Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-10-25
WANT TO GO TO TEXAS?
IF SO JOIN THE GROVES EXCUR-
SION AND SEE THE SIGHTS
1t Will Leave Madison November 7th
Find Out About it "A Delight
This Time of Year

1.-THE Groves is located three and
one-half miles from Port Arthur, Tex
as, the great industrial and seaport
city of the gulf coast. IL is divided
into pecan, orange, fig and peach or
chards, D and 10 acre tracts, which
are sold at $500 per acre. THE
Groves is cooperative orchard for
care, harvesting and marketing of it's
products. Fig and peach trees are in
bearing and oranges will bear this
season Pecans start to bear in 1917
| the Weld increases yearly. There are
Csc trees on each 10 acres, divided as
follows: Ia pecan, PIC orange, go
| fig and u peaches AS the territory
in which these can be grown, an over
production is impossible.
"The Groves" has been taken over
by us, and we will at once prepare the
! land between the trees for winter gar
den such as cabbage, onions, potatoes
and staple vegetables Planting will
commence November first Crops win
be ready for market In February and
March. This land yields abundantly
and there is ready market for every
| thing we can raise.
Join our excursion November /, leav-
ing Madison at o. clock direct through
HtNEpct lEOhu &nlCdSDs haAtindQ ldfGf
round trip. $40.l5 and $l3 extra for
round trip sleeper You can see our
orchards and lands ready for planting
to winter garden.
You can buy 5 or 10 acres and pro-
coed at once TO plant garden, for the
land will all be ready for planting.
Besides our gardening, note the value
of the pecan tree, taken from the gov
eminent year book, 1912:
An authority, whose observations
have covered the development of the
budded pecan from the beginning of
the industry, says that the average
yields from the improved trees are
the following: fifth year, 5 pounds;sev-
enth year, Is to p pounds tenth year,
\ 40 to 60 Wounds; fifteenth year, l25
pounds and upwards. These averages
are conservative; they are much be-
/ low the figures that have been taken
from many growers whose experiences
have covered from 10 to 20 years of
pecan ulture. Numerous instances
are at hand where crops from indiyid-
ual trees have sold from S25 TO $75 and
more, in a single season Figuring
at the low price of 35 cents pound,
the following are the results from each
acre; fifth year, S35; seventh year,
Sl65 to sl75; fifteenth year, sS75 and
upwards.
These figures are based upon data
that are conservative, yet they show
results that are being exceeded every
season, and as the pecan in its fifteen
th year has not reached It's maturity
In vigor or In bearing surface, for
these increase for at least half CEN
fury, il is an Investment that grows
better as the years go by.
All of this in close proximity TO the
greatest Industrial city on the gulf
1 coast and the Tan. A American gate
way Note these statistics-Port Ar
| thur in 1900, population I, l63;Septem-
| Der I, 1916. 20,044. The monthly pay
roll from industries has doubled in the
| last two years, now being 100000 per
month. over 80 per cent of the ton
mage Of all norts of Texas leaves Port
! Arthur and the United States govern
ment will spend nearly a million dol
| lars ON waterway improvements IN
the near future.
The South East Texas fair at Beau
mont, November 10 TO IS, will be on
and all who 90 on this excursion viii
have a better opportunity to get the
| information they most desire by at
tending this fair. You will then know
what can be done.
This excursion will be under the
special supervision OF John W.Groves,
wi,a will give excursionists every at
tention possible.
Call on us. We will be pleased to
give you full information regarding
'frhe Groves" and the excursion to
Port Arthur, Texas, November
| JOHN w. GROVES Il SONS Co,
Board of Commerce Bldg. Phone 524
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