. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. little value, and sellersof prairie land were generally obliged to be ableto offer with this land, timber-lots of from twoand one-half to ten acres, to which buyers mightresort for fuel and fencing; but as osage orangehedge-fence began to be used, and as the rail-roads began to furnish cheap lumber from Mich-igan and Wisconsin, all prairie lands began tohave a more equal value, whether convenientto timber or not, and timber lots dropped rapidlyin value. There are today in McLean Countyfair lots of timber which would not now bringthe prices at which they w
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. little value, and sellersof prairie land were generally obliged to be ableto offer with this land, timber-lots of from twoand one-half to ten acres, to which buyers mightresort for fuel and fencing; but as osage orangehedge-fence began to be used, and as the rail-roads began to furnish cheap lumber from Mich-igan and Wisconsin, all prairie lands began tohave a more equal value, whether convenientto timber or not, and timber lots dropped rapidlyin value. There are today in McLean Countyfair lots of timber which would not now bringthe prices at which they were held from 1855 to1870, although it is also true that, in some in-stances, where the soil is first class, timber landwill bring without trees far more than the landwith trees together would ever have commandedin the days of timber famine, having now valuesfully equal to that of the best prairie. Opinions as to the value of McLean Countylands have always differed and they differ con-siderably today. During the great fluctuations of.
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