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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1925)
THE BATTALION VALLEY LAND CO. TO GIVE FARM TO SOME AGGIE With the viewpoint of securing the services of a qualified and hustling A. and M. man as an actual citrus grower, to take the lead in develop ment of the citrus industry, the American Rio Grande Land and Irri gation Company, general offices at Mercedes, is making a most liberal offer to an A. and M. graduate. They proposed to deed over to an A. and M. graduate who demonstrates his ability as well as his stickability, twenty-three acres of land on their North Capizallo tract, near Mercedes. This land, according to Dean E. J. Kyle of the School of Agriculture, and Director B. Youngblood, who selected the land and announced the proposed award is as good as the best land in that section and will be easily worth between $4,500 to $5,000 when it is turned over to the man selected. In announcing the conditions gov erning this gift, Dean Kyle stated that the idea that Mrs. John C. McReynolds of Dallas, sister to Harry L. Seay, vice president of the organization, and H. B. Seay, vice-president of the com pany, had in their minds when this plan was conceived, was that if they could get a wide awake, highly prac tical A. and M. man, well grounded in the necessary subjects relating to hor ticulture, etc., to take over his own place down there, that he probably would become the leader in the de velopment of the citrus growing in dustry. Improved conditions and meth ods as well as types should result from the study and work of such a man. “The land from which this acreage is to be taken is as good as the best in the Valley,” said Dean Kyle in dis cussing the matter. “It is being farmed by a high type of farmer who has been meeting with splendid suc- sess. Ever alert for improvement it is the theory of Mrs. McReynolds and Mr. Seay that an A. and M. man with some practical experience should be able to set new marks of production and quality and develop into a lead er from every standpoint in the sec tion where their holdings are. The American Rio Grande Land and Irri gation Company is one of the most forward-looking organizations dealing in irrigated lands in the lower Rio Grande Valley, and while the plan was conceived and fostered by Mrs. Mc Reynolds and Mr. Seay, it has had the widespread support of the entire or ganization. “After a trip to the Valley with Di rector B. Youngblood of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station sys tem, and after consultation with Mr. Seay and Dr. Youngblood, as well as Arthur T. Potts, horticulturist to the Experiment Station system, we have drawn up the following regulations governing the selection of the Aggie to whom this offer is- to be awarded and the full details of the award: “The American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Company, general offices at Mercedes, Texas, offers to deed 23 acres of land situated on their North Capisallo tract to a graduate of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, under the following condi tions: “1. The offer shall be open to any person who has graduated from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, during the past five years, including the class of 1925. “2. The person must have made grades above the average during his college course. '‘3. In addition to other general work and technical agricultural cours es, he must have completed the follow ing specific subpects: Plant Propaga tion, Vegetable Gardening, Poultry, Entomology and Sub-tropical Fruits. “4. He must be of a highly prac tical nature and possess character of leadership and a high moral charac ter. “5. He must agree to work as a day laborer in the orchards and gar dens of the American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Company for a pe riod of 60 days prior to taking charge of the tract of land. This is to ac quire practical experience. “6. He must agree to live on the land and develop it along the lines of .citrus fruits, truck farming and poultry for a period of five years. PALACE THEATRE . JAN. 19 LASSES WHITE s/aj? mmmemm I Grand Spectacular First Part THE BOWER QF ROSES Plantation Pastimes of 1925 “7. Applications must be sub mitted to the following committee: “Dean E. J. Kyle, Director B. Youngblood and Professor A. T. Potts, not later than February 20, 1925. Rec ommendations from heads of depart ments in which work is done and testi monials in regard to practical accom plishments will be welcomed by the committee. ' “8. The same committee will select the land. “9. 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