Show BOOM I FOLLOWS BOOM OOl HEN one kind of boom explodes it occasionally occa- occa i clears the way for another kind of boom to begin Evidence this of-this odd fact Is found in conditions conditions con con- In the Mexican districts about Vera VeraCruz VeraCruz VeraCruz Cruz and Tamaulipas where an oil boom re recently recently recently re- re came to an end The result is a boom In agricultural land When the oil boom was on nobody was Interested in buying land for farming Excellent Excellent Excellent Excel Excel- lent soil fertile and well-drained well went begging begging begging beg beg- ging and five pesos an acre was considered j a high price Nobody wanted land unless oi oil could be got out of it Now however this agricultural land i is I coming into its own Thousands of former forme oil all workers have taken to farming land prices price have gone up and the death of the boom has ha proved an excellent thing for the average cit cit- cit cit- izen A boom boom boom-as as we north of the Ri Rio Grande know full well by now now can can be mora more mor morea a curse than a blessing |