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reported at $3 50 per acre—soil, rich black loam, averaging 24 feet deep, 
adapted to the growth of all kinds of grain raised in the northern States. Allen 
county, $5 per acre, entirely prairie, the timber land being all located and worth 
$25 per acre. Linn county, $4 to $8 for prairie, $8 to $20 for timber—princi- 
pally in the western part of the county, and quality up to the average of the 
country. Miami, $3 to $15 per acre; the prairies are undulating and classed 
as bottom, second bottom, high prairie and mounds, and are generally susceptible 
of the highest cultivation. Franklin, $3 per acre; prairie, some of excellent 
quality, but distant from timber and water; other land stony and bluff, fit only 
for pasture. Johnson, about $6 per acre, soil mostly a black loam, 15 to 24 
inches deep, resting on a yellow clay subsoil. Wyandotte, $10 per acre. Our 
correspondent says: 
This county is located between the Missouri and Kansas rivers, and is the best timbered 
in the State. The Missouri Pacitic railroad and the Union Pacific railroad (E. D.) pass 
through the county in such a manner that no part of the county is more than ten miles from 
one ot the roads; while the cities of Leavenworth and Kansas City are distant but 15 miles 
from the centre of the county, giving a good market for everything our farmers may raise, 
whether grain, vegetables, fruit, or stock. The land is unsurpassed in fertility ; about one- 
half the county is heavily timbered, the remainder prairie. The prairie portion is in the 
Delaware reserve, and has been recently purchased from them, and is now in the market. 
Leavenworth, $6 per acre, generally rolling prairies, belted at regular inter- 
vals of one to one and a half mile with oak, walnut, hickory, elm, cottonwood, 
and pine timber; soil a deep, rich, sandy vegetable mould, capable of yielding 
enormous crops of corn, pasturage, all the cereals, grass, fruits, &c., suited to 
the latitude. Jackson, about $5 per acre, very productive, undulated prairie 
and alluvial creek bottoms; streams skirted with timber. Doniphan, $3 to $15, 
soil superior, adapted to all small grains, especially for hemp and corn, also for 
root crops. Nemaha, $4; high, rolling prairie, capable of producing all kinds 
of grains and fruits suited to that locality. Pottawatomie, $5; sandy loam, 
adapted to all kinds .of grain. Marshall, $5; mostly rolling prairie; splendid 
wheat land. Washington, $1 25 to $5; black loam, suited to cultivation of 
corn, wheat, oats, barley, &c. Clay, $3; bottom lands principally suited to 
cultivation ; uplands have a rich soil and in wet seasons are preferable to the 
bottoms for small grains, but are chiefly used for grazing, affording an abun- 
dance of grass and unlimited range—well fitted for stock-raising. Saline, $2 50; 
common prairie, bottom and upland. Marion, $3; good bottom or table lands, 
with plenty of water, timber rather scarce, but plenty of good rock, both lime 
and building stone; lands of first quality. Butler, bottom lands $5; mostly in 
the hands of settlers; the high or ridge lands are owned by speculators, the old 
settlers thinking them almost worthless. Chase, $3; valley and upland prairie, 
clay intermixed with sand and vegetable matter, producing the cereals and root 
crops without artificial manure. Osage, from $1 up to $20; average $3 50, con- 
sisting of timber lands with running water, second bottom or middle lands, 
second bottom prairie with running or standing water, upland prairie with 
ravines and buffalo wallow or thin clay lands. Woodson, $2 to $6; minimum 
price of school lands $3 per acre; rich sandy, rolling prairie, capable of pro- 
ducing two tons of wild grass to the acre, 374 bushels of oats, and 22 bushels 
of wheat. ‘here is still a vast area of public lands in Kansas held at govern- 
ment prices, the amount in 1860 reaching 50,265,130 acres, against less than 
2,000,000 acres taken up in farms. 
.3. Coal is found in Bourbon, Allen, Linn, Miami, Franklin, Leavenworth, 
Jackson, Doniphan, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Washington, Clay, Osage, Wood- 
son, and other counties, and in some districts in great abundance, though as yet 
has been but slightly developed. In Bourbon coal underlies the whole extent 
of the county, the veins varying in thickness from 18 inches to 4 feet, cropping 
out on the surface in many places, and said to be of the best quality. In Allen 
