Nebraska advertiser., 1873-03-27
c. r. CHALLER
FARMS AND HOMES.

To the EIl;aE 60! t-e san ,rjshlre Cnf"nic.r
livery q y the fact fufcr- Ii-
~elf With more force upon the WiIui-
oi all true Social Reformers that the
real solution OF the A.!-absOruIug
Land question lies in enIgTa,IU",
aiia vmt...II.n only; aud consider
Ing the present not iuopportune
moment / purpose, with your per
mission, calling attention GTlehy 10
I.- ~ v>irIu State oI NrUIasha ANA
-auI- OF the inducements uifrrr''
."eIe IL ;Ae Eugli,h farmer and cap
..s..-s.
The term Garden Of the West" is
most appropriately applied 10 Nehras-
Ia. mol Tor IL SCENERY or antiquities,
uut ioT the superiority OF lis climate
aud soil, which are probably unsur-
passed. Situate IN the very centre of
The States. Nebraska suffers neither
from extreme heat nor extreme cold,
while tie soil. which Il deep, a!td
composed from the decayed vegeta-
IIuu of age. resembles more all artI-
ticIaily pTrpaIeI garden mould than
the pre- virgin SOIL of the prairie.
For proof d. To the prUductlveness
II the slii let u turn Ia Ihr Deceui-
u,-r report uf Ihe Department of Az
Irul.uTe al Washington published l..
h- Itm.s uf january =. which -ivs-
u Nebraska the highest average yield
of any Stat for oats 80 lu~relS per
acre, and buck wheat Ell bushels
per acre
A. 10 fruits, Nebra>ka-althOugh
the youngest Stale admitted into thr
UnIou-ni:- iair To rival all her old
er sisters. having Carried away the
first prize al the recent Pathological
show al Richmond. Vi -iria; and in
Nebraska City We are told OF one man
who boasts OF about li5 different
specimens Of the apple.
Not content with the palm she
bears for corn and fruit growing. Ne
bra-ka promises 10 beat the world for
stock-raI>ing. Cattle are bought al
low rates. fa,tened Oh the wild graS>
OF the prairie, trans ported readily 10
markets and 30 yield very good re-
turns; while corn i turned 10 most
profitable account 10y being converted
into Porh, and hogs are raised with
even les care and expense than cat
tie Wild-hay, more fattening than
tame grass. l. free 10 all. either As pas
turage or fodder, the cattle will live
on the prairie a. hutfaloas did heforr
them unattended or un-heiteTrd.
To describe TO a man seeking a new
home. a land exactly suited to his
wants. but inaccessible. wuuld indeed
be cruel mockery, but Nebraska may
be reached in fifteen days from the
remOte-t corner of these Isles. The
Burlington & Missouri River Rail
road Company have opened up the
state 10y constructing through It a
railroad, and the same company offer
land such a | have described at an
average Of &. lO- per acre on ten
years credit al six per cent Interest.
with no part of the principle due for
two wears: thus enabling the man of
limited means 10 lay out his money
in stock AMI implements. The sal-
OF Burlington aud Missouri lands up
10 the first of January 1873 amounted
To 2Yi. .625 .cres and 10y far the great
est portion of the sales have been
made on ten years credit. although
twenty per cent, il taken off for cash
down or in two years lime. No >per-
ulatur can be so much Interested a.
TIE ram Odl t'liib bdul III llit Sh'ft~-
Of the settler; it grows 10y his growth
and strengthens 10y hi strength
They require no security from the
purchaser for the ten years credit.
which i practically loan of 80 much
money.
In other States similar advantages
were once offered. but he lands wrrr
quickly taken up. and 80 rapidly
have they increased in value. thar
lands originally bought at three OF
four dollars an acre cannot now TOE
purchased for les than twenty pound
an acre. and this will speedily be- thr
case with y ehraska lands. therefore
HOJC Is the time TO 90 and secure
thpm-
Away. away. Ter the fpaIning main,
This - the free and joyous strain:
There are clearer skies than ours aflr
w VIII shape our course 10y "A DTIgh'cr
star:
There are plains whose vendure no foo,
hath press J.
And whose wealth Is all for the first guest
ours. <