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The La Lomita Tract, 27,000 Acres, Mission, Texas
A Money Producer Summer and Winter
These lands now selling at from $50 to .$100 per acre, are 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.
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
mity of Texas further
south than any other port
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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.
Tho LaLomita lands at Mission are in the delta of the- Rio Grande,
and arc riqh sediment lands, with an abundance of river water for irri
gation ; in climate, fertility and products these lands are the equal of
tho Nile delta in Egypt. In truck growing this land produces earlier
."vegetables and fruits than any other part of the United States. Even
tls early as tho first of Junuary 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
Table grapes ripen two months earlier than in California are shipped
to northern markets early in Juno, and are also 1,000 miles nearer
these markets than the California raised grapes. In sugar cants,, espe
cially, tho LaLomita lands aro superior to any part of the world pro
ducing more cane to the acre and richer juice than any other country
Sugar cane raised in Hidalgo county won the gold medal at St Louis'
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Two Men Make $10,000 Net in One Year From Onions
Two men came 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 Bermuda 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 and W. E.
Nicholson, 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 of these
43 acres of onions, Messrs. Stites and Nicholson paid their
total living expenses, labor bills, rent, cost of crates, freight
f otlier incidental expenses, amounting to a little over
$5,000 and for their one year's work, they pnt in. bank some
thing over $10,000. These men have now made enough to pur
chase their own lands on the LaLomita ranch at Mission and
are enthusiastic over the conditions and outlook for progres
sive farming at Mission.
We cordially invite your correspondence and investigation.
CONWAY & HOIT
Mission, Hidaldo County, Texas
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