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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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BEST FARMING LANDS in the WORLD 
FOR SA-IiE BY THE 
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO., 
In Tracts to suit Purchasers, AT XiOW' FRICSS. 
THE ILLISOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY HAVE FOR SALE, 
000,000 ACRES of the best Farming Lands in the Country. 
The road extends from Dunleilh, in the north-western part of the State, to Cairo, in the extreme southern 
part, with a branch from Centraha, one hundred and thirteen miles north of Cairo, to Chicago, on the shore of 
Lake Michigan— altogether a length of 704 miles— anS the land which Is offered for sale is situated upon either 
Bide of the tract, in no instance at a greater distance than fifteen miles. 
State of Illinois, 
The rapid development of Illinoig, its steady increase in population and wealth, and Us capacity to produce 
cheap food, are matters for wonder and admiration. The United States Commissioner of Agriculture estimates 
the amounts of the principal crops of 18G4, for tho whole country, as follows: Indian corn, 530,581,403 bushels; 
wheat, 100,695,823 bushels; oats, 170,690,064 bushels; of which tho farms of Illinois yielded 138,35&,135 bushels 
of Indian corn; 33,371 ,173 bushels of wheal; and 24,273,751 bushels of oats — in reality moro than one-fourth of 
the corn, more than one-flfth of the wheat, and almost ono-scvonth of the oats produced m all the United Slates, 
Grain— Stock Raising. 
Pre-eminently the first In tho list of grain-exporting States, Illinois is also tho great cattle Statooftbe 
Union. Its fertile prairies are well adapted by nature to the raising of cattle, sheep, horses and mules; and in 
the important Interest of pork packing, it is far in advance of every other State. Tho seeding of these prairie 
lands to tame grasses for pasturage or hay, offers to farmers with capital the most profitable results. The 
hay crop of Illinois in 1864 is estimated at 2,166,725 tons, which is more than half a miUiOQ toos larger than the 
crop of any other State, exccjptiog only Now York. 
Inducements to Settlers. 
Tlie attention of persons, whoso limited means forbid tho purchase of a homestead in tho older States, la 
particularly invited to ibcsc lands. 'Within ten years tho Illinois Central Railroad Company has sold 1,400,000 
acres, to more than 20,000 actual settlers: and during \h& last year 264,422 acres — a larger aggregate of sales 
than in any one year since the opening of tho road. The farms are sold In tracts of forty or eighty acres, 
suited to the si::ltler with limited capital, or in larger tracts, as may be required by tho capitalist and stock 
raiser. Tho soil is of unsurpassed fertility ; the climate is healthy ; tixes are low ; churchoB and schools 
are becoming abundant throughout the length and breadth of tho State ; and communication wilh all the great 
markets is made easy through railroads, cauals and rivers. 
PKICE3 AND TERMS OP PAYMENT. 
TOio price of lands varies from $9 to $15 and upwards per acre, and they arc sold on short credit, or for 
cash. A deduction of ten per cent, from tho sjiort credit price is made to those who buy for cash. 
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Forty acres at $10 per acre, on credit; tho principal one-quarter cash down — balanco one, two and three 
years, at six per cent, interest, m advance, each year. 
Interest. 
Ouh Pft^nient:, $1S 00 
Pftftncnt lu one jemr I'i 00 
nrhe Same L.aud 
Full information on all points, together with maps, showing tho exact location of Lands, will bo furnished 
on application, in person or by letter, lo 
LAND COMMISSIONER, Illinois Central R. R. Co., Chicago, Illinois. 
PRINCIPAI., 
$ino 00 
lODOO 
waay be 
Interest. 
PaTment In tiro ^ears $6 00 
" thriio 7 eara, 
Pnrchnsed for ®360 Caab. 
Principal. 
100 00 
100 00 
>§ RJrt MARYLAND FARMS.— 6E0GRAPHI- 
7"t""cal descrijition of Mjuyliuul, with Catalogue of 
Maryland Lands, for sale by 
R. W, TKI»rPLKMAN & CO., 
Lund Agi'iits* 
48 Lexington-Street, (Up slairs,) 
Baltimore City, 
Embracing a description of the Soil and Producia of 
Maryland. 
Send Twenty-flve Cents for a Copy. 
