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The Commoner.
VOLUME 9, NUMBER 1
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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
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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.
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SAN BENITO LAND AND WATER COMPANY,
Box Bfw San Benito, Texas
ALBA HEYWOOD, President and General Manager
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tho fect equipped mills In the United States.
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