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14
VOLUME 10, NUMBER 1
BAC
TO THE FARM!
Why Not
Go to a
Country
Where
Your
Profits
Will
Be
Large .
sniiaaK
Where the
Climate is
Mild Winter
and
1 Summer
, Where
Profit a,nd
Pleasure -go
Together
MI3XICAN IiADOIlER IRRIGATING CABBAGE FIELD IN MID-AVINTER AT SAN BENITO
YOU CAN BETTER YOUR CONDITION AT SAN BENITO
Thoro la a movomont In all parts of
tho United States from the cities back
to tho farms. Men who havo fought
their way through tho business battles
of tho 61ty aro leaving their desks and
roturnlng to tho farms thoy or their
fathors loft In boyhood to go "out Into
tho world." Thoy aro lnvostlng their
earnings In farm lands.
Farmors In -tho oldor sections aro
selling their farms and moving to
newer regions whoro thoy can find con
ditions to suit them, whero tho cllmato
is agrccablo tho year around, whoro
tho soil Is tho most fortllo, and to tho
Irrigated regions whoro thoy do not
havo to depend upon tho caprices of a
rather llcklo Naturo for water.
Irrigated Farms
aro rocognlzod as tho most valuable
in tho United States, because in irri
gated regions tho farmer can givo his
crops just as llttlo or just as much
wator as they need at tho timo It Is
nooded. What would it bo worth to
tho farmor in tho great wheat, corn
or cotton bolts to bo ablo to savo his
orop from drouth or floodto "have tho
rainfall In his control?" This tho San
Bonlto farmers havo.
San Benito's irrigation canal Is tho
aSwnv th, ?U1? 0f Toxas? th0 only
GRAVITY irrigation canal In the
Lowor Rio Qrando Valley. It is thlrtv
sovon miles long, 250 foot wide and
twenty foot deep. More than seventy
miles of main laterals or branch ca
nals havo already boon constructed
Tho main canal Is navigable for its
ontiro length.
The Soil
,js an alluvial deposit. San Bonlto Is
In tho heart of Hm ni n-.. L ,.,s
Many feet deep and as rich as theS
is in America. Varies from a rich
chocolato loam to a black sandy silt!
Why stay in the crowded city or on a farm
where the disadvantages are many when
you can get land on reasonable terms in
this agricultural nugget?
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LATERAL CANAL AT SAN BENITO
MORE TnAN SEVENTY MILES LIKE THIS ON THE TRACT
Enormous Profits : Farmers are now mah-
-ifJ vx,v , Pwj,vr acre on cabbage.
omons, sugar cane and broom corn. We
n?!J!f?'8 Wh haVGia for their
farms ami all inmd ....
j,. 0 tviitt one crop.
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In addition to this San Benito has a
Climate
unsurpassed in any region in the
united States for an all-tho-year-around
climate. It is not too cold dur
ing tho winter nor too hot during tho
summer. It means twelve months of.
field activity. You can sow and har
vest some crop every month in tho
year. January is like June. Flowers
bloom all winter. No rainy season.
Southernmost part of the United
States. Summors more agreeable than
those of Chicago. No oppressive days.
Constant and refreshing breeze from
the Gulf of Mexico. Best orange clU
mate in Texas.
Ideal location for a WINTER HOME
S!)Vn cmblne Pleasure and profit!
Good hunting, fishing and boating
Only twenty miles from tho Gulf and
a fine beach. u
You Are Not Coming to a
Wilderness
The Town of San Benito, two years
old, has a population of 1,600 Citv
water and lights, cement walks, good
SoUled8' hbvUSineS? h,,uses and churches
bottled by a splendid class of neonlo
Largest new town in the Valley?
Best of Transportation
th aSf BTenIt, Kt on thG Mala Ilne of
the St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico
Railroad. Actual work has been start
ed on an interurban system to cover
?mewMi0 itraCt Whe" comp&od
hal? ?rLb0 fmoro tha-n tt mo and a
will be vranv?POrt?tIon' Farmers
pKP? Poleelrf ownn
. V'"U"TM ana cars.
SEND COUPON FOR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET
Sun Benito Land & Water Co 1W- n g.. t m" " '
land. C containing full information of your irrigated
Nmno
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All Your Eggs Not in One Basket
No section Of thn
beat sugar enne country "in An,IZ t 1B0 ot products, it Im .
corn, broom corn, cltSs trulE Jn ad,ditln to truck, alfalfa cott
San Benito Land MVaterCo
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