Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-22
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In tracts of 40 Acres and upward Long Credits
Low Rates of interest,"
These lands granted by the Government to aid in
the construction of this Railroad. and among the
richest and most fertile in the State Thy extend with
the Road, from Chicago the North Fast Cairo
the South and ON thence to alena and Dunleh ia the
extreme N0rth Western Of the STATE Most these
lands lie Immediately on and within six miles of the
Road. ana none more than fifteen miles distant from
il; hence, ready and cheap facilities furnished for
transporting their products any the Eastern South
The great Of population by immi
graon NC, and the consequent RAID growth of flourish
ing towns and villages the line OF the Road, and
throughout the State, furnishes substantial and growing
hume demand for every kd farm and garden produce
In the Northern and Central parts of the State, prairie
lands predom ate interspersed with magnificent
Of OAK and other timber; in the Southern the moer is
more abundant. ami exceedingly valuable.
The soil is dark, rich mould. from to i've feet in
depth, gently rolling, and peculiarly fitted for grazing
cattle and sheep, the cuyva Of wheat, Indian corn
tee The air is pure and bracng, the climate more
healthy mu aud equable than that Of any other part
Of the Unoni while living streams and springs of excel
lent water abound.
Economy cutivatng, and great productiveness are
the we'll known characteristics OF Illinois land Trees
not required to be cut down, stumps grubbed,
picked on is gen, rally the in eutivating
land in the older states The first crop of Indian
planted on TIE newly broken sod usually repays the cost
Il plowng and iencing.
Wheat sown on the newly turned sod is sure to yield
very large profits. with plow and two yoke of
oxen will break and half two acres per day.
Contracts can be made for breaking, ready for
wheat, at from 81 So per acre. By udicious man
and under high STATE Of cuLtiU0ti the second year
Corn, grain, cattle etc will be forwarded at
bic rates to Chicago for the Eastern and to Cairo r The
Southern market
Buuminous Coal is extensively mined alo z the Road
and supplies cheap and desirable fuel bling furnished
many puints at $50 to $500 per ton, WOOD be
hau at the pr cord. Extensive qu4rTies have
been owned in the Southern part of the STATE, the
line of this Roado Of Building Stone, of excellent quail
ity,~,uch as white and blue Limestone and white and
red San5stone,-which be had for little more thsn
the expense Of transportation.
The government lands, IN the Land States hdUtng
generally been Withdrawn from market, emigrGnts
from tbs Eastern States and EurO7e can be
dated By tts t0th Uafuabte faras at the old
prices and te ms, ahioh in all probability, viii double
in value wilin tw I've months.
When those lands restored to MARKET PEI who
thnk Of settling them, Minnetots, should in
mind hat the lands of this Company, the prices for
which they sold, better than thoee
other States Territories from Market at
Government prices for tine that expense of
transporting the products of the latter to market sill al
ways be heavy drawback them and after few
years cultivation they require msnurDg which is the
case with Illinois lands r
The remarks hold good in relation to the lands in
the territories Of Kauzas and Nebraska for although
cant lands may be found the courses he dis
lance to market is far greater and every huudred miles
the products of those lands carried either wagons
transportation, which be borne by the Settlers in the
reduced price of their products and that pre-
annually AID every year reduced
The great Fertility Of the lands offered fol- sale by
this Company and their consequent yield those
Eastern and Middle States, is much than sui lent
to pay the difference in the cost of TRANSFORMATION.
especially in view Of the facilities furnished by this Road
and others with which it connects, the operations of
whchare not interrupted by the low OF summer
the frost Of winter.