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The La Lomita Tract, 27,000 Acres, Mission, Texas
A Money Producer Summer and Winter
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These lands, now selling, at from $50 to $100 per acre, are producing crops JJO& "
months, and crops of vegetables during me winter, netting muic wvxxvj v, - ..,
In addition to the fore
going, there are wonderful
possibilities for the pro
duction of Oranges, Lem
ons, Grape-Fruit, Nuts
and Yines, 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
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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
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mioy oi xexcis i-urtuei-south
than any other port
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.
Table grapes ripen two months earlier than in California, are shipped
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 are superior to any part of the world, pro
ducing more cane to the acre and richer juice than any other country.
Sugar cane raisod in Hidalgo county won the gold medal at St. Louia.
John J. Conway and Col. Sam Fordyre Under
Fine Sugar Cane XUiincd Near MIsHlon.
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
and all other incidental expenses, amounting to a little over
$5,000 and for their one-year's work, they put 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.
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We cordially invite your correspondence and investigation.
CONWAY & HOIT
Mission, Hidaldo County,
nuildlnc ike BIB Pumplnv Plant Which Irrigates LaLomita Ranch, BIiBMtom.
Ml..lon of Oblate Father., B.tull8hed 1801, LaLomita KUmck, ii.ioH.
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