1871.] 
AMEKICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
159 
The First Division of the 
ST. PAUL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 
Offer for sale 1,500,000 Acres of Land 
Along thoir lines of Railroad. Also, ^P^> \A/ X<T IiOTS 
In twenty flourishing Towns and Railroad Stations. 
ACTUAL SETTLEKS can purchase on long credit with 7 per cent annual interest. The Bonds of the Company 
taken at par on Cash Sales. For Descriptive Pamphlets, Prices, and other information, apply to 
General Office at St. Paul, lOluiiesota. HERMANN TROTT, Land Commissioner. 
Mem.:— Attention is called to Government lands oa the west end of the Main Line, which can be taken under the 
Homestead Law. 
1,500,000 ACRES 
of the 
THE RICHEST FARMING LANDS 
IN THE WORLD. 
FOB SALE TO ACTUAL SETTLERS. 
NEOSHO VALLEY, KANSAS. 
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Co. 
Cars now Running-. 
The Lands now offered by this Company are mainly within 
20 miles of each side of the road, extending ltO miles 
along the NEOSHO VALLEY, the richest, finest, and most 
Inviting valley for settlement in the West. 
One-third of the labor required at the East in the culture 
of farms will insure here double the amount of crops. 
PRICE OF LAND.— %l to $8 per acre ; credit of ten year3* 
time. 
TIRMS OF SALE.— One-tenth down at time of purchase. 
No payment the second year. One-tenth every year after, 
until completion of payments, with annual interest. 
For further information address 
ISAAC T. GOODNOW, 
Land Commissioner, Neosho Falls, Kansas. 
White Spring Farm, Geneva, 
FOR SALE. 
This very desirable farm of 300 acres, located within one 
mile of the Village of Geneva, is offered for sate. 
It is situated on a ridge overlooking Seneca Lake and 
Geneva, and commands a most extensive view. 
The Farm is in a very high state of cultivation, thor- 
oughly under-drained, and the buildings mostly new and in 
excellent repair. 
The Orchards are in full bearing; and the supply of 
water Is very abundant, and of excellent quality. 
The Lawn surrounding the house contains some 40 
acres, is in fine order, and ornamented with Natural 
Forest-Trees. 
As the farm is so well known, a further description la 
deemed unnecessary. 
To anyone desiring an elegant couutry residence, this 
offers a very favorable opportunity. 
JAMES O. SHELDON, Geneva, N. Y. 
For particulars apply to J. "W. PRINCE, Geneva, N. Y. 
AGENTS WANTED FOR THE YEAR 
(XU *D A fHPT "PC? A History of the 
Ur KAllLLb, wErsstRSBi. 
Accurate, reliable, and complete. The only one published. 
Send $1.50 for outfit, and secure the best territory at once. 
Address J. W. GOODSPEED & CO, New York or Chicago. 
% 
First Premium Awarded by Am. Inst. 
X870. 
Microscopes, 1 Illustrated Price-List and Catalogues 
Magic Lanterns. > free to any address. 
T. II. MCALLISTER, Optician. 49 Nassau St., N. T. 
AGIC PHOTOGRAPHS— Neatest wonders of 
the Ase— 25 cents a packape. Library of Love, Etl- 
quuUe, Courtship, and Marriaire, 4 Books for ."SO Cts. Sent 
postage paid. W. C. WEMTSS, 730 Broadway, New Tork. 
HI 
KANSAS 
IMMIGRATION SOCIETY 
ORGANIZED BY STATE AUTHORITY, 
uives Atunenuc 
Information to 
those 
w 
Kail Road Lands 
or 
Desiring Homes 
> 
IMPROVED 
in the 
* 
FARMS. 
WEST, 
either on 
Homestead 
Lands, 
02 
> 
Gives 
Correct 
Information 
as *o 
Pre-emption 
CO 
Quality of Soil, 
Lands, 
• 
proximity to 
MARKETS, SCHOOLS, &c, 
together with 
The Cost of Farm Implements and Machinery, 
Household Goods and Subsistence, at 
any Point in Kansas Desired 
by the Immigrant. 
It has organized a system of 
Reduced Transportation, 
Whereby the Immigrant Is furnished with about 
Half Rates of Passenger Fare, 
In first-class Coaches, on the order of the Society, with 
double the usual weight of personal baggage. Also, 
Greatly Reduced Mates of Freight to 
the Immigrant. 
For full particulars, address 
A. B. HAVENS, Secretary, 
Leavenworth, Kansas. 
BOOK.— Over 450.000 copies Bold. It (fives correct 
measurement for all kinds of Logs. Lumber, Boards, Plank, 
Scantling, Wood, etc., and has become the standard book 
for measuring lumber throughout the United States. Every 
fanner, lumber-dealer and mechanic should have a copy. 
