Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-06-19
RICH FARMING LANDS,
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES.

| MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN
The attention Of the prisng and industrious portion
the community directed the following statements and Lib
I sral inducements offered them By the
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive will enable the By proper ener
and industry to provide comfortable and
homes for themselves and families, with, comparatively
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS.
STATE Valley Mississippi offers so great AZ
indueement the settler the State OF Illinois There Dc
portion Of the world where all ofthe conditions OF climate an
soil 50 admirably combine produce those two great staples
ooRS and WHEAT, as tie Prairies Of Illinois.
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich loan Of the praies cultivated With such
derfn facility that ne farmers Of the Eastern and Middle State
about equal to that OF England and the soil rich thai
it will support twenty millions Of people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These Ssre contiguous railroad miles in length
thus aGordng unbroken communication win Eastern
and southern mazkets-
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capita and labor have be applied to deveopiu4 u.
so e great resources Of the Ststein cesI and iron are
untouched The nvarabe rule that mechanic hourst
best where food and fuel are Cheapest viii follow Al an srlV
day in Illinois, course Of the next ten years he nat
raj laws and necessities OF the the
least five hundred thousand people wi be engaged IN The STAT
OF Illinois in the various manufacturing enploynents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 600 Of private capital been expended
come from several Of these works. with valuable public fund
in lands, diminish the State Expenses, the TAXES ARE
LIGHT and must, cSnseque nty. every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only sIaO 1893 a. and within the Ia
three years reduced ss546 So may
ably expect that in ten years il will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State is rapidly hIrg up with populatoz seq @ DER
having been added since o making the present popus-
ton l,79, i9S-a ratio Of 1872 per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
The Agricultural Products Of Illinois
Of any etaer state TIE Products srt out during the
exceeded 50O tuns The wheat crop 1860 approaches
IS 600 Of bushels while the corn yields not less than
FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere industrious secure such i'm mediate re
suits for his labor these prAe soils, they being
posed Of Deep rich oa fertility Of which Il
By any en- the globe
TO ACTUAL oULTIVAToRs
zSiHce 1854 EAs company 1dvs sold 100000 aerss
1heys Only to actual cultiudtoys and eUery CONTRACT CON
tIiEs d0TeeHettO c0de Tie road mas been
IN 1850. tie population Of JoTFy-iae eoEStiss tlroS0l
toAich passes 9Oas og 335,59S, since sOAsh 47929S
haze Seea added making fas soOe population sI4,s9I-
a gaia Of I43 per cent
EyIDENCEso OF PROSPERITY
sa an evidence thrift q the gs9Ss stated II.
and95OO barrels four forwarded line last
year.
Mechanics worngmen will find tie free school system
encouraged By the State and endowed with large for
the support Of schools Therehldren live in sight
leading State in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
The prices of these lands from Sc s25 per sce,
cording to location, quality, &c. First farming lands
sell for about SO S3 per and the relative expense Of
su5dung prairie land compared with wood land Of
to 10 in favor Of the former The terms Of for
of the lands will be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
at six and six int notes per cent
payable respectively in two, three years
from date OF sale and four fer principal payable four
ave, and years from contract stpu
ang that tenth Of the purchased fenced and
cultivated each and for five years data OF
that at OF ave years should Be fenced and
under cultivation.
TWENTY PEE CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash, except the rne should be at s
dollars when the cash price will be dollars
Pamphlets scrptve Of the lards SOIL climate productions
prices, and terms Of payment be had LEGATION
J. W. FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago, Illinois. 1
For the OF the towns Villages situated upon
he Illinois Central Railroad pages ls. ls9, $780, Apple
IONS Railway Guide.
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