Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-19
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
LONG CREDIT AND AT Low PRICES


AEoHANIos, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of ths enter Prsng and industrious psrtio1
the community directed 70 the following Statements and Lib
| sEal Inducements offered them BY the Z.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which, they will perceive, will enable them, BY proper
Perssyeranee and ndss to provide eOOrtAbls and per
speaking, VERY little capital.
LANDS or ILLINOIS.
No State the Valley Of the Mississippi oe1s 90 great
portion Of the world where all othe conditions sf climate
soil admirably combine produce those two great staples
ooRE and WHEAT Is the Pr2iries Of Ulincs
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich Of TIE prsiries cultivated with such Won
afu facility that the farmers Of the Eastern Middle State
is about equal 70 that Of ngiand and the sol Is SO rich ia
1t VII support twenty millions OF people.
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous railroad 7oO es in length
thus afordng an Gn6Toksn with the Eastern
and Southern n&Tket1.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
Thus far capital and labor hs7e bsen applied to developing t..
so the great resources the State in ceal and iron are alo
untouched The invsrsbe the mechanic arts Tourist
best where focd and fuel cheapest viii follow at esr
day il illinois, and in the Of the years the
raj laws and necessities OF the tie belief that
least e hundred tho uaad people T be engaged in ths STATE
o. Illinois the various manufacturing ernioynents.
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
@ over Of Ef Ea 5s a1yS % Se r sIpadsa e t %, On
IN Isnss 90 ts dnipfsb the stats EZsnss he TAXES ~
LIGHT, and must cOnseqEen ntly every day decrease.
THE STATE DEBT.
The State Debt only SU,lO5s93 a. and witain the Is
thee years has been reduced 81 So snd may
ably expect that in ten years it will heeome extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly allirg up with Popul2Oa sss G
sded since I60 making the popuA-
ton ,lS6-a ratio Of ID2 per cent in 10 years.
AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS.
The Agricultural Products OF Illinois greater THAI those
Of any oth State Products during the past year
exceeded tuns Tbs wheat crop Of 1850 approaches
900 Of bueiE while the yields not less than
I4lDQ0 900 bushels
TERTILITY OF SOIL.
EoRhsrs the industrious farmer such Immediate
suits lsbar apsn these prairie soils, tsy being
pod Of dep cb los, the fertility Of Ehehis unsurpassed
By any on the globe.
TO ACTUAL ouLTIVAToRs.
aEee 1884 ne Son1TGaV hGUe sold 100000 Gcrss.
7y SeH only to actual c1atOrs and eserY CONTRACT con-
cd Through these LGds Of espeSe NJ $4,000 600.
n 1880, tAs PePlLGttCs Of loyfglias eqlnti1s t4T9Sea
kd0s been added making The t1b0Ls population SI4sS9I-
gain Of I43 per cent.
RVIDKNoEs OF PROSPERITY.
500 OF sgh including 6,6O00O bushels 81 grain
and barrels Of hOT, Esre forwarded over the line Last
year.
Mechanics AndWoFkngmen will hnd the free EAco system
tie support Of schools Their children can live in sight Of the
leading Stats in the Great Western Empire.
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
The psas Of these lands vary from So to s25 per acre, 40
sell for sboat SIC or SIC per acEs and relative expense
gubduing pras land compared With wood land in ratio Of
favor Of the former Ths Of Ese for the bulk
Of the lands viii be
ONE YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
six per Ann1m and six st siX per cent
payable respectively in one hTee four ave, and
om Of SALE and eur notes for principal payable il four,
Eve six and seven years from date SALE the contract spu
ans tenth Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated ss year. for Eve years from the date Of
sae 50 that at ss6 Of e years fenced AID
nndeE cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL p8 DEPICTED
from the valuation for cash. except the SHOULD be at six
dollars per acre, when the price will be dollars
PsGphlets descriptive Of the lands soil climate productions
Po, Eu6 terms Of payment be had app lcstion
J. W. FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois
the OF the towns, Villages ard Cities situated upon
tha Illinois Central Railroad pages 49, lG, 100 Apple
tons Railway Guide.
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