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$30 per acre; unimproved timber land, with timber cut off, is worth $6 to $15 ; 
part of the latter has a rich, productive soil. McHenry and Lake have very little 
of such lands, disconnected from cultivated farms. Kane, no wild lands except 
swamps owned by the county, held at $4 to $10 per acre. Cook, $35 per acre, 
mostly low bottom land, too wet for cultivation, yet capable of producing good 
pasturage and meadow. Will county, $20 per acre, quantity small. Grundy, 
$16, deep loam with clay subsoil, capable of producing heavy crops of corn, 
grass, small grains, fruits, &e. Lee, $4 to $12; a portion will produce 30 bush- 
els of corn, the balance fit for pasture. Bureau, average $15 per acre, mostly 
good prairie. Putnam, chiefly Llinois river bottom and bluff lands, the former 
rich and well adapted to the culture of corn and potatoes, the latter suited to 
fruit culture. Henry, average $18 50, quality about No. 2. Rock Island, $2 
to $12 per acre, mostly low bottom lands. Mercer, $8 per acre; three-fourths 
broken or sharply rolling, bordering the streams, and generally covered with 
young timber; excellent for wheat and other small grains, and good for corn 
and grass; one-fourth is overflowed and not cultivable without leveeing, but 
furnishes subsistence to large herds of cattle. In Henderson nearly all cultivable 
land is now worked, and the timber land is being fenced for pasture. McDonough, 
a large amount of the best lands held by speculators, worth $25 per acre ; 
secondary tracts and creek blutfts from $3 to $20 peracre. Fulton, $5 to $10 per 
acre, mostly “barrens.’’ Warren, $15 per acre, prairie and timber; the soil 
of the former a deep rich loam, 12 to 18 inches deep; the latter not generally 
good, the timber constituting the chief value, hilly and uneven. Brown, $7 50 
per acre; some No. 1 soil, remainder very thin; timber, coal, and potters’ clay, 
upon some portions. Knox, $10 to $25 per acre, chiefly brush lands, generally 
underlaid with coal; these lands mostly good for fruits, especially grapes. 
Stark, $20 per acre, rich soil. Woodford, raw prairie, $14 per acre; timber, 
when suitable for lumber, $100 to $200 per acre ; barrens (clay land from which 
the timber has been cleared) $10 per acre. Livingston, $15 per acre, suited 
for all farming purposes. Iroquois, $7 per acre, quality inferior to good, light 
sand, black sandy loam, black clay loam, and muck; good for grazing and gen- 
eral farming. Ford, $12 per acre, rich prairie. DeWitt, $8 to $25, chiefly 
belonging to Central Railroad Company, mostly low and flat, but equal to the 
best uplands when properly drained. Douglass, $15 per acre, mostly rich 
prairie. Edgar, $12 per acre, first-class land. Moultrie, $12 50, embracing 
about one-third of the county, held by speculators and the Central Railroad 
Company ; quality excellent, claimed to be capable of producing corn, wheat, 
and hay for many years without manure. Christian, $10; one-third hard tim- 
ber, remainder fair prairie. Macon, $8 to $15, generally held by speculators and 
Central Railroad Company ; quality good, capable of high cultivation. Logah, 
$22 50, chiefly prairie of good quality. Sangamon, $24; mostly along water- 
courses, and belonging to farms; held for timber growing, and where fenced 
_used as woods pastures. Adams, $5, timber land minus the timber. Macoupin, 
$10; good wheat and cornland. Jersey, $3 to $50, average about $12 per acre, 
mostly broken or kept for timber. Fayette, $10 per acre, good land. Effing- 
ham, prairie $15, timber $10 per acre; one-third of the county timber; soil, 
clay loam, adapted to grain, grass, and fruit. Cumberland, prairie land $11, 
good timber $12, glade or brush $4 to $5 per acre. Crawford, $10 per acre, 
timber and prairie, adapted to grain, grass, tobacco, &c. Richland, $15 to $20 
per acre for wild land free from timber, and $4 to $8 for timbered prairie land ; 
the latter being lower owing to the labor and time required to bring it under 
cultivation, the timber being thick but of poor quality. Wabash, $20 per acre, 
good for grass and for corn when drained. Marion, $18, prairie and timber, 
adapted to culture of grain and fruits, especially grapes. Clinton, $10 to $36 ; 
the upland is first-rate for wheat, and the bottoms for corn; the prairie adapted 
to general farming. Washington, $20 per acre, mostly timber or broken; 
