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SAN BENITO, TEXAS
Where promises have been fulfilled, offers the greatest agricultural j opportunity in America today. Fanners are
now making from $100 to $500 per acre a year net from the products of their fields at San Benito where the
climate permits twelve months or rield activity eacn year, wnere mp euu a utu o ..jr . vMfcv. M ,
where the largest and most efficient irrigation system in lexas is locarea.
Wo Cut
Alfalfa
From
Six to
Ten Times
a Year
and Get
From
to a Ton
to the
Acre Each
Cutting
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YEAR OLD ALFALFA FIKLD AT SAN BENITO
We Have Many Acres of Growing Crops to Show You
Alfalfa ia only ono of the many crops which may be grown at San Benito. The irrigation facilities, soil and climate of this region are par
ticularly adapted to its growth. Tho alfalfa root strikes deep, consequently requires a deep soil. The soil of the San Benito region is of a delta
charactor and is many feot in depth. Our mild and equable climate permits the crop to grow and flourish as well during the winter as in the
summor and onablcs us to cut from six to ten crops a' year. By our superb irrigation system we are enabled to put water onto the field as Boon
as tho crop is cut, cured and hauled off, thereby giving it a fresh start and hastening it on to another harvest.
. Tho prico is steady iu tho neighborhood of $18 per ton. It is a comparatively inexpensive crop to handle once it is planted and in nortions of
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona and California it is considered, because of its certain yield and staple price, the backbone of land values
Many of our planters havo made more than ?50 an acre a year net on this crop.
In addition to being a splendid alfalfa region San Benito is in tho heart of the best sugar cano country in America. Planters now maTrinJ
from $50 to $100 per aero on sugar cane. w mdiU
Cotton yields a' bale to a balo and a half t
tho boll woovil, thoroby insuring a good yiel
Broom Corn crows to perfection here am
a year and about a ton to the acre from the two crops.
San Benito has shipped more truck
this year than all tho rest of tho Lower
Rio Grande Valley, in which it is locat
ed. San Benito has a larger acreage in
cultivation than any irrigation proposi
tion in tho Lower Rio Grande Valley.
San Benito is tho largest now town in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley; has a
population of 2,000; only 2 years old;
good schoolB, lower and high grades,
eight teachers, in charge of former Co
lumbia University professor; cement
walks, city light and water, churches,
good stores and splendid class of people.
It will bo ono of tho more important
cities in Southwest Texas.
JANUARY CAULIFLOWER $300 PER ACRE NET
San Benito has tho largest and most
efficient Irrigation system In Texas.
San Benito has unsurpassed transporta
tion facilities. On main lino of St
Louis, Brownsville and Mexico railroad.
Main canal navigable. Interurban sys
tem which will cover entire tract now
building. No farm will be more than a
mile and a half from transportation.
San Benito has ideal location for winter
homes. Finest climate In America.
Twenty miles from Gulf and good
beach. Land for sale on an arm of
the sea.
San Benito is attracting widespread attention as the best agricultural uliuiLIL. I.. n. n..i... , .
of the United States. Its climate is mild winter and summerf Avene mean temperature 8 I J lsdeally locaed in the southernmost Dart
Louis and Chicago. Its irrigation system is conceded to be the finest in ' r m of h w TerB .not !? wam aB clties as farnorftLst
wide, 20 feet deep, 70 miles of constructed laterals. 40,? &toSS,LgSg dTanay bK tSLSS
SEND COUPON FOR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET
San Benito Land & Water Co., Box B, San Benito, Tcxar.
Gentlemen: Please send, without incurring any obligation to me
your illustrated booklet containing full information of TSrigaTed
Name
P. O.
R. P. D.
Land may be had on reasonable terms. onrK;
cash, balance in five equal annual pavmif.
Investigate San Benito N
.State,
(No. 7)
San Benito Land r Water Co
B B, Su Benito, Te, Alb. H.oH. Ivj '.
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