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"syffpWf The Commoner. VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1 BENITO 12 UtBKKKKmwJmmm3mmmm SAN ! in the LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF TEXAS is in the very heart of the BEST SUGAR CANE REGION on this Continent (No. 5) In formor announcements In this scries you havo learned something about general conditions In the Lower Rio Grande Valley, and havo had an ex planation of tho San Benito Gravity Canal System. You havo also been informed as to tho men who arc back of tho San Benito enterprise and who aro Riving' it their personal attention. In tho third announcement you saw tho letter from Mr. Powell about his cabbago and In tho last one you read the letter of Burross Brothers about their onions which they are now har vesting. Tho last car shipped by Mr. Powell brought him $4G a ton. This is bettor than ho expected and his profits will bo larger than any of us an ticipated. It looks now llko ho would clear not loss than $500 an aero 6n his ten acres of cabbage. Later on wo will let you know exactly what ho clears. Wo will also inform you as to what Burress Brothers and others mako on their onions and cabbago. SUGAR CANE This tlmo wo want to toll you something about the sugar cano Industry In tho Lower Itlo Grando Valley. Sugar is a staple. Did you over notUo that tho prlco of sugar varies less than that of almost any other product? Tho production of sugar cane is a staple Industry. Tho quality and quan tity or tho yield is determined ny tno sou tno cano grows in ana mo cli matic conditions undor which it flourishes. At San Benito wo havo Ideal conditions for tho growing of sugar cane. Wo havo an all-the-ycar-'round climate so mild and conduclvo to the growth of this product that wo can allow the cano to stand a full year, or longer, and thus havo tlmo to fully maturo and tako on all tho saccharine matter possible. Wo havo In this Delta Country a soil so rich and deep that it is practically Inexhaustible. And this soil is especially adapted to tho growth of sugar cane. Wo have an abundance of water for Irrigation from our big Gravity Canal System. Wo also havo an abundanco of good laborers who arc willing and anxious to work at reasonable wages In the cano Holds. These five conditions, Staplo Prlco, Suitable Climate, Fertile Soil, Abundanco of Water when needed, with no danger of too much when not needed, a Plentiful Supply of Good. Cheap Labor, combine to .make tho Lower Rio Grando Valley by far tho bc3t sugar cano region to bo found anywhere in tho United States. v To appreciate this let us comparo it with tho Louisiana Canp Belt. LOUISIANA SAN BENITO Produces an avdrago of less than Produces from SO to CO tons per fav Lwun jjui uui u ucre. l&mmmmmmB8wWF&&tfm& iJ& 4 i MMfAmmWP'ZaamHBKAmmMh m Closncr's Sugar Mill In the tower IUo Grande Valley between San Benito and Sum Fordyce. Cane from Closacr plantation took ftrst prize at the St. Iouls World's Fair la competition with the world. Chemical analysis shows 12 nor cent to 14 per cent of sugar. Produces 2 por cent of glucose, or objoctionablo mattor. Cano must bo planted ovory third year. Cano must bo harvested proma turely to cscapo frost. Chemical analysis shows 18 Tmr cent of sugar. Produces one-fourth of ono por cent of glucose. Must be planted only once in six to eight years. Cano may bo allowed to stand a full year or more. 230.25 PER ACRH FROM SUGAR CANTJ Blan From Minnesota Make This Handsome Showing; From His First Experience With This Crop Mr. Alba Heywood, March 31, 1909. San Benito, Texas. Dear Sir: Replying1 to your recent inquiry asking how I camo out with my sugar cane, will say that I harvested my entire crop about the first of Jan uary, and weighed it all up as it loft tho field. Tho average tonnage was 46 tons to the acre, and I sold it all at San Benito ior seed purposes at the price of $5.25 per ton. This cane was planted a year ago last Decombor. It was my first experienco with sugar cane, in fact I never saw any until that time, having come hero from Minnesota. My land is located two miles from tho San Benito tract. I believe that any man with good common senso can count on making an average of at least forty tons to tho acre on any of this land where ho has good drainage. Tours truly, W. B. HINKLY. ASSISTANCE FURNISHED v ,?.l!NnHnB sueaiI ca.no ? P,lant th0 STALK itself Instead of a seed. If avol.iVti vom.? ? iStU Ben,lt0 and bceln tho growing of cano you call veStmint of PahntiVUnBn tho ,caiJ?,to plant thus savln yourself anlS miw m about S1Q per aero in this ivay: Sugar Cane Planters Will Have a Great Ad vantage at San Benito in the Transportation of Their Cane on Barges on the Big Canal It is fair to assume that your crop will average forty tons to tho acre year after year and that you will receivo $3.G0 por ton. This makes the gross receipts per acre $144. There is no auestion hut what s-m nnr nrn Into a contract with you to tako all your ca p fnr n nJ?ln,i l.l1"10 ente Por year will moro than pay all expenses of planting, cultivating, watering. a i prlco determined as follows They will SStln?a,$l2& hiPiPnnnEr and delverInS to "the mill, thus leaving you a the cano for everv cent suirm wntSt, i .!:Tur"D"? cent.s a on for net profit of about $100 per acre per year. ' San Benito norewith a letter from Mr. HInkly, Cashier of tho Bank of Write us for further Information, and for booklet. wmmmmmmmm J d oKJirar" San Benito and raise woav&S&S SAN BENITO LAND AND WATER COMPANY, Box Bfw San Benito, Texas ALBA HEYWOOD, President and General Manager a-.Km,?.Tyn l r&c&mvnmmXmmLL&S$ - - --"Tiii T-- imiiiijiiiiiiLjiii ' Jy''-j'gga OlllltToX-UU C..n ! - . win buy cnac from tUo Shh n7nii ,l!n. "eul" .! BrowiiMvIllc. This mill each cent UKar ff fiSlhSj- o deHver'yf "y B kCm ceBt" P ntil iHtcrlor view of one corner of the Okie-Texas Suar M1U. tho fect equipped mills In the United States. This Is one of i 4 1, tUsotsvtnT -i'im'i'itif