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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
HOMES FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS, 
IN THE 
Garden State of the West. 
THE 
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY 
HAVE FOR SALE 
1,200,000 ACRES OF RICH FARMING LANDS 
In 
TRACTS OF FORTY ACRES AND UPWARD, 
On 
LONG CREDIT AND AT LOW PRICES. 
The attention of the enterprising and industrious por¬ 
tion of the community is directed to the following state¬ 
ments and liberal inducements offered them by the 
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, 
which, as they will perceive, will enable them, by proper 
energy, perseverance, and industry, to provide comforta¬ 
ble homes for themselves and families, with, compara¬ 
tively speaking, very little capital. 
I. LANDS OF ILLINOIS. 
No State in the Valley of the Mississippi offers so great 
an inducement to the settler as the State of Illinois. 
There is no portion of the world where all the conditions 
of climate and soil so admirably combine to produce those 
two great staples, Corn and Wheat, as the Prairies of 
Illinois. 
II. EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MARKETS. 
These lands are contiguous to a railroad 700 miles in 
ler.gth, which connects with other roads, and navigable 
lakes and rivers, thus affording an unbroken communica¬ 
tion witl) the Eastern and Southern markets. 
III. RAILROAD SYSTEM OF ILLINOIS. 
Over $100,000,000 of private capital have been expended 
on the railroad system of Illinois. Inasmuch as part of 
the income from several of these works, with a valuable 
public fund in lands, go to diminish the State Expenses, 
the TAXES ARE LIGHT, and must, consequently, 
every day decrease. 
IV. THE STATE DEBT. 
The State Debt is only $10,105,398 14, and, within the 
last three years, has been reduced $2,959,746 80 ; and we 
may reasonably expect that in ten years it will become 
extinct. „ „ 
V. PRESENT POPULATION. 
The State is rapidly filling up with population ; 868,026 
persons having been added since 1850, making the present 
population 1,719,496—a ratio of 102 per cent in ten years. 
VI. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
The Agricultural Products of Illinois are greater than 
those of any other State. The Products sent out during 
the past year exceeded 1,500,000 tuns. The wheat crop 
of 1860 approaches 35,000,000 of bushels, while the corn 
crop yields not less than 140,000,000 bushels. 
VII. FERTILITY OF THE SOIL. 
Nowhere can the industrious farmer secure such imme¬ 
diate results for his labor as upon these prairie soils, they 
being composed of a deep, rich loam, the fertility of which 
is unsurpassed by any on the globe. 
VIII. TO ACTUAL CULTIVATORS. 
Since 1854, the Company have sold 1,300,000 acres. 
They sell only to actual cultivators, and every contract 
contains an agreement to cultivate. The road has been 
constructed through these lands at an expense of 
$30,000,000. In 1850, the population of the forty-nine 
counties through which it passes was only 335,598, since 
which 479,293 have been added, making the whole popu¬ 
lation 814,891—a gain of 143 per cent. 
IX. EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY. 
As an evidence of the thrift of the people, it may be 
stated that 600,000 tuns of freight, including 8,600,000 bush¬ 
els of grain and 250,000 barrels of flour, were forwarded 
over the line last year. 
PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT. 
The prices of these lands vary from $6 to $25 per acre, 
according to location, quality, &c. First-class farming 
lands sell for about $10 or $12 per acre ; and the relative 
expense of subduing prairie land as compared with wood 
land is in the ratio of 1 to 10 in favor of the former. The 
terms of sale for the bulk of these lands will be 
ONE YEAR’S INTEREST IN ADVANCE 
at six per cent per annum, and six interest notes at six 
per cent, payable respectively in one, two, three, four, 
five, and six years from date of sale ; and four notes for 
principal, payable in four, five, six, and seven years from 
date of sale ; the contract stipulating that one-tenth of the 
tract purchased shall be fenced and cultivated each and 
every year, for five years from the date of sale, so that at 
the end of five years one-half shall be fenced and under 
cultivation. 
TWENTY PER CENT WILL BE DEDUCTED 
from the valuation for cash, except the same should be at 
six dollars per acre, when the cash price will be five 
dollars. 
Pamphelts descriptive of the lands, soil, climate, pro¬ 
ductions, prices, and terms of payment, can be had on 
application to 
J. W. FOSTER, LAND COMMISSIONER, 
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, 
Chicago, Illinois. 
For me names of the Towns, Villages, and Cities situ¬ 
ated upon the Illinois Central Railroad see pages 188,189, 
Appletor.’s r ailway Guide. 
WE WANT AGENTS 
to sell a variety of agricultural books, sucli as should be in 
the hands of every iarraer in the country. Energetic young 
men will find this a profitable and honorable business. 
SAXTON & BARKER, 
Agricultural Book Publishers, 
25 Park Row, New-York. 
School Teachers Wanted. 
The subscriber wishes to employ one School Teacher in 
each county of the United States, to travel and introduce the 
“New Encyclopaedia of all Nations,” and the “ Pictorial New 
World,” with Steel and Colored Engravings, Maps, Charts, 
&c. Just issued. Apply by letter immediately to 
HENIiY BILL, Publisher, Norwich, Conn. 
FEMALE AGENTS WANTED. 
66IWOMEN of NEW-YORK.—Agents, Male and 
'» ™ Female, wanted for a CuriousNewBook of “CHAR¬ 
ACTERS IN THE CITY,” 36 portraits, 400 pages, 50 engrav¬ 
ings, fancy cloth, mailed free for $1. Agents also wanted for 
the Pictorial “FAMILY NEWSPAPER"—only 75 cents a 
year. Specimen and “ Terms of Agency ” GRATIS. Address 
HANKINS & CO„ New-York, 
SEND FOR SPECIMEN OF 
CLARK’S SCHOOL VISITOR, 
AN ILLUSTRATED DAY SCHOOL PAPER for Teachers 
and Pupils everywhere. Address 
DAUGHADAY & HAMMOND, 
411 Walnut-st„ Philadelphia, Pa. 
Mowing Machine Club. 
We wish to form a club of farmers who shall select and 
have built expressly for them, 100 Mowers, or Mowers and 
Reapers. Write at once, stating the land of machine pre¬ 
ferred. We wisli to effect a saying of 15 to 20 per cent on the 
usual prices. Address S. G. FIELD, 
Worcester, Mass, 
PORTABLE STEAM ENGINES. 
A. N. Wood A Co., 
EatOBi, f¥. Y. 
A. N. WOOD. L. C. TABER. 
W. MORSE. 
The above cut represents a Portable Engine of entirely 
new pattern, built by A. N. WOOD & CO., which is acknowl¬ 
edged by all to be the most compact and durable of anything 
yet devised for ail Engine. A gentleman in La. writes us that 
lie received bis 12-horse power, and although it was entirely 
disconnected from the boiler, the machine being so simple 
and well fitted, he, without the assistance of an engineer, put 
it together, changed the eccentric and reversed the motion. 
Persons interested in steam power, by enclosing stamp, will 
receive our Circular, giving list, price, description, etc. 
A. N. WOOD & CO. 
Eaton, N. Y„ Oct. 1st, 1860. 
JOHN MAYHER, 
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF 
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 
IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY, AND SEEDS, 
No. 54 VESEY-ST., 
Between Broadway and Greenwicli-st., New-York. 
NEW-YORK AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT, 
Machine, and Seed Warelnonse. 
R. L. Allen, 191 Water-st., N. Y. 
MAY—MAY—IIA Y. 
In gersoll’s Improved Portable Hay Press for pack¬ 
ing Hay , Cotton, Sags, Hemp, Broom Corn, <£c„ die., 700 of 
these machines having been sold during the last three years, 
letters from every State in the Union testily to their superi¬ 
ority, convenience, and economy. 
Price. Hay Press No. 1, $50, wt. of bale 150 to 250 lbs. No. 
2, $75, wt. of bale 250 to 300 lbs. Cotton Press $150. Any sizes, 
and for any purpose of packing made to order, anti deliver¬ 
ed on shipboard in New-York, Address for Circulars or 
FARMERS’ MANUFACTURING 
Machines, 
Kings Co., N. Y. 
r CO., Greenpoint, 
SJCHOOL-HOUSES AND FARMS WITHOUT 
£3 BELLS, can now be supplied with our Superior AMAL¬ 
GAM BELLS, at prices $6 to $35; weighing 60 to 300 lbs., with 
hangings complete. Church Bells, costing not over 12>£ cents 
per pound. Send for a circular. 
M. C. CHADWICK & CO„ 17 Spruce-st„ New-York. 
Sheep for Sale. 
For sale at the LORILLARD Sheep Farm, at Fordham, 
Westchester Co., twelve miles from the City of New-York, 
on the New-York and Harlem Railroad, twenty South-Down 
Rams, yearlings; also, twenty Shropshire-Down Rams, year¬ 
lings. The production of the linest imported Rams, having 
taken the first premiums at the New-York State Fairs in 
1859 and 1860. 
Enquire at 16 and 18 Chambers-st„ New-York. 
T horough bred Ayrshire and Devon¬ 
shire CATTLE.—My farm being for sale, I will dispose 
of my herd of Cattle in lots to suit purchasers at low prices. 
For particulars address. 
ALFRED M. TREDWELL, 45 Fulton-st„ New-York. 
DESIGNING AND ENGRAVING ON WOOD. 
All who may desire to have designing or engraving dona 
will find it to their advantage to call on the subscriber, wh« 
is prepared to furnish on the most reasonable terms, and if 
the best style of the art, PORTRAITS, views of BUILDINGS 
PLANS, &c., of Agricultural Implements, Horticultural am 
Scientific subjects of every description. 
