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Where Pleasure and Profit go hand in hand
January is Like June at San Benito
Average annual Mean Temperature for past 17 years 72.8
San Hvnllo, hrniuie of ItH superior, natural advantages Is rapidly becom
ing known as the most durable location In Texas for a winter home.
San Benito HAS a winter and summer climate unsurpassed In any part
of tho United .States, no rainy season, no fogs, no marshes, no malaria or
other fevers. Summer climate more agreeable than that of tho middle
states.
San Henlto HAS tho greatest gravity .rrlgatlon canal in tho SoutlrwcBt.
It Is equal in sl.o to an inland lake. It offers splendid boating and fishing
and hunting as well as an absolutely certain supply of water for irrigating
tho many farm products of this region.
San Honllo JS only twenty miles from tho Gulf Coast and a splendid
beach.
Old Mexico with Its quaint scenery and customs Is only a few miles
distant.
Tho Arroyo Colorado, an arm of tho Gulf, coming within three miles of
tho town of San Henlto offers splondld sea fishing and a clear channel out
to tho Gulf for motor boats.
San Henlto IS tho largest and busiest new town In tho Lower Rio Grando
Valloy. Good hotels, city water and lights, cement walks, handsomo south
ern bungalows, good schools and churches and good railroad sorvico.
There Is plenty of gamo, ducks, geese, quail, turkeys, and deer in tho
San Henlto Region.
Tho now Intorurban railroad at San Henlto will mako it tho most con
veniently located resort city in tho Famous Lower Rio Grando Country.
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The twelve months of growing season at
San Benito insure a good profit to grow
ers of winter products. Planters are now
making from $300 to $500 per acre on
winter cabbage; onions will net as much.
Strawberries, grapes and canteloupes
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Agriculturally, tho San Henlto proposition of.'crs advantages unoxcolled
In America. Tho San Benito tract has forty thousand acres of tho richest
dolta soil, equal in. fertility to tho famous delta of tho Nilo. As an Irriga
tion proposition it Is second to nono in Texas. Its canal is tho largest in
tho stato and tho ONLY GRAVITY CANAL in tho Valley of tho Lower
Rio Grande. It is thirty-seven miles long. 2G0 feet whin nmi twnnf.
deep. Moro than seventy miles of main laterals or branch canals already
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The San Benito interurban railroad will afford
convenient and cheap transportation for all
products; also direct route to a fine bath
ing beach. No farm will be more than a
mile and a half from transportation.
blops every quarter of a mile.
Tho combination of unexcelled climate, soil and water supply makes San
Benito tho best irrigation farming proposition In tho Southwest. IRRIGA
TION FARMING IS FAST BECOMING RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST
PROFITABLE AND SCIENTIFIC. IRRIGATED LAND IS THE MOST
VALUABLE.
A sugar plantation will pay big returns at San Benito. You can leave It
In charge of a manager during a part of tho year and- spend the remainder
of tho time hero and yet get an income of more than $50 per acre a year
net. This is tho best sugar cane country in America. Full twelve months
for tho crop to mature. It is only equalled by Hawaii in the production of
sugar cane. Why not consider a southern homo and a sugar cano plantation?
Winter trucking pays. We get cabbage, onions, tomatoes, beans, peppers
cauliflower, lettuce, celery, okra, potatoes, strawberries, melons and all
truck products on tho market when they bring the highest price. What
do you of tho north pay for these products in December, January and
February? That is when wo market them. A good yield is assured.
Grapes, nuts and citrus fruits, although they havo not been grown to any
great extent for shipment, are said by experts to bo as well adapted to
this region as to Florida and California. Oranges, lemons, grape-fruit and
grapes havo been successfully grown in this region for years. Wo are
within a few miles of tho southernmost point in tho United States Con
sequently our climate is suited foV their culture if that of any section of
Texas is. Thousands of people have paid enormous sums for orange groves
and vineyards in other sections of tho country where they could find a
climate suitable for a winter and summer homo and make a profit Whv
rLfn!?i V? Sa"Benlt wlie tho possibilities in this direction are as
great, and it won't cost you as much.
rn0ttw' Alfalfa' ad an forage crops yield abundantly in this rich delta
son. Ve linvc many thousand acres of kwwIur cron to show you.
Thnn11 ?,tho Sa,n enIt? Land and Water Company are selling rapidly
The area of this agricultural nugget is limited. Got In while there is a
chance to get tho land at a reasonable figure. Terms, one-third cash thS
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