124 THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Pecos Valley ,Texas, Excels 



Four Indisputable 

 Reasons Why 



Best Irrigation Project in America : : Facts All Prove It 



1. CLIMATE Ideal, with 345 days of sunshine every year. Summer temperature 67, winter 51, humidity 33, alti- 

 tude 2,200 feet, no hot winds, no blizzards, U. S. Signal Service says climate is better than California, North Carolina or 

 Florida. 



2. SOIL A rich, deep, sandy loam, ranging from dark chocolate to reddish in color, eighteen to thirty feet deep, 

 no alkali. Pronounced by experts who have seen it "to be the finest body of land in America for irrigation." 



3. AMPLE WATER SUPPLY Our reservoir two miles square, seventeen feet deep holds 20,000 acre feet of 

 water. Forty miles of canals serve water for irrigation. Wm. L. Rockwell, Government Irrigation Manager, says the 

 duty of water in Pecos Valley should be one cubic foot for every 150 acres, while we guarantee one cubic foot for 80 

 acres, or approximately TWICE THE AMOUNT of water needed for irrigation. The rainfall is EIGHTEEN INCHES. 

 It is believed artesian water underlies this lower Pecos Valley; in fact, on these lands, at 130 feet, ninety feet of good 

 water has been found. 



4. MARKETS When the Orient Railroad reaches the lower Pecos Valley, which should be in twelve months, 

 direct communication with the markets of the world, North, East, West and South, can be obtained. Meanwhile, there 

 is a big demand for everything that can be raised. Alfalfa, which cuts seven tons per acre, NOW sells for $16 a ton at 

 Grand Falls, just across the Pecos River from our land. The cattlemen who pasture hundreds of thousands of steers on 

 the plains adjacent must have feed through the winter. 



NO OTHER IRRIGATION DISTRICT IN THE UNITED STATES IS SO WELL AND FAVORABLY LOCATED. 



With ideal climate, making your future home both healthful and delightful, a rich and fertile soil, plenty of water 

 to guarantee bountiful crops, and a splendid market for all you raise, why do you hesitate to make the lower Pecos Val- 

 ley your future home? 



YOU MUST KNOW WHAT THESE LANDS WILL PRODUCE 



Every crop known to irrigation can be successfully grown on this land, and we give below the valuation of crops raised 



per acre in this vicinity: 



Alfalfa 4 to 8 tone per acre Tomatoes $200 to $400 per acre 



Broom Corn 1 to a " " " Sweet Potatoes 15,000 to 20,000 Ibs. 



Cane 4 to 8 " " Cantaloupes $300 to $500 



Wheat 20 to 50 trash. " Pumpkins and Kersliaws $10O to $800 



Oats 50 to 100 " " Irish Potatoes $75 to $150 



Corn 30 to 60 " " Fears $800 to $1200 



Maize 50 to 75 



Kaffir Corn 50 to 75 



Fodder 4 to 6 tons 



Onions 5 to 7 " 



Cotton '. H to 1V6 bales 



Sugar Beets $100 



Celery $500 



Asparagus $500 



lettuce $250 



Apples and Peaches S300 to S6OO 



Soft Shell Almonds $250 to S500 



Figs $300 to $600 



Grapes, all varieties $150 to $400 



Radishes $150 to $400 



Cabbage $300 to $5OO 



Strawberries, Gooseberries, Baspberries, 



and all kinds of berries $250 to S500 



READ WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING ON IRRIGATED LANDS A FEW MILES FROM OURS: 



"My ten-year-old orchard, in 1907, netted me $1,000 P.ER ACRE." C. W. Griffin. This is the orchard that took 

 first premium at the St. Louis World's Fair. 



"The average yield of alfalfa at TWO YEARS old is SIX TONS per acre, at $12.50 per ton, $75 PER ACRE." 

 E. D. Balcom. 



"I have just satisfied myself that from 40 acres of alfalfa a net profit of $2,232 can be made in a year." J. A. Barge. 



"I have sold from THREE-FOURTHS OF AN ACRE of sweet potatoes, $140 worth, and have one-half my crop 

 left. Some weighed as much as 14 pounds." W. Peninger. 



TKe Highest Authorities In America! 



Could we give you better testimonials? Better evidence that this is the greatest land proposition in the United 

 States? 



W. L. ROCKWELL, IRRIGATION MANAGER U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHING- 

 TON, D. C., 

 Writes F. A. Hornbeck, Land Commissioner: 



"Dear Sir: I have lately visited the location of your contemplated irrigation system in Pecos Valley. I feel 

 that you should congratulate yourselves and your engineer for finding such a NATURAL RESERVOIR so 

 closely located to this EXCEPTIONALLY FINE BODY OF LAND. If you were to hunt the length and breadth 

 of the arid West I DOUBT if you COULD FIND so large a tract of land LYING SO NEARLY IDEAL 

 FOR IRRIGATION." 



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F. D. COBURN, SECRETARY OF KANSAS STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, SAYS: 



"The country I looked at especially was the lower Pecos Valley, in Pecos County, now about to be opened 

 up to settlement. It will be made directly tributary to Kansas City by the Orient Railway. The best of the lands 

 here are certainly FAVORABLY SITUATED FOR IRRIGATION. They are being disposed of at prices and 

 on terms attracting purchasers from all parts of the Union. Landseekers are met on every train." 



Don't Forget! This is Opportunity's Knock. The price of this rich, irrigable land, with a perpetual water right and 

 a proportionate interest in a'reservoir two miles square, 17 feet'deepl and 40 miles of canals, now is only $40 a.n acre. 



EBESTiAND.CHEAPEST IRRIGATED LAND IN THEJUNITED STATES 



F, A. HORNBECK, XZSSSZSSi, .Kansas City, Mo. 



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