. The Illinois central railroad company offers for sale over 1,500,000 acres selected farming and wood lands, in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits and at low rates of interest, situated on each side of their railroad, extending all the way from the extreme north to the south of the state of Illinois . Implements. — The smaller kinds are more ex-tensively made at the East; but ploughs, reaping, mowing, andthreshing machines are extensively made at the West. Thedifference in the cost of the former, however, is not sufficient towarrant the trouble, delay, and
. The Illinois central railroad company offers for sale over 1,500,000 acres selected farming and wood lands, in tracts of forty acres and upwards, to suit purchasers, on long credits and at low rates of interest, situated on each side of their railroad, extending all the way from the extreme north to the south of the state of Illinois . Implements. — The smaller kinds are more ex-tensively made at the East; but ploughs, reaping, mowing, andthreshing machines are extensively made at the West. Thedifference in the cost of the former, however, is not sufficient towarrant the trouble, delay, and expense necessarily attendant onforwarding small parcels, and the settler will find it much moreeconomical, in the end, to purchase all such articles here. 22 Stores, of all kinds, can be bought at reasonable prices; and,in short, the emigrant to Illinois now needs to bring with himonly such personal baggage as the ordinary demands of travelrequire. Houses can be contractedfor in Chicago, and put upon the lands, any wherewithin reasonable distanceof the railroad, in less thanthirty days from the dateof order. They will costfrom $250 upwards, accord-ing to the taste and re-quirements of the pur-chaser. Responsible parties areengaged in this businesshere, and the settler avoidsthe principal inconvenienceheretofore supposed to be. COTTAGE. indispensable in removing to the West. Cows AND Oxen. — Good milch Cows can be bought at from$20 to $30. Good, well-broke working Oxen can be had at from $50 to $150 per yoke. Horses vary from $100 to $150 each. At these prices, good,strong-limbed, healthy animals can be purchased, suitable forfarms. They are extensively and cheaply raised on the prairies,for the eastern markets, and afford large profit. FENCING. An abundant supply of lumber, or timber for building orfencing, can be easily procured; but the Osage Orange planthas been extensively introduced, and is rapidly supplanting allother kinds of fencing. Being at the same time more per
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