SECURE A HOME.— Lauds for sale in the Cele- 
brated Fruit Settlement of Hannnonton. New Jerflev, 80 
miles liom I'liltadelplii^t, on Hailroad, and near Wie Jjew 
York Kallroiid.— No bi-tter soil in the State.— For Fruit?, 
Vetretablps and Karly Gaideniiie, is the best in the Union.— 
Hundreds of Acres now producing to be seen, on which is 
made IVoni ^'JOO to $ij00 per acre. Mild and healthy climate. 
Soft AVnter, Churches, Schools, Mllla, Stores, &c. Price from 
ji'JO to $2.") per arre, for :^0 acres and upward. lO-acre fruit 
raniia, $300. Terms easy. Title perfect. For lull information 
Address II. J. liVliNKS, Hanimonton. N. J. Letters answered. 
Chea|> MarylaBid Farms. 
410 to f:^0 per acre, convenient to I'nilroad, Navigation, 
rinirelics. Schools, ifcc, &c„ situated on' the Eastern Shore. 
Many muthern tiiniilieaare settling here. PescriiHive circu- 
lars civing all iuforniation sent free to all applicants. 
Address H. P. CHAMBERS. Farm Agent. 
Federalsburg, Md. 
FARMS FOR S\l.E of 40 to 180 acres each, of 
the richest ne"xultural land in Kock Co., Wis,, near 
Janeavllie Clly. well timbered. The Madison railway runs 
through, and the Soutliern Wliconsln on their border. Apply 
to J. 1. R. PEASE, JanesvlUe, or to B. F. DAWSON, 9 East 
Uth-street, New York. 
FOR SALE. 
TARMING AND 
MARKET GARDENING 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
THK SUBSCRIBERS WILL SELL TRACTS OF GOOD 
Land for farmln;; and market gnrdenin;;. In quantitieft toBult 
purclmsers. situated in the conntleiiof Ocean and Burlington, 
on the line of the Rarltaii and Delaware Bay Railroad, mid- 
way between New York and Philadelphia, at f 10 per acre. 
In addition to all the common products of a farm, fhese lands 
are valuable for growing cranberries, sweet potatoes, peach- 
es, grapes, tobacco and nope. All crops rlnen ten days ear- 
lier than on Lone Island. Squankum marl is delivered at 
any point on the railroad at one dollar and fifty cents per 
ton. and fertilizes the land for seven years after its applica- 
tion. The lands are mostlv covered with yellow pine timber, 
BiUtable for lumber and cord wood. A portion of the timber 
has been recently cut oft'. lea\'ing the land ready for Immedi- 
ate cultivation. Price of cedar rails, $.i per 100. Cord wood, 
at anv railroad station, $3 per cord. A portion of the lands 
conta'in a large qcantity of tlie best potters' clay yet discov- 
ered, for the manufacture of yellow ware. Saw-mill within 
one mile of Sliamong Station. A good hotel at Shaniong. on 
the lands offered for sale. The location is very healthy and 
water excellent. Lands well watered with anfailtng streams, 
and supplied with good mill-sites and water-power for man- 
ufacturing purposes. The whole purchase money may re- 
main on mortgage for a terra of years if desired, U the pur- 
chaser cultivates the land. 
For further particulars apply to 
r. B. CHKTWOOD, Elizabeth, N. J. 
"WM. O GILES, 70 & T! Franklln-st., N«w-Tork. 
^UPKRIOR FARM l.AI\l>:— 30,000 
i^Acres at low prices and accommodating terms.— Frank- 
linville Tract. — Gloucester County, New .Tersty, 25 miles 
south of Pliiladelphia, on Railroad running from Pliiladel- 
ghia and Camden to Cape Mav. In lots to tuiit purcbuserp. 
irculars wiili reports oi Solon Robinson, Hon. Wni. I'arrv, 
and others, with full information, sent free by addressing 
JOHN H. COFFIN & CO.. Franklinville, Gloucester Co.. 
New-Jersey. Also Improved Farms from 20 Acres upward. 
■■JRUCE'S PATENT 
Concentrated Manure 
Is no longer an experiment. Three years' trial has proved 
Its SUPERIORITY over all other MANURES. It Is com- 
posed of 
Animal Fibre, Blood and Pore Gronnd Bone. 
It is not because of these VALUABLE INGREDIENTS 
alono that we claim its 
GREAT FERTILIZING POWER. 
