The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923, July 09, 1909, Page 12, Image 12
-yrm.i-Wrpif';fyK The Commoner. 12 VOLUME , NUMBER Zf What It Means to Have Twelve HI W, , u L-igBumiimuJBlxa Twsm-y . ""-v - Months of Good Growing Season The Irrigated La Lomita Lands at Mission, Texas, Have Already It nooms almost Incredible that the farmors and growors on tho Irrigated La Lomita Lands at Mission, Toxas, In Mm T.nwnr Uln fJrando Valley o tho Gulf Coast Country, havo already ro colvcd tholr first largo profits, while tho northern and eastern farmer still havo their hardest work ahead. Tho spring and summer truck crops havo about all been gathered and shipped. For the past few months it has boon an Inspiring sight to seo tho train of wagons coming to tho Mission depot with tho day's consignments of truck to go forward by express, and tho larger wagons hauling In tho larger amounts to load In freight cars. Rail road olllclals say that Mission has pro duced moro express than any station on the road, and that this year all previous rocords have boon smashed. QUICK CASH RETURNS Theso first roturns havo boon so good this year that tho profits would bo considered largo oven if tho land cost $1,000 por aero. Tho greatest ad vantage possossod by tho Mission farm er is that ho has twolvo good months of growing season twolvo good months In which ho can mako money. Ho Is ablo to grow all manner of vegetables In tho winter months and placo thorn In tho markots months ahead of any other section In tho north or oast. Ho Is ablo to got Into tho best markots of tho world when tho demand Is greatest and tho price is tho highest. Tho result is ho can re allzo quick cash returns. Another ad vantage, his Work can bo distributed over twolvo months of tho year, and thoro Is Bomothlng on which ho can reaUr.o a profit all tho timo. After tho Mission farmer has shipped his truck crops to tho northorn mar kets In tho lato winter and early spring months, and has received fancy prices for his produco, ho turns his at tention to tho summer crops. It is a common sight to seo corn in silk and tassel In tho middle of May. If you don't like what you get out of ono crop hero you have plenty of tlmo to got two and still not Intorforo with tho winter growing vegetable season. You can see fine fields of cotton and other staples growing now on land that pro duced Immense yleldB of cabbago or onions In tho early spring. PROFITABLE SECOND CROPS Farmers on theso Mission lands are producing crops of corn, alfalfa, sugar cano and cotton In tho summer months and crops of vegetables during tho winter that aro netting thorn moro money' per crop than tho land costs per acre. "We havo farmers hero who havo notted $500 per aero from ono crop of their produce. In addition to the wonderful production of staple crops and vegetables, there aro unlim ited possibilities for growing oranges, lemons, grapes, grape-fruit, nuts and vinos, which promlso to outrival tho immense production of California. It Is not necessary to havo a largo area of land here to get a satisfactory crop, or to put In a whole life-time of hard work to securo a competency. From tho experience of others, ton to twenty acres aro sufficient. Ono may safely begin with ten acres and soon bo ablo to add to It. A man with $1,500 may safely undertake to get a start on tho La Lomita Lands at Mission. Thero Is no waiting for tho growing Produced Their First Large Profits ' '-kite -sjJ ' !&'' l'v The Way Things Look in the Gul Coast Country season, and a buyer may proceed to clear his land and put in some sort of a crop at onco. With twelve months of growing season, and two or threo crops a year on the same ground, thero Is no timo for loafing. The rosults here aro suro and certain for tho man who wants to got ahead. At Mission f'ou take no risk of loss from drouth, ato seasons, destructive hall and wind storms, floods, and tho numerous draw backs and worries of farming where all depends on tho fortunes of one season In a one-crop country. WEALTH PRODUCING IxANDS The La Lomita Lands possess every requirement for wealth producing for tho farmer. Wo havo hore the unusual combination of the most fertile soil, a climato unsurpassed, an abundance of water for irrigation, an efficient irriga tion system, and an adequate supply of tho cheapest labor in the country. If you are thinking of making a change where you can better yourself, where you will not havo to renew your mortgage at the end of the year, where you can make enough net profit in ono season to pay for your farm, where you can enjoy the finost climate in the world, como to Mission, Texas, and see what is being done here. With sum mer here, some may question tho ad visability of paying a visit to this country at such a time. This is just the timo to come if one would make up his mind from experience whether ho desires to face tho expected high temperatures. But it might as well bo mado plain right now that thero will bo no extremes of heat to face. Wo have a dry climate, and tho heat is not as noticeable as in the humid regions of tho north. There is an oc casional hot day when temperatures of 98 degrees havo been recorded hero when the thermometer would show 101 degrees in Chicago. These are excep tional days, and when they do come, just get in tho shade for a minute and let tho Gulf breezes fari your brow. Tou will forget about the heat, and guess tho thermometer registers about 70 degrees. The Gulf breeze never never fails to arrive. It works every day in the year. CAN BETTER YOURSELF HERE Wo have hero at Mission a "hustling colony of tho very best people. Thero is a community of Interest among the people here. Everyone is interested in seeing his neighbor prosper, and there is a friendly rivalry among producers to see who can do the best. We want more of this class of people, and to such peoplo wo can promise suro re sults. Nothing can bo realized with out intelligent effort and work, and we want to emphasize tho fact that dollars don't grow on the bushes here any more than they do in your state, but wo do claim that any energetic man can realize larger returns from an Investment In a Mission farm than any where else on tho American continent. The time to como is now, while tho land Js within your reach. Irrigated lands in other sections of the country under less favorable conditions aro now selling from $500 to $1,000 por acre. By acting now you can get a Mission tract for from $50 to $100 per acre. We cordially invite your correspon dence and Investigation. CONWAY & IIOIT, Mission, Hidalgo, County, Texas. Cut Out Coupon and Mail TODAY CONWAY & IIOIT, MlsHlon, Texas, I am very much interested in your La Lomita Lands and in tho suc cesses being made there. Please send mo full information regarding same. Name Address Town It. F. D. No :......... State. Cabbage Yield Worth $400 an Acre Mr. A. L. Pulllam of Mission had eight acres in cabbago that produced 20.000 pounds to tho acre and which he sold at $40 per ton net. His total receipts from this eight acres amounted to $3,200. pw Are you doing as well as Mr. Pulllam? If you will investigate the Gulf Coast Country you will find that thero are good reasons for such results. One of them is the climate. The winter is so mild that tender vegetables can bo grown and placed on tho market in the early spring when tho price is the highest. After the early spring crop the land will raise a second crop and sometimes a third crop the same year You can bo successful In the Gulf Coast Country, but you must ACT NOW fnd. val"es aro rapidly increasing and in a short time the price will be nro hibitivo to a man of small means. Don't neglect this opportunity to became independent. Tou owe it to yourself. .uity tu uccome This company will, if you deslro, after the land is purchased, cleared and fenced ready for a crop, lease tho land for you at 10 per cent net on vour investment.. You can thus havo an income of 10 tier Pnt nnfl n owi,? ? certain rise In values of at least 20 per Sent per Vnnum more? abal"tely 252S&K5E&22