The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-11-06
Observation-Disclosures. In,..d,,


No ate has su',red rnore through misrnan
's-mcnI IN times gone ", than this state, which
f-enpha,.rshy tn garden cf H.. We.,--r.r
hap. Of lh- continent. Il. position. being south
oi aI'haan and v IsconsiD snsu.t, to il a better
and softer Climate, of which the ,arnsr .sls craci
irlly the hsnest, IN shortsnisg ey month th.
season Tor ioddsring cattle and in security OF the
corn crops !iorn tsGes t'ps.s, wnicn borne W the
winds that sweep tie lakes, So often 'klll out, the
harvest Of The Nor,hcTa sistsN H.. broad and
fich prsir.e lands sfurd sransge. which tbs
s.tter, in he woodtd d-tTict. q. other STATES do
no, appreeiss, and which indeed II not brought
on, fully without u operation of firt.rnai gcTks
81 improvement, which supply III tAat nature
h. wiiLhsl3, Iti, seldom thu, -- y $40. Of land
| contain, al thu e''taos kru,tcacs i. is there
that Sd. las sprssi, - psNn, the Ic.,,t lands
charged with more fuel ard water than almost
any ether section. Her stream. TOW senti,
through the rich alluviaa md Mr.. Charles Iy I'll
states:
There s more good bitrmnous coal in Illino.,
than in England and it ia far more easily mined
and laid 90. ready for transit than there.
There Is On absence Of timber, which has been
considersd BY nnmisrant. 4 drawback. Experi.
sncc has however, shown the contrary. Those
who have settled lhs tmtersd lands Of Chic 40 {,
Of labor required TO clear those tructs Of s,unps
and to wrench from tie frowniug forest the
breadth of good farm Tor cultivation In Illinois
the matter is different A. an instance:
| In the month Of April ls4i. n Massachusetts
farmer, hndng the buzz OF spndss increase ias
ter han the hum Of Lees. aud the crops that tum
h'eI ont offaliroad cars for more abundant than
tho-e IN the barns OF the section started for Ogle
county. llllnos, and entered upon seven hundred
acrrs, i've hundred and ninety acrvs Of which q,
broad prairie, on which the tall grass waved ia
uninterrupted hlllows. A. is usual, lie imms
daiey with fuur y oke Of oxen and breaking
plough, turned over the 20 10, aud dr. cpped II
corn hetween them without farther labor. Tbir
} ~ acres :" treated gave him twelve hundred
! bushr II corn IN September, when two hundred
: and eighty acres were ready for wheat Thu.
with Hole mote labor. gave IS bushels. weigh
I's s'x'.'sx pound. peT bushel. To the acre. AT
ter this wheat Wa s0wed. the process Of fencinr
. ~, cnnne"c.d and within the year FIVE hund sd
n"'-- veie fruced in, and SIX 'housald bushels o.
curn, were in barn. such is linoM
From liz II will be ob,erved that timber i.
TIE grit nuisance upon fresh land, rails and build
/ g. Now nil the head vaere of the Missis
s'ppl and the Missouri command limfilcss tim
Der land'. From the Falls If St Anthony alone
ranr timber can be delivered than would suppl,
an empire, That timber rafted to Cairo vii
~uFply-nTer the great central read which run
nng nur'h one hundred and seventeen miLs. ,h.r
forks. aud traverse, the whole state in two line.
ina convenient orm--a,l the want. Of the farm
ar N apor than ,hey could cut il themselves
wiihoui leaving stump in their wav. The sam,
railroad which brings their timber carries ava,
I their vfouduce
One Of the mos, ex'ensiuc and intelligen, farm
er~ of Illinois Is also IA commission merchant, a
Toledo His fam of four thousand acres in tn,
interior OF Illinois Is stocked with fifteen hundred
head of cattle, two tt 'usand FIVE hunlren hogs
lie had bess accustomed 10 aul wheat to Spirr
H. III, carving back pine lumder, salt d.. dis
tan q othIIy miles His wool he hauled one hun
drru mules To T.rr- Hsgte and CUyurtcn q,
T.. OHIO rl'er. The lair al now sw,e,sbv hi
ihIm, carrying t" hIs hs supplies. and pourn,
hl- rl"f produce into tie bosom Of Chicago. Tn
JreIgh! ut tli.a farm alone Will give the Ccntra
Railroad three thousand dollars rer annum.
1t l. evident from the.. facts, that far;ne
+ will do better to take m III nois prairie farm a
SO per acre, ,san t. take a farm in tie timhe
for nothing, even if per acre were given him t
work it,
These things are now being understood by IL
lumgrnn's, and the late Lard sale Of the Fed
.rnl Goyc'um,nt- being the reserved aternat
s.tuu- e tie railroad land--tho.r tract. vhic
I've irru very many years on the market at Il,
minimum Ircr, Sl,95 without BUYERS. sold fir,
j. ~ S.. One entire section of GAO acres sol
90 5000 The settlers combining not to bid o
rnrt ,h'r. AND 10 choke the speculaturs, VIII
w'r running up the lani.
The rai.rua is already recogviz.i ,, the sourc
oI property 10 a state which has long been VI
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