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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
August, IQOO. 
This H.'iu from Hie Hoovllle lli'i'. Indicates 
llt’W JWsHlIlilltlt’S. 
"At Hu- recent Farmers' Congress of the 
'i;ri.u:iunii owl Merhiinhhil the 
S.ni Jacinto lOliul' osldl.il li i • I •'niiie grow- 
ing lullin’. 'ii iiloMiv li.iili il li* r mill hiii|i|« i-, 
ii|iii'-miiiii- ;i urn imJiit'fry Hi tlmi 
vaunt > linin' were oK.' -talk* nf n iiimv 
variety hi mrn known a- "Joint Oom." 
li | r • ><l ■!.-< i mi imi nl «• v«’ r.\ .Inint, null II 
In iliilini'il ilmr If yield- V> t>. I — -** l.ii-liely 
to (III ,|I'IV III »v flail t II Mas mlgiuiilrd III 
San .lii.'liiiii i *o n nl y mnl lilts la-ell grown 
for t|n'i‘i' y •■ill’s." 
THREE CROPS IN ONE YEAR 
In ••nlci Hint otif reader* «**n» li-.i r n i)h> 
fll<’tx Ilf till' grant I 'nil nl country uf TcMis, 
we give following from llic 101 t'ampo 
Engle of .Inly 27, 1900: 
"Tin- writ or lim* luiil Own si on to i Isit ii 
consider;! hie portion of tin 1 lower country 
during tin* |iii-l few days mill Inis seen 
A VfirXG PKAU oltrllAHI. IX TIIK TUX AS COAST Cor*TBV.- A serious 
in iii I ii Ki' mi- iii, tile In mining <i;, (h between the trees. 
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otHOMESEEKER’S DEPARTMENT io 1 
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EXCURSION TO EI. CAMPO. 
| ! || VllL’Il-l "1. I III HoiWX't'IiVT’- |l* , p,lt'l 
mi ni of rlie American Krult mnl Wgotnlilc 
.1 mini!) I villi June nil eX>-Ul«ioTI I'l KI 
i Vinip.i. t" ennlth mu' ittiitiTs unit I hell 
(liend- io see for llii'iimrlvi ■! the gr.nl 
ini.] growing l’nji»l cmiiitry. 
Tin- train M-lll lejMe Chicago al H V M.. 
v ii a tell Ison Topeka Hinl Simtn E’e R, II. 
Tile raw will he ■ lie fine, pill* f'J tin- (lie 
i tind trip. IToiii I'bledBji, this Mill he 
f'.T.,:;ri; fnnn Kansas City (•£< *0 ami from 
St. I .intis nl unit $27.00. 
This same form of reduced rate, Hint Is 
one fare pin- $2. for Hie round trip, nitty he 
nhtnliji d flow liny Santa IV offter on the 
al iivo ilny and ilnte. Slate hi the ngrlil 
of whom you liny a Ticket thill yon (li'Slrt 
payment* lion i wait to -ell out. Imi »■ 
eltrr Xn or 1IIO tic r< ■- "f Hi.* ■ loilee i e h Inn I 
p.-M', lii-roto till- pr’ee Ik Hlt.'l’Cmted. 
Join I Ilf fxeufsloli. aliit lllll e a goo. I tlllle 
anyhow. 
i l.o t ‘iliior of Hie \nioilean Fruit awl 
' ojelnhh .hum . il Intends visiting the KI 
Caiiiim colony In uiguM. awl will t.'li mir 
reader* wlial he •llwiwcs on rlie nay 
CROPS FINE. 
Oin Hundred Dollars Per Acre in Cabbage. 
raptnin Boriuils. one of Wharton eouuty'* 
most respected eitUelis, tins In town for a 
ten houis Tiles day slinking hands ivlrli his 
ninny friends and expressing himself on 
emp condition* a" lie Ini- seen them, states 
the KI Ciunpn Engle. The captain says 
lo go to El t'ampii. Tex . to view the rtnm- 
li'.V md the colony lauds. The llokettt ore 
good for 21 days. 
