NEW SOUTH WALES 



AUSTRALIA, 

 OFFERS A WELCOME 



'T'HE wealthiest, most progressive and most 

 •^ prosperous state in Greater Britain, with 

 an area of 310,000 square miles, and 20,- 

 000,000 acres of virgin wheat land within 

 the 20-inch rain belt. 



To the Emigrant Settler, to the Rural Laborer and to the Capitalist. 

 Emigrants Sound in Health, and Skilled in any Industry 



Will Be Assisted. 



The New South Wales climate is kind to the farmer, and wheat is produced there more cheaply than in any other 

 country in the world. The great range of climate possessed by the State, permits almost every known crop to be raised. 



A young country, close to the teeming East, with a fast growing population and rapidly expanding industries, and the 

 converging point of many important trade routes, New South Wales offers many avenues of activity for the capitalist. 



New South Wales produced last year $230,000,000. The men engaged in the Primary Industries produced $875.00 

 per head. New South Wales has many entrancing tourist resorts, great natural wonders in the limestone caves, and the 

 oldest land surface on the globe in Mt. Kosciusko. 



Full information, handbooks, etc., may be obtained on application to 



THE DIRECTOR, Intelligence Department, SYDNEY, N. S. W- 



The Delicious Southern Strawberry 







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I iMl IC. U. in l.oni^i: 



RROUFIC IN QUALITY, EARLIEST O/V THE MARKET, AND A 



LONG GROWING SEASON 



IN LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI ON LINE OP THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. 



M^HK SOfTHERX STIi.WVHERRV liROWKR lias an ;nlvatiI;iL- "ver his l.n,tlier..f 

 1 I lie N'lirth in t:*^ttinL' Iiis ImTiirs iiitn iM;irk'-I rarly. Knmi Lmiisiiina ami s. .uthrni 

 Mississippi, beiTit'S ai-i- frripiently i''';iiiy for marki-t iluriiii; The inoiitli nt' Marcli , itml 

 shi]>iiii-iit,s cimtiniie until .tune, or uiiti) suuh tiiiio as the Northtrn niaiki-ts an.' so 

 :.'lutt''<l !i8 to inuko it uiiprutitabl*" to niiip them so far, after which the Southern iiiar- 

 k.ls are still availabh.^. The season for piekinj; hemes in the Sonth is nineh lunger 

 than in the North; they continninir to blossom and npen for two months, and in 

 some rases it has bt-en even three months from the time of the first to the last pi<-k- 

 inic. The Illinois Central Railroad ('ompany, appreeiatin^ to the fnllfst extent the 

 necessity of haviny; fmit and vetjetables irrown on its line reach Northern markets in 

 the best possible condition, has not only provided th«* best of refrigerator cars, Imt, 



liuriTi',^ the scasdii, run fruit trains from Xcw Orleans to Chica^:!!. shi]>nients being 

 pii'ked up from all stations, say within one hundred miles, and I'l-.uii th>' last point 

 til'' train is run through to Chicago on fast schedule, stopjiinir mily for coal and 

 water, and at certain points for re-icing. In addition t<) its system for handling 

 perishable products en ronte, the ■ 'Central' ' lias a storehouse or fruit warehouse at 

 Chicago in which fifty cars can be quickly Innidled at one time. 



Send tor G4-i)aKe Illustrated Hook entitled "About the South" 



issued by the Illinois Central R. R. Co. and describing various matters of interest to 

 th« home seeker and investor, including int'ornuvtion as to Fruit Growing. The 

 book is free and can be had by addressing 



.1. F. MKRUY, GKNKRAL IMMIGRATION AGKNT, I. C. K. K., ROOM A, HIVK BLOCK, MANCHESTKR. IOWA 



