THE ORDINARY YIELD

of Corn is from 50 to 80 bushels per acre. Cattle, Horses, Mules, Sheep and Hogs are raised here at a small cost, and yield large profits. It is believed that no section of country presents greater inducements for Dairy Farming than the Prairies of Illinois, a branch of farming to which but little attention has been paid, and which must yield sure profitable results. Between the Kankakeee and Illinois Rivers, and Chicago and Dunleith, (a distance of 56 miles on the Branch and 147 miles by the Main Trunk,) Timothy Hay, Spring Wheat, Corn, &c., are produced in great abundance.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

The Agricultural products of Illinois are greater than those of any other State. The Wheat crop of 1861 was estimated at 85,000,000 bushels, while the Corn crop yields not less than 140,000,000 bushels besides the crop of Oats, Barley, Rye, Buckwheat, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkins, Squashes, Flax, Hemp, Peas, Clover, Cabbage, Beets, Tobacco, Sorgheim, Grapes, Peaches, Apples, &c., which go to swell the vast aggregate of production in this fertile region. Over Four Million tons of produce were sent out the State of Illinois during the past year.

STOCK RAISING.

In Central and Southern Illinois uncommon advantages are presented for the extension of Stock raising. All kinds of Cattle, Horses, Mules, Sheep, Hogs, &c., of the best breeds, yield handsome profits; large fortunes have already been made, and the field is open for others to enter with the fairest prospects of like results. DAIRY FARMING also presents its inducements to many.

CULTIVATION OF COTTON.

The experiments in Cotton culture are of very great promise. Commencing in latitude 39 deg. 30 min. (see Mattoon on the Branch, and Assumption on the Main Line), the Company owns thousands of acres well adapted to the perfection of this fibre. A settler having a family of young children, can turn their youthful labor to a most profitable account in the growth and perfection of this plant.

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD

Traverses the whole length of the State, from the banks of the Mississippi and lake Michigan to the Ohio. As its name imports, the Railroad runs through the centre of the State, and on either side of the road along its whole length lie the lands offered for sale.

CITIES, TOWNS, MARKETS, DEPOTS,

There are Ninety-eight Depots on the Company's Railway, giving about one every seven miles. Cities, Towns and Villages are situated at convenient distances throughout the whole route, where every desirable commodity may be found as readily as in the oldest cities of the Union, and where buyers are to be met for all kinds of farm produce.

EDUCATION.

Mechanics and working-men will find the free school system encouraged by the State, and endowed with a large revenue for the support of the schools. Children can live in sight of the school, the college, the church, and grow up with the prosperity of the leading State in the Great Western Empire.

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PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT—ON LONG CREDIT.

80 acres at $10 per acre, with interest at 8 per ct. annually on the following terms:

Cash payment . . . . . . . $ 48.00 Payment in one year . . . 48.00 " in two years . . . 48.00 " in three years . . 48.00 " in four years . . 236.00 " in five years . . 224.00 " in six years . . . 212.00 " in seven years . . 209.00

40 acres, at $10.00 per acre:

Cash payment . . . . . . . $ 24.00 Payment in one year . . . 24.00 " in two years . . . 24.00 " in three years . . 24.00 " in four years . . 118.00 " in five years . . 112.00 " in six years . . . 106.00 " in seven years . . 100.00

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Number 18. 25 Cents.

THE CONTINENTAL MONTHLY.

DEVOTED TO

Literature and National Policy.

JUNE, 1863.

NEW YORK: JOHN F. TROW 50 GREENE STREET (FOR THE PROPRIETORS). HENRY DEXTER AND SINCLAIR TOUSEY. WASHINGTON, D. C.: FRANCK TAYLOR

CONTENTS.—No. XVIII.

The Value of the Union. By William H. Muller, 633

A Merchant's Story. By Edmund Kirke, 642

May Morning, 657

The Navy of the United States, 659

Three Modern Romances, 667

Mill on Liberty. By Hon. F. P. Stanton, 674

Cloud and Sunshine, 687

Is there Anything in It? 688

The Confederation and the Nation. By Edward Carey, 694

Reason, Rhyme and Rhythm. By Mrs. Martha Walker Cook, 698

The Buccaneers of America. By William L. Stone, 703

Virginia, 714

Visit to the National Academy, 715

Was He Successful? By Richard B. Kimball, 719

How Mr. Lincoln became an Abolitionist By S. B. Gookins, 727

Cost of a Trip to Europe, and how to go Cheaply, 730

Touching the Soul. By Egbert Phelps, 1st Lieutenant 19th Infantry, U. S. A., 734

Literary Notices, 744

Editor's Table, 747

The July No. of the Continental will contain articles by the Hon. ROBERT J. WALKER, written from England.

All communications, whether concerning MSS. or on business, should be addressed to

JOHN F. TROW Publisher, 50 GREENE STREET, NEW YORK.

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by JOHN F. TROW, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

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