. Review of reviews and world's work. 220-acre fieldnear Hidalgo, which is inthe extreme southern sectionof Hidalgo County, on theRio Grande River. The totalyield was 2,4 75 tons, and itmarketed at $11 per ton, or$27,225. His net profit was$17,445, or $ per acreon land which cost less than$5 per acre. Three years ago, Mr. Closnersold the crop from a two-acre banana grovefor $500. There was practically no cost ofproduction. Four hundred refrigerator car-loads of truck, consisting of Bermuda onions,cabbage, potatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes,mixed vegetables, and strawberries, were shippedf
. Review of reviews and world's work. 220-acre fieldnear Hidalgo, which is inthe extreme southern sectionof Hidalgo County, on theRio Grande River. The totalyield was 2,4 75 tons, and itmarketed at $11 per ton, or$27,225. His net profit was$17,445, or $ per acreon land which cost less than$5 per acre. Three years ago, Mr. Closnersold the crop from a two-acre banana grovefor $500. There was practically no cost ofproduction. Four hundred refrigerator car-loads of truck, consisting of Bermuda onions,cabbage, potatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes,mixed vegetables, and strawberries, were shippedfrom the extreme southwest section duringthe spring of 1905, and every consignmentproperly marketed brought handsome returnsto the producer. Many fruit-growers and gar-deners simply billed their products to certaincommission merchants in the large cities andhoped for the best. Almost invariably an un-favorable report was received. One man wasactually requested to send a check for $, itbeing claimed that the small proportion of the. \ iaJa tLJ| rmfll EkBWVhI^H BROOM CORN, XEAK BEBVILI/JS, AN EARLY CABBAGE CROP, NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI. carload received in good condition did notbring a sum sufficient to defray expenses ofhandling. Several unscrupulous agents weredetected and forced to refund, but the majoritykept tlie money which rightfully belonged tothe grower. This disheartened many, and those who havebeen rushing to Kingsville, Brownsville, andLaredo in the past few months have met a fewcoming away. Organization and business meth-ods will right all this. Southwest Texas, espe-cially Corpus Christi, sends vegetables and fruitsto the Northern markets from two to six weeksahead of any other section of the South, andsuch an advantage is bound to prove perma-nently profitable. IRRIGATION BY ARTESIAN WELLS. It should be borne in mind that all south ofCorpus Christi on the east and just below SanAntonio on the West is semi-arid country, andtlierefore has to be irrigated. The original
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