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In the Lower Rio Grande Valley of the Gulf Coast Country
If you arc looking for irrigated land,
where largo crops and big profits aro
a practical certainty, where the grow
ing season extends the entire twelvo
months of the year, come to Mission,
Texas, and investigate for yourself tho
La Lomita Irrigated Semi-Tropical
Lands, while tho prices are within
your reach.
Irrigated lands in other less favor
able sections of tho United States aro
selling from $500 to $1,000 per acre,
because of the profitable crops they
will produce. When it is taken into
consideration that every month of tho
year is a farming month at 'Mission,
you can form some idea of the future
value of these lands, which can bo
purchased now at a fraction of their
real worth.
ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION
Farmers, fruit growers, truck rais
ers, all recognize tho advantages of
irrigated lands over non-irrigated sec
tions, no matter where located, as by
irrigation we have no drouth, no rain
at tho wrong time. It means that all
tho ground is not wet at tho same
time, which, while benefiting somo
crops, injures others. It means that
for any crop a farmer wishes to grow,
the exact amount of moisture needed
at the exact timo it is needed is avail
able. It means also that a farmer
can rush his crops until they aro fully
matured, and then shut off tho water
and allow them to ripen slowly.
An Irrigated tract on the La Lomita
lands at Mission means diversity of
crops, big crops, no crop failures, no
replanting duo to unfavorable weather,
no wet harvest, best quality, farmers'
insurance, fertilization of tho soil by
tho silt carried in tho waters of tho
Rio Grande, apd it means prosperity
and happiness. Five acres, properly
cultivated, is enough to insure a good
living to a family. Twenty acres is
a great abundance, and forty acres
make a man a plantation owner.
EXPERIENCE NOT NECESSARY
It is not necessary that a man bo
experienced to mako a successful irri
gation farmer. All that is required
is good judgment properly applied
the same as you would apply it on
your eastern or northern farm, for
there you sometimes get moisture
when you don't need it, while the irri
gation farmer takes it only as he needs
it. The supremo advantage of a tract
at Mission is that you are certain that
you can grow tho crop, and tho climate
makes it possible to grow a variety of
crops and get therein shape for tho
markets, which can not bo done in any
country where the rainfall is great.
We simnlv use irrigation to supple
ment our average annual rainfall of
30 inches. If it rains wo do not irri
gate; if we think a little water will
help our crops, we turn it on, and
that's all there is to it.
ABUNDANT WATER SUPPLY
No one who buys lands on the La
Lomita Irrigated Tract at Mission
need ever have fear of not having
enough water or of having too much
water. Wo havo carefully prepared
to let every farmer havo plenty of
water just when ho needs it for his
crops, and wo havo also taken far
sighted caro of tho drainage question.
Tho high natural drainage of our lands
and the elevation above sea level
should appeal to everyone who desires
tho richest farming lands this country
has ever seen, when irrigated properly,
and our canal system is as near per
fect as it is possible to make it.
THE CANAL
The La Lomita canal, which supplies
irrigation water from the Rio Grando
to the farming lands of Mission, is 15
miles long and has an additional 15
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The Most Fertile Soil; Abundance of Water for
irricration: rerrect laiurai LsrauiaK a nuiai
Unsurpassed; Cheapest Labor in the Country.
miles of laterals, thus placing plenty
of water directly on tho farms of
ovcryono who purchases from tho fine
irrigated lands of our 27,000 ncro tract.
As thoso lands aro largely along tho
river front, tho town of Mission being
only three milos from tho river, tho
proximity of good Irrigation water Is
greatly In tho favor of tho truck grow
ers and farmers. Tho canal system is
so situated that it can lrriiralc all of
tho land lying between Mission and tho
Gulf of Mexico in tho Rio -Grando Val
ley, were it necessary. The canal
has a natural drop of four to five feet
to tho mile, and tho great pump has
a capacity of 35,000 gallons per mlnuto.
Near tho town in a reservoir covering
seven and one-half acres, and from
tills the water will be pumped to tho
second lift, giving to tho highest lands
of tho bench an abundance of water.
MODERN PUMPING PLANT
Tho pumping plant is modern In
every respect and was carefully
planned to suit tho requirements of
farmers on tho La Lomita lands. Tho
great stream of water pumped from
this modern plant Into tho fiumo Is
steady and continuous so that no
trouble Is ever experienced In keeping
tho great canal and tho laterals filled
with wator.
In many places where farm lands
aro under Irrigation, trouble has been
experienced on account of tho poor
drainage arrangements or tho entire
lack of drainage. On tho La Lomita
irrigated lands at Mission, wo havo
carefully prepared for drainage, so
that danger from too much water or
from overflows is done away with. Old
rcsacas or former river beds havo been
used, in addition to tho drainage
ditches, and as the land also has tho
advantngo of natural drainage, It la
apparont that tlio drainage proulom
has been solved satisfactorily at
Mission.
PRODUCES WONDERFUL CROPS
Tho staple crops of the valley aro
from cotton, corn, sugar cane and al
falfa. Returns, from theso are suro
and enormous.
Cotton nourishes well hero, from ono
bale to one and a half bales per aero
being tho average.
Corn produces from CO to 75 bushels
per aero, and three crops have been
matured on tho same land in 14
months. .
Sugar cano yields 30 to CO tons per
acre for six to ten years without re
planting, with amnio facilities for
milling and marketing.
Alfalfa readily yields a net profit of
from $100 to $120 per acre, selling for
?15 to $18 per ton net. From six to
nine cuttings per annum Is an average
harvest.
After tho staples, various kinds of
truck, fruit and nursery stock pay
handsomely in this region.
FRUITS AND VEGETARLES
Enormous profits havo been realized
by the growers of early vegetables for
tho northern markets.
Oats yield CO to 70 bushels per acre,
and planters havo done exceedingly
well with crops of clover, broom corn,
sorghum, mile maize, potatoes, cauli
flower, snap beans, cucumbers, celery,
and in fact every kind of vegetable
you can mention. Watermelons and
cantaloupes will yield from $125 to as
high as $200 per acre.
Oranges, plums, apples and grapes do
unusually well here. This valley bids
fair to be tho greatest orange and
grapo country In tho United States, tho
profits of these fruits being large.
Pineapples, grapo fruit, pears, apri
cots, bananas, strawberries, blackber
ries, olives and figs aro being culti
vated with profit.
A farm at Mission offer, unlimited opportunities oahaphomeandjho aeeuj
locating here from all sections of tho country and Pfon ounce the jEo0! Spwn thli way. This is a proposition that will stand cloe Inspection.
When you have read this ad. you can make no better ae$l8n. a" t,, and ko down for yourself. Tho expense is small. The price of the land Is rea
Buy a homeseeker's ticket on the first or third Tues and wo solicit your investigation and correspondence,
sonablo now, and next year it will be more. Our proposition unexcenea m . rvTmr rnrmrAC
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