Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1920 — MR. AND MRS. CHAUNCEY WOOD HERE FOR VISIT [ARTICLE]

MR. AND MRS. CHAUNCEY WOOD HERE FOR VISIT

Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Wood, of McAllen, Tex., arrived here this Monday niorning for a visit with Mr. Wood’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wood, Sr., and with Mrs. Wood’s parents at North Liberty, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Wood, located in Texas a little over a year ago, following the purchase of sixty-six acres of land in that locality, and this is their first visit 'back to Indiana since that time.Mr. Wood is well pleased with his Texas investment and brought samples of corn and potatoes which he produced on the land, which are of a very fine quality. Mr. Wood also raises cotton and alfalfa and does some* trucking. Although unable to devote much of his time to his crops during the first year, due to having to clear the land and put it into condition, and to construct buildings on the farm, Mr. Wood had a very good crop and feels that during this year his crop will’ be a very large one. Several crops are produced annually, alfalfa being cut frpm eight to ten times during the year. Mr. Wood states that he has sixty acres of corn at the present time which is as good as any he has ever seen and which will soon be ready. Mr? Wood lives upon eleven acres of land which his father purchased and which is given over to the raising of vegetables. His own farm is managed by a Texas family. Land in the vicinity of McAllen is selling from three hundred to fifteen hundred dollars per acre, according to Mr. Wood, many of the buyers being from California and Florida, who state that the land is far better than that in their own states. Land in that section is selling rapidly, the greater part of it being bought by farmers who have lived in Texas for many years, which is a very good indication that it is valuable, says Mr. Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Wood will go to North Liberty Tuesday for a visit with Mrs. Wood’s relatives, after which they will return here for a short visit before returning home. Providing there is an excursion to McAllen soon, Mr. Wood states that he will be glad to aid any prospective buyer from this vicinity in any way that he may do so.