. n ., If il ill 1 i?'i' h iji.JttWW: r,l' 14 The Commoner. VOLUME 10, NUMBER 17 11 i M ;--, mm i , i ii j i-fc-w.ij Irrigation Farming Pays Mild and Equable Climate; Dry; No Excessive Temperatures Healthful fcv3B'jffitTLMMLxT&5 'iiikST xfHfc ffKHfMTIiwBwCn "fflwr!ffTL I j refit MffnE filHMBBiftMMlBBr m Main Gravity Canal of San Benito Land & Water Co. Soil as Rich as Famous Nile Delta Many Feet Depth ,r ." At San Benito, Texas Where there are twelve months of growing season each year, where products of superior quality may be grown any month in the year and marketed at a time when they bring the Highest Price; where the soil is many feet deep and as rich as can be found in America; where water for irrigation is plentiful, guaranteed by the 31 000 acre feet storage capacity of the great San Benito Gravity Ganal,-where the farmer' absolutely controls the amount of mois ture his crops shall have. Under the favorable climatic and soil conditions of the San Benito Tract a larger variety of crops may be grown than in any other section of the United States. y grown San Benito's canal Is the largest In tho fltato of Toxns. tho only GRAVITY Canal In flirt l,nwrT- win nrnmli irnllm.i orr .n lOIltT. 2fi0 font wlllo 7K tnllna nf lnfnrnl canals already constructed. Moro build- nib, juum canai jnavj.uaj3.Li1'. SUGAR CANE Sugar cano, uiLunu, coiion ana corn aro tho staplo crops of tho Rio vriunuu jjciul. 'inero is no tho United States; in fact, experts tell us thcroroonTytwoTlacesthS canoHawall and Java. Tho sugar cano area of tho world is very limited and farm lands in localities adapted to its production aro In great demand' Of tho sugar consumed in tho United States today moro than 50 nor cent la imported. You can ilguro your returns when tho crop is plant?! Tho yield hero Is nearly double that of tho famous delta country of the Misslsskml teaV!',?i C th, extraordinary fertility of our soil and tho fact that our ?ane has full twelvo months to maturo. Wo have planters on tho San Benito tract who havo mado moro than $100 por aero on sugar cano Wo do no? R,rKn,SnJhnat a11 cfan mftlc .100 Per aero not, but wo do .feel sure that thS?o Is ?50 per aero net, year after year, in sugar cano In .tho San Bonlto tract. ALFAIiPA Tho area of farm lands in tho United Staton nrtinfn,i , Eft? i0f ,alfalfa ls ,llmlt?d "Kowlso. Alfalfa roc ui?es special SSidftions of soil and climate and water. Thcso wo havo at San Benito Our tw hi months of growing season gives us an advantaco ovor thn nifaifn rl2Zfl POltAGKSorghum, mllo malzo and ICafllr corn crow h tn nfn Thousands of Acres of Growing Crops weevil. A bale to tho aero is n. Rnfn nn nnan,,n4.i.... it .. .. .. . .. able during cotton picking season! supply of Mexican laborers avall- ucSUon I our truck pro- supply the demand, consequently fret tho RSf the En,11LC(1 stata can cauliflower, beans, okra tomatoes F nnr JP Prlccs- Cabbages, onions, all kinds of truck grow "to .perfection ?SSS n'nSi008' eBff-plant, melons and aro now shipping winterl Planters BeateanVr$S wSnlotSoJJ Sftaf "SlaiW f'the famous yields aro phenomenal. Our soil is eBDMnJvf"!? Rio Grande. The onions; pur immense water system cuaKSyWnatdaptc,d totho raisins of are located on tho main line of tho i rSfo exJvn'tor TY,hen they need it; wo and can ship promptly; wo have , as T abndan?rnnTn n, Mexico Railway, SfeSScS1 SECTl8 ! TIDrlTfE5,S?Gt S SMSS&ataSS corn. State, herojn hood of $1.00 por bushel. a,Sed The Prlco remains fn tho neighbor- past soventeen years 72.8. u culture- Annual mean temperature T f or Choice land on reasonable terms; one-third cash, balance's eZZZTT THE CITY OF SAN BENITO T' ., " L- J1I1CUU5 U per Cdlt WIM nnr nn tho moT tnm .nn. m-.-. towns flri I tho Lower Rio Grande Valloy Its i iWo . SofSV?'08'0' tho now is malclng rapid strides toward thJOO martc. More thinToTnalP,utlon tho San Bonito tract do their trading at San Bonitn nV, trV?0 feoplo from with people who havo been accustomed to the b?st ?he ?innlnf f?opulatcd nf thn nnrth nnnl1 ntfA mi, i V ".r" ,t,.1 m-Hl tnO OlQ Settled roclnna U that Sai Bonlto i&ffi';ffibi?SSJ!iU muma ana con veniences found in few towns in America twice its ago. San Be nito HA.S a city water and light ing system, co- Send Coupon for Illustrated Booklet Sau Bonito Land & Water Co., ' Box B, San Bonito, Texas. Gentlemen: Please send, without incurring any obligation to me your illustrated booklet contain ing full information of your irrigated land. Namo v P. O. Pv. F. D. SS5rt?5 rMIIMmSllsSsiKss ... .., W0 and thrco yeafi at l p cont : Ol0-"ilrl cash, bit San Benito Land & Water Co., ALBA HEYWOOD, President San Benito, Texas fifofrw k I B -T Prcllmlnnmf - . an Intcrurban nii naS boon started on cover the San Sat!!?' Sy,tcm which will tor cars to b? usofl foact- Go-BoUne mo- will bo handinXh 2ducB !? car lad lots mont. No ro5?lohbma?fla?d team Wl for transuortaHnt, VL1 b bttor equippod ora can Toad iinrt n?n iSan, Bonlto. Farm Mi l airoe 'tr, PrdctB ln their fields and I 11 ui uioni manceta. tAix,ii'i.w mm