It ia also In the Patent process THROUGn utiich it pass- 
KS In Its manufacture, by whicli we are enabled to 
CONCENTRATE THE NECESSARY FOOD FOR 
VEGETATION. 
There Is a new lertilizer in market called by a similar 
name, the agents ot which have taken from onr Circular of 
1864 testimonials in regard to BRUCE'S CONCENTRATED 
MANURE, and are using them to sell their article. 
ORDEH DIRECT FROM US. 
"We have Vko Agents in New YorU City, and gee 
that the barrels are branded 
BRUCE'S PATENT CONCENTRATED 
MANURE. 
C. W. VAN DOREN & CO., 
ORIFFINC BROTHER Sc CO., 
53 & 60 Co^rtland^8t^eet. NewTork. 
We also sell at WnoLESALE and Retail 
IjODI CO.'S Pondrette. 
BXOEIiSIOR CO.'S Pondrette. 
HOYT'S Superphospliate of Llrae. 
PLASTER Si, Pare Gronnd Bom-. 
GRIPFIPfGI BRO. & CO., 
58 & 60 Courtland-8t., IV. Y. City. 
Amnioniated Pacitic Gnauo. 
A real guano, containing from seventy to eijihty per cent 
of Phosplmte of Lime ; to whicb bas been added by a chem- 
ical proceas, a large percentage of actual Ammonia, so fixed 
that It can not evaporate, making it equal, if not superior, to 
any other fertilizer. I'rico $S0 per net ton. A liberal dis- 
count to the Trade. 
Pamphlets with copies of analysis bv Dr. Jackson, Muss. 
State Assayer. and Ur. Liebig, of Baltimore, and testimonials 
from scientiUc agriculturists, showing its value, can be 
obtained from J. O. BAKER & CO., Selling Agents. 
13t Pearl-st.. Kew-York. 
The Cienninc 
BRUCE FERTIIilZER. 
The best, as well as the clieapeet manure in the market, 
made by Mr. Duncan Bruce, is for Bale by 
GEO. E. AVHITE & CO., Sfi Cllff-8t., 
and by the principal dealers in Agricultural Wares. 
Another of our regular Series of Great 
$100 Prize Puzzles 
appears, with numerous attractions, in the May number of 
d^-MERRYMAN'S MONTHLY. _«3 
the Great National Comic Magazine. $100 Prizes! jTiO Prizes! 
$5 Prizes I $1 Prizes ! B^T* Prizes are paid in greenbacks, so 
there can he no humbut;. Names and addrepse.s of winnera 
are published in the next number. Don't fail to get the MAY 
number of MERRYMAN. Price 15 cents. Sold bv News 
Agents. Booksellers, Sutlers and all dealers. Sent post-paid 
on receipt of price. 
ilif" Make tliisj j [figure with three 
strokes of the pen- cil, without eras- 
ing any liiiee, or go- 1 I ilng over the same 
lines twice. Averyt i i icurlous thing. Try 
it, and if you fall (as you surely will), 
see tlie full and com' ! ^ !-plete solution in 
MEliRYMAN. J^^ Three different numbers, as samples, 
sent to any address post-paid for thirty cents. RSf A rare 
chance to procure a good magazine verv clieap. 
Address J. C. HANEY & CO., 
109 Nassau-street, Mew York. 
The Herald of Health 
AND 
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CULTURE Is Juet the thing for 
every invalid, for parents who would bring up their children 
in health with beautiful formi and elastic steps. Jan., Feb., 
March and April Nos. for GO cla, post free. 15 cents a number. 
1 1 50 a year. First six Nos lor 18<15, and the New Hygiene 
Cook Book, by Mattie M. Jones, M. D., all for $1 00. Cook 
Book alone for 30 cte. Every person who would know how 
to cook healthful food for sick or well stiould have It, 
Address MILLER, WOOD & CO., 15 Laight-st.. N. Y. 
LOVE ON THE BRAIN.— A ROLLICKING nnd 
mlrtli-provoking Song that pleases overybodv. both 
voung and old. Kisses, Blisses, Heart."!. Darts. Afomatio 
Pain, Everybody's troubled once with Love on tho BRAIN. 
Price SO cents. Published by W. Jennings Demorkst, No. 
39 Beekman street, and sold by all Music Dealers. Slalled 
free on receipt of the price. 
I Buy the Ligrhteisit-— Halsted's. 
