PRICES OF LAND
There is room enough in Lyon county for
1,500 families with 160 acres of land each, which may be bought for $5.00
per acre. The best lands in the county are offered at $5.00 much at
$4.00, and we know of none for which more than $6.00 per acre is asked.
Thousands in Northwestern Iowa are paying for these lands from the
proceeds of the soil alone. The new-comer arrives in the spring,
which is the best time puts up a temporary cabin and breaks up forty or
fifty acres the first season, there being none of that laborious process
of removing trees, stumps and stones. A part of this land may be
planted to "sod corn" the first year, yielding a good crop. He then
finds time to cut hay and prepare for winter. The next season this
land is ready for wheat, and from this time on he finds no difficulty in
making his annual payments from the proceeds of this crop alone. A
large share of our vacant lands are held by railroad companies, which
offer it upon long time and easy terms. Look at the payments upon
the usual plan:
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