conteot:s. V 



Plaa of managing Eight Thousand Acres.— Onarga,— Its IS'eigli'bonrliooa.— 

 Dairy Farming.— Artesian "Wells.— Kankakee to Momence.— Price of Land.— 

 Broom Corn.— Country from Momence to Monee.— Management and Produce 

 —Monoe to Chicago C9 



LETTER YII. 



Soil and Climate of Illinois.— ligature of Prairie Soil.— Its Chemical Composition. 

 — Eich in Nitrogen.— Wheat Cultm^e and Produce.— Indian Corn.— Facility 

 of Oultnre.—Oats.— Barley.— Sorghum.— Substitute for Sugar-cane.— Potatoes. 

 —Stock Farming,- Prairie Grass.- Blue Grass.— Timothy . , . . 80 



LETTER Yni. 



Average Prices of Agricultural Produce in Illinois.— Cost of Lahour.— Cost of In- 

 dian Corn in England.— Cost at which Pork may he raised hy it.— Profit of 

 Farming in Illinois.— Detailed Example.— Lands of lUmols Central Railway. 

 —Advantages of their Position.— The Company's Terms of Sale for Cash or 

 Credit.— Exemption from State Taxes till paid for.—Comparison hetween 

 Farming in England and owning Land in Illinois.— Capital necessary to start 

 one Farmer in England sufiicient for four Land Owners in Illinois.— Profits of 

 Sheep Farming.— Lands farther West only apparently cheaper.— G-reat Oppor- 

 tunity for Farm Labourers of Character and Skill.— Farming by Shares.— 

 Facility for investing Money in Land.— Even the Labourer can so invest his 

 Savings from Time to Time.— Prospects of Emigrants from Towns . . 87 



LETTER IX. 



The Ague: Opinion of a leading Physician.— Easily curable.— Wisconsin.— 

 Life-guardsman turned Implement Maker.— Success of Emigrants.— Madison. 

 —Milwaukee.— Its Trade Facilities.— Schools.— Public Buildings.— Catholic 

 Church.— Western Shore of Lake Michigan.— General JSTature of Country.— 

 0reen Bay.— Early French Settlements.— Their Hold in the ISrorth-West.— 

 Character of various Races of Settlers.— Price of Land.— Its Yaluo dependent 

 on cheap Access.— Interest of Money.— Credit low.—" Custom" pleaded for 

 Abuses.— London Carpenter's Experience as a Settler.— The Mississippi.— 

 Nails and G-lass only allowed by American G-overnment to their Surveying 

 Engineers,- River Steamers.— Anecdotes.— Lake Pepin.— St. Croix , , 05 



LETTER X.. 



St. Paul's.— Route to Red River.— Minnesota,— Daily Newspapers.- Market 

 Place.- Red Indians selling wild Ducks.— American Militia.™Fori Snelling.— 

 Minnehaha.— Falls of St. Anthony.— Lands and Funds set apart for Public 

 Objects.— The Credit System.— Dubuque,— Burlington,— Iowa.— Natural Ob- 

 stacle to Progress of Population Westwards.— Wages.— Nauvoo.— St. Louis 

 in Missouri.— Slave State.- Iron Mountain.— Relative Cost of Production 

 of British and American Iron . . , , , . . . . 107 



