Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-13
Where Shall / Co West.
BY PROF. ). D. BUTLER


The best thing in the West for the farm
er. is .ftrm. He wants one not far north,
where his stock in winter will eat up al,
he can raise In summers and not far south.
where heals are fatal 10 health, or at least,
to pluck. He wants prairies, which are
farms re.'iy for the plow, aud where lie
can raise sod corn forthwith. He wants
rolling prairics which are self-drained, and
so free from swamps and agues. He
wants soil that has been proved fertile,
alike IN wheat and corn, and that in a sit
uation favorable TO stock, sheep and fruit
He wants a ,oil where mud. roads are not
muddy. He wants 10 be near competing
markets and railroads, so that he can buy
supplies cheapest, sell products dearest,
and tran sport them at lowest rates. He
wants TO be near worlds highway where
his acres must increase in value with a
growth ss ceaseless as that OF interest
lie wants to be near mechanics, as well
as physician, school and church-in or
der that while going West he may avoid
barbaris.n oi going oVt. He wants farm
in such felicity of position as cheap as
be can buy it.
oucn oo0n lisa. fai as the Iaoou bey0r.l
the hopes OF poor men every where, ex-
cepi in the West, but it is there within
their reach, and nowhere so notably as in
Southern Nebraska.
Farms combining the above mentioned
advantages have there been already secur-
ell for nothing by $4,000 home leaders
who flied their claims in the United States
land Office in Lincoln, the capital of Ne
braska. They have been secured by an
equal number of pre- emptors at the same
Office on paying at most, $3.50 per acre.
They have been secured on terms consid-
cred more desirable by 5000 purchasers a
farms from the Burlington & Missouri
River Railroad Company, at their Office in
Lincoln. These terms are extraordinary,
such as ten years credit. six per cent. ILL
terest, no payment OF principal ill the end
OF four years, twenty per cent thrown of
from land prices as a premium for pr mpt
cultivation, free passes for land buyers.
half rates for their freight, etc.
But what drawbacks are there from
such an opportunity? The only one
worth mentioning is the lack of timber
This lack was not felt till recently, as the
first settlers found all streams skirted with
trees. 1t was long feared, bnt turns out
after all :. bugb- ar, and more ola bug than
bear.
AS TO houses, many new comers build
such as suffice them for line, each with
two loads of lumber, costing about SO,
while so far prepared for use that every
man can make his own d 'elling. Those
who wish to use their so otherwise,
make sod houses with their spades-buy.
ing doors and windows at the nearest sta
tion,-houses warmer and cooler than can
be made of lumber, and which those who
have tried both. like best.
Regarding fuel, all fears are groundless.
Wood and coal are nowhere dear as com
pared with their price in older States But
corn is much burned for choice. Settlers
from Ohio testify that they find it easier
| in Nebraska To raise corn enough to feed
their tires than it used to ne 10 cut down
trees in wood-lot and prepare them fol
| the stove. Those who have tried both
must know best.
Whether, then, a man would homestead,
pre-empt or purchase, let him be sure that
now is the time. and Southern Nebraska
is the place for him. His time is aolc, be-
cause the best chances are rapidly snapped
up, and the b. 81 NJ terms are in part linn
| tied to the present year. Nebraska is hi.
place because nowhere are there so many
attractions and so few undesirables. The
South of Nebraska was always preferred
because of its milder climate, and alter last
winters experience it is sought with doub.
le reason.
The road tbither, often called the Bur
lliaqton Route, starts from Chicago via the
&C., B. & Q.-initl lis worthy to be inter
preted Cheapest, Best and QuiekSst-a nam,
of gool omen, and which is also proven
biaIIy the sysst in the West or out of ii
Ho, then, TOR NebraskaI tho b ;st new
home for every man who leaves his ole
lone. Nebraska for farmers, farmers TO
Nebraska: