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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST- 
[January, 
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. 
IOW.A. JsJNJD ISTEKR^lSKA. LANDS. 
What Tim© 1st the Year Is It Hest to Bay Them ? 
THE TSXJX£L,IISr<&TOr^ MISSOURI RIVER RAIJLROAD 
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 after the fourth year as they accrue; hence it is wise to buy 
at such a time ttiat all payments will fall due after harvest, on the heels of which the pork and beef crop follows. Delays of payment, asked for anu granted, are generally 
“ till after 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 best 
arrangement for ten prospective annual payments. Autumn is also tile best season to ‘i make a good ready ” for next season’s crop, sncli as selecting land, building a house,.digging or 
boring a well, buying a wagon, team, plows' stock, etc., at best rates. Many wish to buy land, bnt can not come in person to do so before coming with their families. Such can write and 
speciiy the kind, location, quality; whether level or rolling prairie or valley and timber land, with running water; di- tance to Railroad station, market, etc. 
The first payment ot six per cent on the value of the land wanted can be remitted by Bank draft on Boston, New York, or Chicago, payable to order of GEO. S. HARRIS, Land 
Commissioner. 
Prices 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 and funds, the best selection will be made that can lie at price specified, and if on examination within one year the land thus bought is not 
satisfactory to the buyer, he can exchange it for any other unsold tract at same price ; or for better land by paying the difference. 
Nebraska Lands bought in 1S73 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 Dec! action of i8, 15, or 1!) per cent is made from lon<j credit price in Iowa and Nebraska for full payment in one, two, or three years from date of purchase. 
Our gratuities, low prices, 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 in any quantity wanted, are supplied gratis. 
A SECTIONAL 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. 
LAND BUYERS, in order to realize all the benefits we otter, should buy Land Exploring Tickets, via Burlington route, of W. D. Cowles, Agent, 317 Broadway, New York; 
W. H. Wiener, Agent, 59 Clark Street, Chicago, Ill.; or at C. B. & Q. R.R. Offices in Peoria, Mendota, Galesburg, Quincy, Ill. 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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