Ask your bookseller for it, or send 30 cents to me, and 1 will 
forward a copy, post-paid. Address 
GEO. W. FISHER, 
6 Exchange-street, Rochester, N. Y. 
AGENTS LOOK!— $12 a day made, Fellins: our 
Scissors Sharpener and other wares. Sample 25 cts. 
Catalogue free. T. J. HASTINGS &. CO., Worcester, Mass. 
THOMAS DENNY & CO., 
Bankers & Brokers, 
8 JAU1J0EY COURT, 39 WALL ST. 
OUR 
"ANNUAL FINANCIAL CIRCULARS" 
Will be ready on March I. 
We furnish these, together with those issued 6inee 1860, 
Gratuitously, to our Customers only. 
To others, the price is S5 for the set, or $1 per copy for the 
"Financial Circular of 1871," 
and SI per copy for the 
"BOND CIRCULAR." 
The object sought in these Circulars is to condense in as 
compact a Bhape as possible all needed information con- 
cerning securities bought and sold at the New York Stock. 
Exchange, and also of Current Railroad Bonds. 
Land 
Grant 
Bonds 
of the Union Paciflc,Des Moines Valley .and Northern Pacific 
Railroad, are received in payment for Lands. Send for Cir- 
cular. CMAS. W. HASSLER, 
2-1 Broad Btreet. New York. 
TTNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, 
*^ Have a Land Grant direct from the Government of 
12,000,000 Acres of the Best Farming and Mineral Lands 
in America. 3,000,000 acres choice farming lands on the line 
of the road, In the State of Nebraska, in the Great Platte 
Valley, now for sale, for cash or credit at low rates of inter- 
est. These lands are near the 41st parallel of North Latitude, 
in a mild and healthy climate, and for grain growing and 
stock raising are unequalled. Prices range from $2.50 to 
$10.00 per acre. Great Inducements to Settlers with lim- 
ited means. 2.500,000 Acres rich Government lands 
along the road between Omaha and North PLATTE.survey- 
ed and open for entry under the Homestead and Pre-emption 
laws ana can be taken by Actual Settlers Only. An oppor- 
tunity never before presented for securing homes near a 
great Railroad with all the conveniences of an old settled 
country. New edition of descriptive pamphlets with maps,, 
now ready and sent free to all parts of the United States, 
Canada and Europo. 
Address 0. F. DAVIS, 
Land Commissioner, 
U. P. K. R. Co., Omaha, Neb. 
The Burlington & Mo. River R. R. Co* 
Offer about 2,000,000 Acres 
Iowa & Nebraska Lands for Sale 
On 10 Tears' Credit, at 6 per cent Interest, 
No part of Principal due for two years from purchase and 
afterwards only one-ninth yearly. 
Products will Pay for Land and Improvements. 
The Liberal Credits {riven ; Free Passes 
allowed; Bmall annual payments required; the current 
market value of money, and profits on Stock raising-, prove 
* tter than to buy U.S. land 
pe^aerejWhile our prices 
these terms cheaper, easier, and better than to buy Li.s. land 
within railroad-land limits at $2.f.O per acre, while our prices 
range generally from 4r to r», t>, 8, and 10 Dollars per acre. 
Quality and local advantages rule the price. 
On these generous Terms the Industrious and com- 
petent can huv and pay for a good Farm and Home. In be- 
ginning". It Is necessary to have money enough to pay six per 
cent interest on the land, obtain provisions, build a cabin, 
buy a team and agricultural implements till crops are rais- 
ed, which can be done the first season, by commencing in 
early Spring. 
CIRCULARS giving full particulars are supplied grntiR, 
and any wishing to induce others to immigrate with them, or 
to form a Colony, are invited to ask for all they want to 
distribute. 
A SECTIONAL MAP, Bhowing exact location of 
Lands for sale In Iowa, is Bold for 30 cents, and a eimllar 
Map of Nebraska Lands is sold for 20 cents. 
Apply to GEO. S. HARRIS, 
Land Commissioner Burlington & Mo. River It. 2. Co. 
For Iowa Lands, at BURLINGTON, IOWA. 
For Nebraska Lands, at LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. 
WATERPROOF BUILDING PAPgR. for 
Roofing, Sheathing, Ceilings. On-Clott* ^<* ^Jjj: 
enings, Tags. Trunks. Blasting Cartridges, Flour and Grain 
Bins, etc. (Patent secured.) For sale DV IUNTKK Jr 
Paper Warehouse, 59 Duanc-st., New York. 