To each purchaser of 10(1 aclea of land, 
rallrnnd fni'e Itol lo oncecd Shi will l.o 
•linlueted from the pike paid for the hind 
I ay nsldo yonr work, Hike n vacation 
and go and mi-c Hie i top* nn .1 . oUulry, with 
Its toartelous h’«i|ll'll‘> I'rove to ym|r 
■.""•.faction that tin milliner. Hr ,. pi,.,,*, 
nnl as In the Nortlu and yet mi dlsngr. . 
ill lie winter 
(io and -ee land that Is not poor or 
h""l "lay. hut rich, renlle soil that will 
produce coni. colt. .11, sugar cane, Trull 
vegetable., train and many other . Top- 
is a progrio'-.i . eoluuy Mill, good .itniol- 
el""‘clH's. n nd n nice lltlle town vr»l|i him hi 
modem improvement*, all huiK up within 
Dll' I»a^1 ff W 
Ileinemlier that Me have about .T'l.lsitl 
“ " * " f , . hb ‘ • hole.. rsrtonv laud 
I.eaily enough to glv. »». „Mm t, fano ..r 
’ " !" r - " ,; ‘l Hie title Is alisoliileli 
K'WiUMced. ami that 
wU d. w ild, il ta -t - for otie-elghtii 
caK).. ..ml the i. nm iieler to „•»,.„ 
HI"' Ii" does not have to speak from hear 
say 'lint on Id- own farm lie Iuik the g. n 
"I" -lulT and Unit |„. I- well pleu-ct with 
1 I-"'S|'I'0|, - three weeks ago 
" " " HI He illMcollrageil lieeiiuu.. h|> 
'"Hon did Hot •oeu, lo pm on mu |r,,ll 
'™"' " i; 'l Hlne Hie ||.h| ha- go He 
l •" Kirn rollon 
-mm I- l.oavll) 1 1 niH'd mot -till Improving. 
\ i ' nillHllI l( Hindu 
niH'd II, al lir- rvp, r no. met with a p w 
acre- las i ' >r nml Holt ho i'callr.cd nlu.oi 
1,11 lint I which u.u gi,,.,, 
in" 1 '' ; -'""'i Mo espiel- ..,,g„g.. |„ 
""" ' "ip "O a notch huger 
• at lids tall uml Winter. It.. I- „„ , „ 
Ho. ".Ml,, ''.dlevcr • 
i :; " u '< "*’••• ->"• - ,.t.. 
' 'll mill < a use for .•oinphilm. 
NEW VARIETIES OF CORN AND 
TOBACCO. 
It 1- no wonder »*,», t '..a-i ootm.rv 
I- . i \ '■ "i'lng rapidly « lien one h nilm 
,iH ‘ "" U ' M "I '"nl ntlhl .liman 
many on la o- nmrvelotis pr ., lu. thm. 
!"""> '"fTereni crops, )IU ,| lll)m , H1IT 
h" ha:- never at this H,„e of the year 
f"""d heller prnspecta, not iv It Its I and lug the 
"ally ilmwhio k». 'lll ll as II," I stornt, 
'"•'I '"" II and eontlnncd iv.d h in i her 
••xpoMc.ire.l Hd- vear. |„ lotiUlllg ovr Hi- 
T' Vlor fti l,n ‘ ' '""H" "< 
' r " 11 1 "I'l*"! t>l.i!iiiillou, ho ,,-ns 
"•n't". mV" "[ "" am - of 
" lh ' "OP lor 
"iV , h ," 1,1 •' «* ' '< or Van'll this 
I eloo'c, ' " K " ,M bt'cnthe (oily 
• h e h p . I M wit* cl down and 
[ , „ Al Hen tj,,„. |, mm 
' '"loot llih-ty l.n-lhd- per 
■" " ' """I m Mm il 
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. Vi. U "" 
" d , V '• " J,ll ""l"l Him till, see 
lnHie?ix S 1 ,""*'' n '""" 
, r ' -a""' hind Mill he planted 
.o.tiS-,‘7": ; ,«"• »«} ••- 
• 1 " 1 I'U'itiih t «i fn.ni mil* 
wi«; ""ate- 
1 hi old Hhurloo county 
