. We saw him near Christ
mas time with four teams hauling hogs
TO market. We knew of his importing
and planting $50 bushels Of potatoes.
he was planting 100 acres of
corn. We heard of his picking and
marketing his crop of peas. We be-
quite friendly and were invited
out to the ranch to spend the day. We
could go out in the morning on the
nterurban car and return about five
n the afternoon. The ranch contains
500 acres. The family consists of Mr..
Mrs. Kindig and eight children.
The eldest daughter is teaching, the
second is in high school. The oldest
son, a bright manly young fellow, with
he father and a crew of Mexicans
we're up to their eyes in work the
morning Of our visit. The water had
been turned on from the irrigating
Itch and with rubber boots and
rolled up they were distribut-
ng the water over the newly planted
Fifteen horses and mules came
Up with the men at dinner time. He
las seventeen in all. He has fifty head
# cattle, milks twenty-five COWS. The