1871 .] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
159 
The First Division of the 
ST. PAUL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY 
Offer for sale 1,500,000 Acres of Land 
Along their lines of Railroad. Also, TO \JK/ 3KT LOTS 
Iu twenty flourishing Towns and Railroad Stations. 
ACTUAL SETTLERS can purchase oa long credit with 7 per eent 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, Minnesota. HERMANN TROTT, Land Commissioner. 
Mem.:— Attention is called to Government lands on the west end of the Main Line, which can be taken under the 
Homestead Law. 
1,500,000 ACRES 
of the 
THIS RICHEST FARMING LANDS 
IN THE WORLD. 
FOR SALE TO ACTUAL SETTLERS. 
NEOSHO VALLE r, 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 Go miles 
along the NEOSHO VALLEY, the richest, finest, and most 
inviting vallsy for settlement in the West. 
One-third of the labor required at tbe East in the culture 
of farms will insure here double tbe amount of crops. 
PRICE OF LAND.—$2 to (8 per acre; credit of ten years’ 
time. 
TERMS OF SALE.—One-tentli down at time of purchase. 
No payment the second vear. 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 SCO acres, located within one 
mile of the Village of Geneva, is offered for sale. 
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 underdrained, and the buildings mostly now 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 tlie farm is so well known, a further description Is 
deemed unnecessary. 
To any one desiring an elegant country residence, tills 
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 
OF RATTLES. 
Accurate, reliable, and complete. The only one published. 
Send $1.50 for outfit, and secure the best territory at once. 
Address J. W. GOODSPKKD & CO, New York or Chicago. 
First Premium Awarded by Am. lust. 
1870. 
Microscopes, ) Illustrated Price-List and Catalogues 
Ma<Jio Lanterns. ) free to any address. 
T. H* McALLISTER, Optician, 49 Nassau St., N. Y. 
M AGIC PHOTOGRAPHS—Neatest wonders of 
the Age—25 cents a package. Library of Love, F.tl- 
quette, Courtship, and Marriage, 4 Books for 50 Cts. Sent 
postage paid. W, C. WEMYSS, 730 Broadway, Now York. 
or 
KANSAS 
IMMIGRATION SOCIETY 
ORGANIZED BY STATE AUTHORITY, 
Ql„. Authentic gjjJ gjjj 
Information to 
those 
Desiring Homes 
tn the 
WEST, 
either on 
Homestead 
Lands, 
Pre-emption 
Lands, 
IMPROVED 
FARMS. 
Give* 
Correct 
Information 
as to 
Quality of Soil, 
proxlmitv 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 Rates of Freight to 
the Immigrant. 
For full particulars, address 
A. B. HAVENS, Secretary, 
Leavenworth, Kansas. 
^<:rib\i.ks lvmbek ai>i> log 
^ BOOK.— Over 450,000 copies sold. It gives correct 
measurement lor all kinds of Logs, Lumber, Boards, Plank, 
Scantling, Wood, etc., and has become the standard book 
lor measuring lumber throughout the United States. Every 
farmer, lumber dealer and mechanic should have a copy. 
Ask your bookseller for it, or send 30 cents to me, and I will 
forward a copy, post-paid. Address 
GEO. W. FISHER, 
6 Exchange-street, Rochester, N. Y. 
A GENTS LOOK !—$12 a day made, selling our 
Scissors Sharpener and oilier wares. Sample 25 cts. 
Catalogue free. T. J. HASTINGS & CO., Worcester, Mass. 
THOMAS DENNY & 00, 
Bankers & Brokers, 
8 JAUNCEY COURT, 39 WALL ST. 
OUR 
“ANNUAL FINANCIAL CIRCULARS” 
Will be ready on March I. 
We furnish these, together with those issued since I860,. 
Gratuitously, to our Customers only.. 
To others, the price is $5 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 shape as possible all needed information con¬ 
cerning securities bought and sold at the New York Stock 
Exchange, and also of Current Railroad Bonds. 
Grant 
of the Uni.n Pacific.Des Moines Valley .and Northern Pacific 
Railroad, are received iu payment for Lands. Send for Cir¬ 
cular. CHAS. W. HASSLER, 
24 Broad street. New York. 
U NION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, 
Have a Land Grant direct from the Government of 
19,000,000 Acres of the Best Farming and Mineral Lands 
in America. 3,000,000 acres choice farming lands on the liae 
of the road, in the State of Nebraska, In the Great Platte 
Valley, now far sale, for caBh 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 aro unequalled. PrlceB range from *2.50 to 
$10.00 per ucre. Gkbat Inducements to Settlers with lim¬ 
ited means. 2.500,000 Acbbs 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 setUed 
country. New edition of descriptive pamphlets witli maps, 
now ready and sent free to all parts of the United States, 
Canada and Europe. 
Address O. F. DAVIS. 
Land Commissioner, 
U. P. P.. R. Co., Omaha, Neb. 
The Burlington & Mo. River R. R. Co. 
Offer about 2,000,000 Acres 
Iowa & Nebraska Lands for Sale 
On 10 Years' Credit, at 6 per cent Interest, 
No part of Principal duo for two years from purchase and 
afterwards only one-ninth yearly. 
Products will Pay for Land and Improvements. 
The Liberal Credits given; Free Passes 
allowed; small annual payments required; the current 
market value of money, and profits on Stock raising, prove 
these terms cheaper, easier, and better than to buy U.S. land 
within railroad-land limits at $2.?0 per acre, while onr prices 
range generally from 4 to 5, O, 8, and 10 Dollars per acre. 
Quality and looal advantages rule tbe price. 
On these generous Terms the Industrious and com¬ 
petent can bnv 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 bo done tbe first season, by commencing in 
early Spring. 
CIRCULARS giving full particulars are supplied gratis, 
and any wishing to induce others to immigrate with them.or 
to form a Colony, ara invited to ask far all they want to 
distribute. 
A SECTIONAL MAP, showing exact location of 
ands for sale in Iowa, hi sold for 30 cents, and a similar 
ap of Nebraska Laads is sold for 20 cents. 
Apply to 
GEO. S. HARRIS, 
. — , .. n_A 
For Iowa Lands, at BURLINGTON, IOWA. 
For Nebraska Lands, at LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. 
W ATERPROOF BUILDING PAPER, for 
Roofing, Sheathing, Ceilings. Oil-Ciothe, Shoe Stiff- 
enings. Tags. Trunks. Blasting Cartridges, Flour and Grain 
Bins, etc. (Patent secured.) For sale bv 
•T. HUNTKK, JR. 
Paper Warohouse, 39 Dnanc-st., New York- 
