Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1920 — CHAUNCEY WOOD IS HERE [ARTICLE]

CHAUNCEY WOOD IS HERE

Shows Samples of Corn and Potatoes Grown on His Texas Land. Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Wood of near McAllen, Tex., came Monday for a visit with relatives here. They went to North ' Liberty yesterday whfere Mrs. Wood will remain perhaps the greater part of the summer with her people, who reside there. Mr. Wood will return here and visit two or three weeks with his people before going back to McAllen. Chauncey states that land is advancing rapidly in value near McAllen and that he is now residing on an 11-acre tract which his father-in-law purchased some time ago and which is nearer to town than his own farm of 66 acres. His own farm he has a man living on and has rented 20 acres more. This he has in corn and cotton mostly, and he estimates that his best corn will go 75 bushels to the acre. Corn there is in all stages of development at the present time. Mr. Wood brought some samples of new corn with him, some of which was fully ripened, also some nice looking potatoes and cucumbers.. He says that Harry Hayes and wife, formerly of Rensselaer, who are living on John I. Gwin’s 20-acre farm, have good crops and are doing well. The tract owned by Harvey Davis' son, D. S. Makeever and C. G. Spitler was sold by them and Mr. Davisson bought a 54-acre tract adjoining McAllen, a part of the land lying within the corporation, and he is subdividing this and expects to sell it off in smaller tracts. Mrs. Alda Parkison still has her 88 acres there, it being farmed by a tenant.