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Q. Quite satisfactory profits are had in well managed rice 

 growing. Quietly quit raising precarious and unprofitable crops, 

 we should say, and try rice provided you are in shape to do so 

 properly. 



R. Rice is one of the surest crops raised, not being subject 

 to drouth, if water supply is sufficient, and little injured by ex- 

 cess of rain. It has been known to yield as much as 30 sacks or 

 barrels to the acre. 



S. Sacks cost about eight cents a piece and hold from 170 

 to 200 pounds. The rice mills and buyers furnish sacks when 

 they are the purchasers. 



T. Threshers charge ten cents per sack for threshing. 



U. Unless you can sow in March or April do so in May 

 usually the earlier, when the season permits, the better. Much 

 the past season was not sown till June, on account of the continu- 

 ously wet weather of the spring months. -It is yielding well, 

 though earlier sowing is preferable. 



V. Very likely you can begin harvesting in August and 

 maybe the work will continue on through September well into 

 October. 



W. When ready for market the market will be ready for 

 you. 



X. Xmas times should find you in a happy frame of mind 

 and easy in your bank account. 



Y. You will learn, among other things, that rice straw 

 makes good roughness for stock and that horses and cattle will 

 keep in good order on it. It will yield from two to four tons per 

 acre and is worth baled in the market, from $5 to $8 per ton. 



Z. Zeal in proper quantities is essential to success in rice 

 farming, as in every other business. Zealously pursued and 

 backed with good judgment and industry, rice farming in the 

 Texas coast country promises good profits and happy results. 



&. & you will find, too, that rice stubble will fatten hogs, 

 cattle and horses until the winter frosts, which sometimes fail 

 to come, destroy it. And, this closes the alphabetical list of rice 

 raising requisites we started out to give you. 



In conclusion, we beg to submit an estimate of Mr. T. F. 

 Cooley, of Houston: 



ESTIMATE. 



Average yield, 12 bbls., at $3 $36 oo 



Deduct water and land rent, 4 sacks $12 oo 



Deduct for other expenses 10 oo 22 oo 



Total net profit per acre $14 oo 



This estimate includes land, rent of two sacks, or $6 per 

 acre. Add this, and the land owner has a clear net profit, af-er 

 paying a two-sack water rent, of $20 per acre. Where else, and 

 with what crop and with greater certainty can you beat this? 



