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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1910)
YJp- ' , tii The Commoner. VOLUME 10, NUMBER 2J K9nE333El Boy an Orange Grove at San Benito, Texas K v- V i San Bonito is in the heart of tho coming orange coun try of America. It is located 400 miles south of the orange region of California, south of Florida. The climate is particularly suited to citrus fruit culture. Average an nual temperature 72.8. We have splendidly locat ed orange lands on the banks of the Arroyo Colorado, an arm of the sea, with fine loose soil, splendid drainage, best irrigation facilities in Texas and water protection from frost. Fine high build ing sites on the banks of the Arroyo. Unequalled winter home location. WITHOUT A DOUBT THIS IS THE BEST ORANGE PROPOSITION IN TEXAS. Many acres now planted to oranges. San Benito Orange Grove Everything Grows Here Cabbage, onions, cauliflower, cu cumbers, string beans, tomatoes, egg plants, radishes, beets, turnips, peas, celery, Irish and sweet potatoes, pep pers, pumpkins, water inolons, canta loupes and strawberries yiold abun dantly and wo market them ahead of any other section of tho United States. San Bonito farmers are now making from $100 to $500 per aero on these products. Sugar cane yields from 30 to 50 tons to the acre and needs to bo re planted only onco in six years. Full twelve months a year for tho crop to grow. This region is second to none in th western hemisphere as a sugar cane country. Planters are now making from $50 to $100 per acre on sugar cane. Cotton makes from three-fourths to one apd one-half bales an acre and may be picked in timq to follow wun a crop or wihtor vegetables on the same ground. Corn yields two crops a year and finds a ready market at from 75a to ?1 per bushel. Alfalfa is very profitable. It is cut from six to ten times a year and yields from three-fourths to a ton and a half to the acre each cutting. 10,000 Acre of Grow ing Crops to Prove What this Region will Produce Wonderful Grape Country w wS?j 'r'2- iv JSff BByMSflffrc VJ aktv 35 ' 'SHpi-yJOwyiAyj LjhAcK " f 2uHSS3cVV9rapw?c ? - jjwjWBBjiWpnis xiic vjmSoBEQNIHeBJIkI Golden Hamburg Grapes at San Benito Superior Irrigation Facilities The San Benito Irrigation Canal . is one rif tin finnof tn fho -n-AiirsA '' - v-M..iM wp umicwnl States. It 'is purely a gravity canal. J it is 6'( miles long, 250 feet wide and 20 feet deep. More than 70 miles of main laterals or branch canals, rang ing from 25 to 50 feet in width, have been constructed. Unequalled Climate: and Soil The climate is semiarid. Mild summer and winter. Not so warm in summer as cities as far north as St Louis and Chicago. No oppressive : days. The winters are the delight of the northern visitor. Flowers and plants of all kinds grow in the open all winter, No rainy season or foggy v?;1!0 prevalent diseases. Most healthful region in America. Profit and pleasure go hand .in hand. The San Benito soil was made by the silt deposits of the Rio Grande in ages past. It is many feet in depth and of inexhaustible fertility. It ia ' generally friable nn r,i .- . ir-i m c.oijr wonted. Varies from a black sandy silt to' . .vu, viiuvjuiato loam. , Rapidly growing town, 2,000 pop ulation; interurban railroad build- iJXJ ?. m more tUan a m"e and a! half from transportation. SEND COUPON FOR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET San Bonito Land & Water Co., Box B, San Benito, Texas. Gentlemen: Please 'send, without incurring any obligation to me your illustrated booklet containing full information of your irrigated RF Stato. (No. 12) Our mann frtvn tmna v. Mni j. .. liarly suited ia tim rnit,.rA , -.?- ""uo- wmaiUoiis pecu- -- ....v um. uuu Miuiu grapes. MANY AGUES OF GROWING VINEYARDS TO SHOW YOU. " . - ' III M San Benito Land & Water Co. Box B, San Benito, Texas '. .i? i - i yE