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ON THE BLUE, BETWEEN CAMDEN AND CRETE,— CRETE AT THE LEFT, IN THE DISTANCE, 
REPRESENTATIVE VIEW OF LANDS FOR SALE BY THE BURLINGTON AND MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY. 
IOWA AND NEBEA8KA LANDS. 
What Time in the Year is it Best to Buy Them ? 
THE BTJItLITVGnrOlV ATVX> MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD 
Advertise that " Products will pay for Land and Improvements several times over within their credit of ten years, with nothing to pay for four years hut six per cent annual interest." 
Proceeds of crops are sometimes necessary and always convenient for paying this interest and annual installments of principal alter the fourth year as they accrue; hence it Is vise to buy 
at such a time that all payments will fall due after harvest, on the heels of which the pork and beef crop follows. Delays of payment, asked for auu granted, are generally 
"WI ajter harvest." 
These facts show that September, October, November, and December are the months most convenient for annual payments to mature ; hence buying land "after harvest " is the be6t 
arrangement for ten prospective annual payments. Autumn is also the best season to " make a good ready " for next season's crop, such as selecting land, buildinjr a house, digging or 
boring a well, baying a wagon, te;im, plows, stock, etc., at best rates. Many wish to buy land, but can not come in person to do so before coming with their families. Such can write and 
specify the kind, location, quality ; whether level or rolling prairie or valley ami timber land, with running water* distance to Railroad station, market, etc. 
The first payment oi six per cent on the value of the laud wanted can be reunited by liunk draft on Uoston, New York, or Chicago, payable to order of GKO. S. HARRIS, Land 
Commissioner. 
PriceB range generally from three to ten dollars, averaging about six, though some lands are sold at one and two dollars per acre. 
On receipt of written application iind funds, the best selection will be made that can be at price specified, and if on examination within one year the land thus bought is not 
satisfactory to the buyer, he can exchange it lor any other unsold tract at same price ; or for better land by paying the difference. 
Nebraska Lands bought in 1873 will be entitled to a credit of twenty per cent premium, if one-half of it is improved and cultivated within two years from date of purchase. 
A Deduction of 18, 15, or 10 per cent is made from long credit price in Iowa and Nebraska for full payment in one, two, or three years from date of purchase. 
Our gratuities, low juices, long credits, small annual payments, great products, and good markets enable every enterprising man to get a good farm and home in a rich, healthy, and 
beautiful country. Circulars giving full particulars, and iu any quantity wanted, arc supplied gratis. • 
A SECTIOVATj MAP, on a large scale, showing the exact location of the Lands in Iowa, is sold at 30 cents, and a similar map of Nebraska Lands is sold at same price. 
LAVD BUYERS, in order to realize all the benefits we otfer, should buv Lind Exploring Tickets, via Burlington route, of W. D. Cowles, Agent, 317 Broadway, New York; 
W. H. Wlsner, Agent, 59 Clark Street, Chicago, 111. ; or at C B. & Q. U.K. Offices in IVoria, Mendota, Oalesburg, Qulncy, 111. Or apply to 
GEO. S. HARRIS, Land Commissioner, for Iowa Lands, at Burlington, Iowa; or for Nebraska Lands at Lincoln. Nebraska. 
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