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$40 per acre. The wild lands rarely sell for less than $10 per acre. Decatur: Decreas- 
ing; 25 per cent. higher than in 1860, Two or three years ago it was probably 100 
per cent. higher than in 1860. Jackson: The average value of farms in this county is 
about $45 per acre. Woodbury: Since 1868 some three lines of railroads have been 
built through the county and are now in operation. The average value of farms since 
1860 is doubled. Grundy: Decreasing. As nearly all we raise is shipped, railroad- 
tariffs regulate the price of land. At present corn cannot be shipped, and as our farmers 
have not the means to buy stock to eat it, they are burning it for fuel. I think 300,000 
bushels have already been burned in this county this winter, and yet it sells for 10 
cents per bushel. Poweshick: Worth 400 per cent. more than in 1860, but 30 per cent. 
less than in 1869. Louisa: Farm-lands are at least $5 per acre lower than in 1860, and 
$10 lower than in 1866 and 1867. Dallas: Farms that were worth $10 to $12 per acre in 
1860 are now worth $25 to $30. Marion: Farm-lands along the lines of railroad are 
now about at astand; at a considerable distance from railroads they have decreased 
in the last two years. Mississippi: The best farms in this county, situated in 
most favored localities, have changed but little in value since 1860; other farms 
which can be reached by men of ordinary means are some 10 or 20 per cent. higher, and 
wild lands susceptible of cultivation are perhaps from 50 to 100 per cent. higher than - 
in 1860. Nodaway: Farms have decreased in value the last year fully 20 per cent., 
yet are higher than in 1860. Caldwell: Land worth $12 per acre in 1860, is now worth 
$20 per acre. Boone: Farm-lands are 20 per cent. lower than two years ago. Cole: 
Prices have decreased materially since 1869, and are about stationary now. The price 
tor 1873 and 1860 is about the same. Schuyler: The increase of the price in farm-land 
has been in the vicinity of railroad stations. Pemiscot: Farm-lands were higher in 1860 
than at the present time on account of destruction of the levee that was in process 
of construction. The price of lands has decreased since 1867. 
Kansas.—WMarshall: This county in 1860 was mostly Government land. Its nine hun- 
dred square miles isnow worth over three millions of dollars, or from $5 to $20 per acre. 
Labette: The value of lands increasing slowly. In 1860 this county was the hunting- 
ground of the red man, (Osage;) there was not a white man in the county at that date. 
The average price of land at the present time is $13.25. Johnson: Farm-lands have de- 
creased in value during the last two years, but 100 per cent. higher than in 1860. 
Cherokee: Farm-land is increasing very slowly in value. All the land in the county 
is held by a railroad company at from $6 to $15 per acre; the price is far above its value 
or what the people can afford to pay. Woodson: Farm-lands are increasing in 
value. <A farm of 160 acres I purchased in 1860 for $300, I was offered $3,500 
for and refused. I give this as a fair average. Lincoln: This portion of the State 
was not settled until 1867. Farming lands range from $1.25 to $20 per acre. Frank- 
lin: During the war there were few sales of land, and no improvements; after 
the war closed, for a few years, improved farms sold as high as $20 to $25 per 
acre ; at this time the same would not bring over $15. The new lands on our southern 
border and west of us have drawn emigrants away from the older-settled portion of 
the State. Nemaha: Since 1860, improved farms have increased in value 300 per cent., 
where they are within five or six miles of the railroad. Farther back they have in- 
creased 150 per cent. Republic: Lands are now increasing in value because they are 
now about all settled; the average of farms would be about $5 per acre. In 1860 there 
were only about a dozen families in the county, and they staid at the risk of their 
scalps, and lived on buffalo-meat. Cowley: Lands are advancing in value; they be- 
longed to the Indians and buffalo in 1860. : 
NEBRASKA.— Pawnee: In 1860 nearly all the land here belonged to the Government ; 
now it is all either occupied by the settlers or owned by speculators; and is worth 
from $5 to $25 per acre, according to location. Gage: Wild prairie-land is worth from 
$8 to $10 per acre; improved farms, from $18 to $20. Thayer: Increasing in value. 
Average price, $10 in 1860; but few white people were in this county at that time. 
Cedar: Price of land increasing. 
OREGON.—Clackamas: The inflation in the price of farm-lands caused by the intro- 
duction of railroads a few years ago has somewhat subsided, yet good land, well 
located, commands a good price. Douglas: The price of farm-lands is stationary at 
present. Union: Land has increased from nothing to from $2 to $10 per acre. Linn: 
Farm-lands are slowly appreciating in value. Our average farm-lands were worth in 
1860 $8 per acre; at present, $20. 
CALIFORNIA.—Amador: Slightly on the increase at present, but hardly as high as in 
1860. In 1860 the placer mines were not exhausted ; as the placers were worked out 
and abandoned, prices of farm-produce went down. The development of quartz, cop- 
per, and coal mines has caused a revival of business. Contra Costa: Near centers of 
trade and convenient to transportation, arable lands worth, in 1860, $2 to $10 per acre, 
cannot now be bought for less than $10 to $100. San Diego: In 1860 the value of lands 
was about 30 cents per acre; but about four years ago ranch-lands took ‘arise, and 
went up to about $4 per acre. San Bernardino: In 18601 and others sold lands for 
