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20 Acres and Independence
at San Benito, Texas, in the famous Lower Rio Grande Delta
Where 'v1i95JiPt4 $jH ;Vlf ? Where
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY BERMUDA ONIONS
Enormous Profits in Raising Bermuda Onions
San Bonlto Is recognized as ono of tho foremost regions In tho United States In the production of the famous Ttormnrin ! 1
rogion is particularly adapted to their culture. The great San Benito Gravity Irrlgat syste Tho soil of this
climato, bolng tho mildest fn tho Unitod States, cnnblc iih to get our onions on T the market before any o2 L? ?I TrS?11? needed, and our
highest price, and the climate being semi-arid and tho rainfall very little there fs little danger o I ralnV&SrlnK h Jia statea insuring tho
4 VkW ylQd horo ,s tain and under tho favorablo markoting conditions of this region the profits Tare enormous n,fr E iSe?son' .
to 400 crates per aero and getting from $1.50 to $1.75 per crato. Many of them will make from $200 to W00 n2?nront n?r nirSlJ.roi?iOW harvosting from 250
Burress Brothers shipped tho first carload o? onions from San Bonlto March 23rd crop alone.
the llrt car to be whipped from any point In the United State. When tho onions are all harvested a cron of rnrn Sit2a one of tho flrst cars, if not
some ground and matured during tho summer months in time to bo followed by a crop of winter truck rm Corn may be Planted on the
Tho Intorurban railroad now building on tho San
Benito tract leaves no farm moro than a mile and a
half from transportation either by water or rail. When
complotod San Benito farmers can load their products
aboard tho freight cars of tho intorurban in their own
Holds and bill direct to northorn markets.
Tho San Bonlto Region is attracting widespread
attention as tho host agricultural proposition In
America today.
Hero, land which is producing from a single crop
moro than Its total cost, may bo had on reasonable
torms. '
San Benito is located In tho extromo southern part
of tho Unltod States, 19 milos north of Brownsville,
Toxas, on tho main lino of tho St. Louis, Brownsville
& Moxlco Railroad.
In comparison with other land propositions, San
Benito has numerous
ADVANTAGES
It has tho largest and most efllclont Irrigation sys
tem In tho atato of Toxas ono of tho finest n
America. Tho main canal of this system is 37 miles
long, 250 foot wldo and 20 feet deop. It is purely a
gravity system, taking water from tho Rio Grando by
gravity flow, without pumps, insuring .a stoady supply
of water for irrigation at all times,
SEND COUPON FOR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET
San Benito Land & Water Co., Box Bt San Benito Texar
Gentlemen: Please send, without Incurring anv obWaHrm rt
your illustrated booklet containing full information of your ?rrigaTed
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ItT lsC Simho01113 rCffl0n IS unsurPassed in America,
it is mild tho year around, which Is to say, It is not
S?5tt0V?rmKd?rlaB th SUmmer' "or so co?d
an sorts Krow ! ,f that and vegetables of
an sorts grow in tho open field during the winter
Twelve months of field activity each year No aS
BZT' NV6fSy dayS' Good Gulf breeze everTday"n
yfCaP' ?fc healthful "Bion in America ! JdTal oca-
o "ho selOur bie T?lhaV0 Chlc land "n
f---- i tc :r jusr s s.rs
the favorable cllmatV irrteaU "? VaHed and
enable San BtouSriT makoe SSbZfigSS
Sugar Cane has paid from $50 tn jl 5 Pronts.
cotton makes a bale to to" So- aIfaifaP 1 f
from six to ten times a year and wo hS?" a b Ut
have paid for their fnV , havo Pinters who
alfalfa broom corn ylemHw cron?0 yeaf'S CrP of
our planters will make 200 per acre 0""
duct this year; corn violdM t Jn . 0t 0n t-hls Pro"
kaflr corn! mi o maize and In tTJ" Sbrffhum'
Perfection; vegetables' of all sorts frft CrPS ST0 to
the winter and return from $JJ to SooT"1
Profit. This is tho best citrus trJ, Pr acro not
region In tho state of Texaa ' Rnd flff
Present prices won't lust always; get in while
they are in reach. Tear off the the coupon, ana
send for our liooMct today.
San Benito Land & Water Co.
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