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itants, produced in one season 80,000 gallons. A 

 vineyard of three to four years old yields the owner 

 two hundred and fifty to three hundred gallons per 

 acre, while a very favorable site has yielded 1,000. 

 One industrious man manages five acres ; and as 

 the wine sells for $1.25 to $1.50 per gallon, five 

 acres are sufficient to secure an ample subsistence. 

 The climate is more favorable to vine growing than 

 that of Germany. The German population detests 

 slavery. JSTow that it has been swept from the soil 

 of Missouri, immigrants are pouring in with every 

 arrival, lands are rising in value, and the Home 

 stead Law is providing thousands of them with per 

 manent homes. 



Further west, the territories contain millions of 

 acres of the public domain, all open to settlement 

 by whomsoever chooses to locate upon them. How 

 vast the quantity is, and where situated, will be 

 seen by the following table of acres : 



California 94,000,000 



Dakota 83,000,000 



Nevada 50,000,000 



Colorado 66,000,000 



New Mexico 72,000,000 



Arizona 80,000,000 



Utah 62,000,000 



Oregon 55,000,000 



Idaho 203,000,000 



Washington 38,000,000 



Nebraska 43,000,000 



Kansas. 45,000,000 



These figures are an approximation to the true 

 amounts, which in all cases are understated. 