THOMAS COX, 
105 Nassau-st., corner of Ann-st., New-York. 
JOHAS BROOK & BR0S~ 
PATENT GLACE AND PATENT SIX CORD 
SPOOL COTTON. 
White, Black, and Colored tomspoolk 
of 200, 500, and 2400 Yards. Consumers] 
of thread are requested to notice that 
BROOK'S SPOOL COTTON took the 
[HIGHEST PRIZES awarded'to SPOOL, 
COTTON at the GREAT EXHIBI¬ 
TIONS in LONDON in 1851 and in. 
PARIS in 1855. Being made under the- 
personal directions of the Messrs. 
Brook, the quality will be uniform, andi 
the lengths guaranteed. With the lustre- 
- of silk, it combines the strength off 
lmen, and thousands of families and manufacturers, now 
using it, unite in testifying as to its excellency for either 
hand or macliine sewing, its strength not being impaired 
either by washing or by friction of the needle. On every 
spool of the genuine is a ticket—as in margin Qf this adver¬ 
tisement-bearing the name and crest of Brooh, Constantly 
for sale in cases of 100 Doz. each, assorted Nos., by the manu¬ 
facturer’s Agent, WM. HENRY SMITH, S3, 34 & 36 Vesey-st„ 
New-York. 
Important to Housekeepers! 
E. R. ©URKEE & CO’S 
SELECT SPICES. 
In this age of adulterated and tasteless-spices, it is with con¬ 
fidence that we introduce to the attention of the housekeep¬ 
ers these superior articles. We gua-antee them not only 
absolutely and perfectly pure, 
hut ground from fresh Spices, selected and cleaned by us ex¬ 
pressly for the purpose, without reference to cost. They are 
beautifully packed in tinfoil, (lined with paper,) to prevent 
injury by keeping, and are full weight, while the ordinary 
ground Spices are almost invariably short. We warrant 
them, in point of richness and flavor 
beyond all comparison, 
as a single trial will instantly prove. 
Manufactured only by E. R. DURKEE & CO„ New-York. 
For sale by Dealers in choice groceries generally. 
PROFITABLE Employment may be had by ad¬ 
dressing (post-paid.) R. SEARS, 181 William-st., N. Y. 
T O FARMERS. 80,000 BARRELS POUDRETTE* 
made by the Lodi Manufacturing Co., for sale in lots to 
suit purchasers. This is the cheapest feutilizek in market, 
$3 worth will manure an acre of corn, will increase the crop 
from one third to one haIX and will ripen the crop two week» 
earlier, and, unlike guano, neither injure the seed nor land. 
A pamphlet with satisfactory evidence and full particulars* 
will be sent gratis to any one sending address to 
General Agents for ( GRIFFING BROTHER & CO„ 
the United States, f 60 Courtlandtst., New-York. 
GUANO. 
§wau Island. 
ORGANIC, PHOSPHATIC AND AMMONIATE GUANO. 
The attention of Farmers is called to tills valuable Guano* 
which contains over seventy per cent of Animal Bone Phos¬ 
phate of Lime, Organic Matter and Ammonia. 
A trial will prove it to be the best and cheapest concentrated 
fertilizer in use. 
Price, (packed in barrels,) only $40 per tun. 
Imported and for sale by the 
SWAN ISLAND GUANO CO„ 
184 Water-street. New-York.. 
For sale also by GEORGE E. WHITE, 55 Cliff-st. ■ R. L. 
ALLEN, 191 Water-st., and by GRIFFING, BROTHERS & 
CO„ 60 Cortlandt-st., New-York. 
AMERICAN GUANO 
FROM 
Jarvis and Baker Islands 
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN, 
Under the protection of the U. S. Government. 
Address AMERICAN GUANO CO„ 
No. 66 William-st., New-York. ' 
“FERTILIZERS.” 
FRED’K LANGMAN, Dealer in Guano, Bone Ash, &c„ 
&c., No. 159 Water-st., New-York. 
“SOLE AGENT” 
For A. LISTER & BRO’S, Tarrytown.N. Y„ Superior Fer¬ 
tilizers, viz.: Superphosphate of Lime made from Raw Bones; 
fine, medium, anil coarse ground bones, bone dust, &c., &c. t 
suitable for all agricultural purposes. All the above fertilizers 
warranted pure, and of the very best quality. 
Testimonials can be seen at the store of F. L. as above, to 
whom ail communications are to be addressed. 
G enuine no. i Peruvian guano 
Dried Blood and Wool. Land Plaster. Poudrette. 
Superphosphate of Lime. 
For sale at lowest market price, and in quantities to Suit. 
R. L. ALLEN 191 Water-st.. New-Yortu . 
