Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-05-25
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS

uror1NIcs FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of the prsng and industrious portion Of
the community directed TO the following statements and no
sral Inducements offered them By the
which as they will pc ceve will enable the BY proper ener
81, and industry to provide comfortable and per
manent for themselves snd families WITH comparatively
speaking, very little capital
LANDS OF ILLIS0Is.
No Stair in the Valley Of the Mississippi Offers great
to the settler as the state Of Illinois Inere 70
soil 50 admirably combine produce those two great staples
CoRs and WHKAT, as tie Prairies Of Illinois.
RICH BOILING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich Of prss cultivated with such won
facility that the farmers CT the Eastern and Middle sess
20 Illinois in great rqabers The area Of no:
it Will supporE twenty millions Of people
EAsTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS.
These lands contiguous railroad 200 miles In length,
which connects Win other roads ana navEsDe
and southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL
capita and labor have been applied to developing ne
so the great the cssl add iron Aost
untouched nvsabe rule that the mechanic arts flourish
best where food and fuel are cheapest viii ooS a. an es,
necessities OF the warrant Ae belief isat At
Ave hundred thousand people viii be engaged 10 tbs State
Of Illinois various manufacturing employnents
RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over 800 600 private capital have been expended on
the railroad Of Illinois as part Of me
several Of these works. With valuable public Gna
in lands, 20 diminish the State Expenses, the TAXES Akh
LIGHT, and must, csnseque ntiJ every day decrease
TIE STATE DEBT.
Thu State Debt is only ssO 9s8 a. within the Ia
tire years has 81 JAG So and We may reason
ably expect that in ten years it will become extinct
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rapidly nIlirg up populAtoz 800 G6
sons having been 1850 making the present Popua
ton I7Is, los-A ratio Of lo7 per ceat in 10 years.
AaRlcUIrURAL PRODUCTS
The A9ricultur Produsts gr6ter than those
any other state The Products ser out during me pas year
exceeded The wheat Of 1850 approaches
st Bushels while the corn crop yields not e than
AfO''O''OOO FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere can farmer such nnsdatere
his labor these prairie soils they being CON
rO deep ca OAm the fertility Of which is unsurpassed
| By any the globe.
TO ACTUAL oULTIvAToRs.
Ssncs 1854 tie 6ompGsy bdge sold I.3OO,OCO acres
7hsy Oy actual eirdtors and ersry contract con-
afEs an agreement cEOas 7Aeroad has been construct
In 1850. ne population Of J0rtynLae, eoIaes MSosgh
scAicA passes ,oGs 0Hig 50 sncs cAca
| EvIDENcRsoF PROSPERITY.
evidence Of the thrift Of the people may be stated tina
freight including 5000 $50 bushels 81 grain
and $50 QUO banes Of four were forEssed over tne Inc ~
year. .Dr,o ALTON
Mechanics and workingmen will and the free school system
eacouraEs By endowed with large revenue f
md nd grow up the prosperity the
| leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices of these vary from IS sa5 acre. as
cordiug 70 location, quality, &c First class farinA ands
ell for about $40 or AMI the relative Of
subdung prairie land compared with wood nd 3 N ratio 81
10 10 in favor former The terms OF sale Tor the buk
l Of the lands will be
| YEARS INTEREST IN ADVANCE
percent per and six crest notes sI per en
payabe respectively in two, hre four nTe and ux years
from date Of for principal payable IN four
Ave- x and seven years sale the contract spu
shat tenth Of the tract purchased shall be fenced and
cultivated for five from the date Of
SALE that at the end OF I've years Dc Anu
| znder cultivation.
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED
from the valuation for cash. except the shood be at SIX
dollars per acre price will be dollars
Pamphlets scriptive OF the lands soil climate productions
prices and payment be had on spoeationto
j. W. FOSTER. Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, IinoiGl
For the names Of the towns villages and Cities situated
The Illinois Central Railroad see pages 49, 1872 40, Apple
| toms Railway Guide.
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