Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-11-29
miscellaneous.
E7zARM LANDS FOR sALE.-THs ILL
r NOIs CENTRAL L. r. COMPANY is now pre-
E.zg.TEE.Ys% T.F.V'DS.
Eve Millions of Acres

In tracts Of 10 Acres and upwsrd Long Credits anu
at Low Rates of Interest. ...,:
the CONSTRUCTION OF this Railroad. and are among S
richest and fertile in the stat 1hs eA'S9 WI
the Rosd from, CHICAGO on the North hs 70 caro- on
re south and tom thence slena and Ddnel1h n the
extreme North Western part Of the state 4es Oh me-
lands lie muied lately and WITHIN SIX uhsS u tS
Road sna none more than fifteen miles asI4ht rom
n. henc, resdy sni cheap facilities are iurnisheo i2t
trsnsrortng tir products to any Of tae Ss or ouh
ern nsrsets TIE great Increase q popoltlon y l-
-raon kc AID the cOnseqUens raid g0Wta Of noofls-
M towns and villages The line Of the Road, and
throughout the State furnishes Substantial and growing
home demand for every kind OF farm aud garden produce
Ia The Nohern ana Central parts of the State prairie
lands preom ste interspersed with MAGNIFICENT groves
Of osk and other mberi the Sauthern the hmoer Is
more abundant, and exceedingly valuable.
che soil is dark. rich mould from one to hVe tee5 IN
DEPTH is gently rolling and peculiarly htted Tor grazing
cattle and sheep, the eultvau Of Wheat naah corn
etc The air is pure and brGcing, the climate more
healthy mild, aud equabe. than that Of any other part
Of the Unoa while living streams and springs OF excel
lent water abound.
Economy in cutivating and great producveness, are
the known of Illinois land Trees are
not required be cut down. sumps grabbed; or stone
picked off is generally the case AZ cultNeUng ne"
iaud in the older The first crop of Iudlan corn
planted or TIL newly broken sod, usually repays the cost
| CT plowing and iencng, -
very large profits. = man with pillow and two yoke OF
oxen will break ann half to TWO acres per Day
Contacs be made Tor breaking, ready f9r corn or
wheat, from 80 to S. per acre " Jndlcloes man
areuept the land may be powed and fenced the nrst
and under high state Of cUiUGti1n the second year
Corn grain cattle, etc will be forwarded at Teasona
BILE rates to Chicago for the Eastern and 60 caro- 1T me
Southern market
Bumuous Coal is extensively mined alo e the Road,
and supplies cheap and desirable fuels o-ing furnished
at many points at 80 70 S4O0 per tou WOOD can De
had At The same rate pr cord Extensive queries nave
been owned in the Southern part OF the state near inc
line of this Road,-of Building Stone Of excellent quail
itV-such as white and blue Limestone and white and
red San5stone,-whch can be had Tor hbe more uish
the expense of transportation.
THE government lands, in the Land States haUlng
eenerafiy been Withdrawn from market enatgTdatS
from the Eastern States and Euroge,cda be dGcomBo-
dated by this GopGng tcdh UGHobte farms, al me otd
prices and terms, Uich, an all probability, viii double
in value with tefe I've months
When lhose lands restored to market persons who
thnk Of settling them, Minneots should pear II
mind hat the lands Of this Company, st the prices fol
which they are sold better investments than thoee II
other States Territories more remote from market,
Government prices Tor the reason that tile eXpens-
transporting tee products OF the latter to market VIII az
wavs be heavy drawback on them, and after few
wears cultivation they require manurng which ~ th
case with Illinois lands
The saue remarks hold good in relation to the lands
the territories Of Ksnzas and Nebraska, for although va
cant lands may be found the water courses the dis
lance to market is far greater and every hundred mile
the products of those lands carried either in wagons,
interrupted water Communications iacr ase the expense
Transportation winch be borne by the Settlers in Ii
reduced price of their products and to that extent pre-
annually aud every year reduced
The great fertility Of the lands offered fol sale
this Company and their consequent ed over those OF I'd
Eastern and Middle States much more than sut lei
to paw the difference in the cost Of transportation
especially in view Of the facilities furnished by this Roa
and others With which connects, the operations
whichare not interrupted by the low water Of SUMMER
the frost Of winter n = a