THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



iT^RiN^s IN m:issoxjri. 



OF THE FINEST 



Agricultural and Mineral Lands 



FOB SALE BY THE 



SOUTH PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, 



IN TRACTS OP FORTY ACRES AND UPWARDS, AT FROM $2.50 TO 

 $10.00 PER ACRE, ON CREDIT OR FOR CASH. 



THESK LANDS ARE LOCATED ON THE LINK OF THE RAILKOAD, EXTENDING FEOM ST. LOUIS TO THE 

 Sonthwcstern nai-t of the Slate, and within a distance of lifteen miles, on each side of the track. They were granted to 

 the State of Missouri br an Act of Congress approved June lOth, 1852, to aid in the construction of this road, and were 

 selected more than twelve years ago from among the choicest lands in the State ; and subsequently transfeiTed to this Company 

 for the purpose of linishing the road. Our line is now in good running order from St. Louis to Little Piney (Ailington) , a 

 distance of 126 miles, and a heavy force is at work pushing the road to completion. Not more than two years can possibly 

 elapse before we reach the boundary line of the Indian Territory. This Company, and the Atlantic and Pacific. Kailroad 

 Company (the latter having obtained its charter to build a road trom the termini ot the South Paoiilc Railroad to the Paciflc), 

 are under the same management, and this route will eventually become, on account of the temperate climate and mUd 

 winters enjoyed by the States and Territories through which it passes, the great thoroughfare Irom the .Atlantic to the 

 Paciflc, via St. Louis. __-«.«._..».«.•*.. 



THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCTIONS 



Are Corn, Wheat, Rye, Barley, Oats, Hemp, Flax, Tobacco, Vegetables and Fruit, and to some extent Cotton. Wheat is a 

 p that never fails, and it is conceded by all that the winter wliteat raised in Missouri makes the finest flour m the country. 



Corn, Oats, Rye, ani Barley are also croij's that can be depended upon. Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, and Grapes grow 



crop t 



luxuriantry;"olhecuUira'tYoirof'tlie lattCT tas beeii 'given and with an unprece'dented amount of 



The climate is agreeable and healthy; the summers long and temperate, while the winters are short and mild . The air 

 being pure and salubrious , no section of country could be better ailapted to secure a luxurious growth ot the staple prouuc- 

 tiou of the temperate zone. The soil undoubtedly surpasses any other eijual portion of our continentjin lertilitv and variety, 

 and its adaptation to stock raising or grain growing. 



The law for the support, organization, .and the government of Free Schools, in operation in Missouri, is a liberal one, 

 and our eutire educational system will bear comparison with any of the Eastern States. One thirty-sixth part ot the land in 

 every Township throughout the State is reserved for School purposes. 



The mineral wealth of Missouri is inexhaustihle, and only needs labor and capital to develop it. Iron ore, iu large 

 quantities, has been found in Franklin, Crawford, Phelps, Green, and several other counties. Lead, next to Iron, is the 

 most abundant of the valuable metals in the State, and is found in Newton, Jasper, Chi-istian, Crawford, Franklm, and 

 other counties, iu all of which the Company have large bodies of land for sale. „ „ ,,. ,, 



There is soarcelv a stream on the line of the road which is not bordered by forests of excellent timber of all the uselul 

 varieties, laurel, pine, walnut, ash, elm, birch, locust, hickory, white and black walnut, white oak, and chestnut. 



Inducements to Settlers. 



Persons of small means, emigr.ants and capitalists, .are particular invited to these lands. The farms are sold in tracts o 

 forty acres and upwards, at low prices, and on easy terms. Parties who intend forming colonies to emigrate to these lands 

 can make superior arrangements with the Company. With cheap and speedy means of transportation across the Atlantic 

 which Missoui i will enjoy in a few years, when we will be enabled to ship our grain LSf BULK to Europe, via the Mississippi 

 and New Orleans, the natural route, and by far the cheapest— our advantages in regard to prices and importance will be 

 unequalled. We would particularly call the attention of the farmer, mechanic, and capitalist to the advantages to be derived 

 from growing up with and developing the country; increasing their own wealth as well as that of the State. 



IPrices a.ucl Terms of Pa-yment. 



The lands of the Company .are offered at from $2 50 to $10 00 per acre, with some few tracts at higher figures. Example : 

 Forty acres at .1115 00 per acre, on short credit: the princiiial, one-quarter cash down; balance in one, two, and three years, 

 at ten per cent, interest, in advance, each year. 



Interest. Principal. 



Cash Payment $15 00 $.iO 00 



Payment in one year 10 00 60 00 



"twoyears 5 00 .50 00 



" " three years 50 00 



Maps showing the lands, and all other information relating thereto, furnished gratis, by applying in person or by 

 letter to 



CLINTON B. PISK, Vice President, 



Ociober— ly South Pacific Railroad, St. Louis. 



