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The La Lomita Tract, 27,000 Acres, Mission, Texas
Th I a I omita i ract. Z.OUU Acres, Mission,
A Money Producer Summer and Winter
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Those lands, now selling at from $50 to $100 per acre, arc producing crops of Alfalfa, Sugar Cane and Cotton during the summer
months, and crops of vegetables during the winter, netting more money PER CROP, than the land now, costs PER ACRE.
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In addition to the fore
going, there are wonderful
possibilities for the pro
duction of Oranges, Lem
ons, Grape-Fruit, Nuts
and Vines, which promise
to rival the immense pro
duction of California.
A climate tempered by
the Gulf Trade Winds,
making a delightful spot
for an all-the-year-round
residence, or an ideal loca
tion for a winter home,
free from, snow and ice,
fully equal to the most
favored portions of this
or foreign countries.
We have here, the un
usual combination of:
The most fertile soil;
Abundance of water for
irrigation; A climate un
surpassed; The cheapest
labor in the country.
These four conditions
exist only in the two coun
ties at the southern extre-
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Flue SuBnr Onuo Raised Near MLlon S0UtU tliaT1 ther P0rt
"of the United States.
Lands under less favorable conditions are readily selling at $500
to $1,000 per acre in "Washington and California. We therefore con
fidently believe that, in the near future, this property will command
a higher price than any lands in the Union.
The LaLomita lands at Mission are in the delta of the Rio Grande,
and are rich sediment lands, with an abundance of river water for irri
gation ; in climate, fertility and products these lands are the equal of
the Nile delta in Egypt. In truck growing this land produces earlier
vegetables and fruits than any other part of the United States Even
as early as the first of January the Mission truck growers ship to
northern markets carloads of cauliflower, cabbage, string beans and
peas Onions grown at Mission net from $200 to $500 per acre
lable grapes ripen two months earlier than in California, are shinned
to northern markets early in June, and are also 1,000 miles nearer
these markets ; than the California raised grapes. In' sugar cane, espe
cially, the LaLomita lands arc superior to any part of the world nro
ducincr morn p.nno tn Hm nnin n :!.,,. .:.. .. M"ilu F1"-
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J. W. Holt Under Date Palm Tree nt MIhMIou
Two Men Make $10,000 Net in One Year Prom Onions
Two menfeame to Mission a year ago with two teams and a
few hundred dollars in money, rented 43 acres of irrigated land,
paying therefor $20 per acre rent, and planted Bermucia onions.
Notwithstanding it was a year when the markets were unfav
orable, these two men received net from each acre of onions
the sum of $358.01. The men are W. P. Stites' an&JV. E.
JNicholson, whose address is Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas,
and they will gladly verify these statements. Their 43 acres
produced 34 car loads of onions, containing 17,061 crates; net
ting the growers $15,394.64, the commission men $1,320.00, the
crate men $2,900.37 and the railroads $8,291.79. Off o these
43 acres of onions, Messrs. Stites and Nicholson paid their
total living expenses, labor bills, rent, cost of crates, freight
22n ?5P ln1cic!eutal expenses, amounting to a littleover
$5,000 and for their one year's work, they put in "bank some
thing oyer $10,000. These men have now made enouglrto pur
chase their own lands on the LaLomita ranch at Milsion, and
are enthusiastic over the conditions and outlook for progres
sive farming at Mission. jf
We cordially invite your correspondence and investigation.
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Mission, Hidaldo County, Texas
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, ' J,,umisueJ 1801, LaLomita Ranch, Mission.