Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-07-16
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS
ON
vrcu,v1og pARMKRs AND WORKING MEN.

MECHANICS, FARMERS AND WORKING MEN.
The attention Of prising and industrious portion Of
ersl Inducements offered them By the
ILLINoIs CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY,
which as they will perceive will enable the BY proper sner
y and industry to provide comfortable and per
snent homes themselves and families, with comparatively
speaking, very little capital.
LANDS OF ILLINOIS
No Sts in the Valley Of the Mississippi great
induceent settler the State Of Illinois There 10
portion OF the world ofthe conditions Of climate s1a
Co.'s and WHrGT, as the Prairies Of Illinois @
RICH ROLLING PRAIRIE LANDS.
The deep rich lean Of the pras is cultivated With such won
deru facility that TIE farmers Of the Eastern and hidals Sss
are moving to Illinois great numbers The area OF lh1os
equal to that Of England and the soil " 50 ricn mat
il will support twenty millions OF people.
EASTERN AND soUTHERN MARKETS.
contiguous to railroad 700 miles in kngth,
which connects with other roads and nssigabe lakes 9d nv
and southern markets.
APPLICATION OF CAPITAL.
csps and labor have been applied developing the
so the great resources the State in cesl and iron a almost
best food and fuel are cheapest will olloW AZ an early
raj laws and necessities the warrant the bel thata
hundred thousand people win be engaged IN Ne s
o Illinois in the various manufacturing employnentE
.. RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS.
Over sOO private capital have been EXPENDED Oh
the rSiItoad system Illinois Inasmuch as part the IN
in lands, 60 ts diminish the state txpeas tne ans
LIGHT, and nus:. consequently every cay decrease
THE STATE DEBT
The state Debt only si9I95a9s . and within the las
e wears has been reduced 81 TAG go and We ma reason
ably expect tina. in years it will become extinct.
PRESENT POPULATION.
The State rzpidy 1iiEg with population ssos5 per
tion 1913 4ai-a ratio Of lU2 per cent in 10 years
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
me Products sert cut during tie Tsst year
exceeded 5CGOG0 TIE wheat crop O. loot aiIoaches
5 bushels while the corn crop Jei1s uo' ICES lSD
'too'O Jus 01'Ds'' FERTILITY OF SOIL.
Nowhere cent1e industrious IA mer secure srch ueoaeFe
s for his !gr as upon these prairie SOILS they beng con-
gossi Of 55p, c loan tae fertility OF "4ich i ~IS-'se'
TO ACTUAL oULTI7AToRs
Since 1884 tie tsuPa,g haze SOD 3OO,O' . gefes
tz az gg7nelt TO e,,i0uts 7aerogd has BEEN Conssrne,
Cd through thee lgzds Of al epG1Ss AZ o. '5 Ol
~ e,,C, ~. ~ 3rJ e, yS since arks4 478 o3S
RuUs been o5ded nlakNgfs sro5e population si4'sSi
'''''' y sTIDENcEsoF PROSPERITY
evidence Of he thru O the ye29is may &c sf as
GOO bsrreO Aour were forwarded over lie lie ~
year. ,---,,-7o,,
Mechanics and vorkngmen will had the free school system
BY the State endowed with large revenue te
church and and with the prosperity oil tn
leading State in the Great Western Empire
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT.
The prices Of these vary from So to SIS per scre a.
coijp e location quality, &C Firseass farming land
snina sre land as compared with wood land is "a
to favor Of the former The tens OF SAFE luz Int ~
Of the lands willie
oYEYEAR's INTEREST IN ADVANCE
annum and six int crest notes st SIX per cent
vab respectively one three four, hve and SIX year
rom date of sale notes for principal payable ID our
and seven years from date Of SALE the contract spu
Iaip that ore Of the tract purchased shall re encd an
cultivated each and every year. for Eve years from te oae
sale so that end Of Eve years saouid De fenced Al
| under cultivation.
! TWENTY PER CENT WILL BIB DEDUCTED
from the valuation cash. except the same should be az 81
dollars per acre when the cash price will be re dollars
Pamphlets descriptive Of the lands soil climate
prices and terms of payment be had on sPnoationto
j. ". FOSTER, Land Commissioner,
Illinois Central Railroad,
Chicago, Illinois.
For tie names the towns villages and Cities situated upo
the Illinois Central Railroad pages ioS lo9, lSJ, APpI
tons Railway Guide.
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