Farm Lands--Miscellaneous.

The following returns from county clerks were obtained on the same blanks with the preceding tables. These returns are presented by counties, and indicate the terms of sale for land, the rates of interest, and the inducements to families with small capital to locate on farms in the respective counties. Other interesting matter will be found under this heading. Where the rate of interest is not stated, 10 per cent is the rate, and it is omitted for the sake of brevity:

Adair.-Terms to suit purchaser; low prices, good homes, good schools, good church privileges, good society, good health, and independence for those who will work. Average yield of corn in 1879, 60 bushels per acre all over county. 600,000 railroad ties have been made this year. Room for thousands who will open up or rent lands and work for them selves.

Andrew.-Terms to suit purchaser; extra lands cheap; good schools, churches, convenient markets and good society. A great many farmer's sons leave here and go somewhere-the western boys are uncertain, but will drive a stake wherever they see a good opening.

Atchison.-Terms ea sy-one to five years time. Good inducements.

Audrain.-Improved land, ten to twenty-five dollars per acre on very reasonable terms. Good lands-superior for grasses; protection for family and a healthy country. Barry.-Wild lands two-fifty to five dollars per acre. Cheap homes offered. Barton.-One to four years time to settlers.

Bates.-Cash one-third, balance one to two years time. By industry and economy a family can be independent and have a home of their own. Very many come here with little or nothing, except a team, and do well. This county is high, rolling prairie, except some timber, which is along the water courses. There are many 160 acre tracts of good land from five to six dollars per acre. Four persons can buy together, enclose it, and each have forty acres. This would give plenty of range for stock, and to cut hay. The county has no indebtedness; has good public buildings; is well supplied with schools; taxes low; large streams all bridged, and good prospects for a railroad through the county.

Benton. The greatest portion of Government land here is hilly, rocky and unfit for cultivation. Farm lands from three to ten dollars per acre; terms easy.

Bollinger.-Most of the Government land in this county was withdrawn from market for the St. Louis, I. M. and S. R. R., which company refused to accept it, and it will be in market again this winter. Farm lands for sale, two-thirds cash, balance six to 10 per cent. interest. Good market.

Boone.-Cash one-third, balance on time, six to ten per cent. interest; long time granted. Cheap, well improved farms, for sale on liberal terms; good schools and roads.

Buchanan-Cash, ten to fifty dollars; deferred payments permitted.

Caldwell.-H. & St. Joe R. R. lands, three to six years time, six to ten per cen t interest. Improved farms one-third cash, balance in from one to two years. Good society; seventy school houses; county out of debt.

Callaway.-Small improved farms eight to fifteen dollars per acre, eight per cent. interest and long time time to pay. A good class of immigration is desired and encouraged. Soil good for grass, stock and fruit. Beef cattle three to four and a half cents per pound.

Camden.-Cash one-half to one-fourth to start with; balance one to five years

time at six per cent. Cheap lands and good markets.

Cape Girardeau.-Very favorable terms, seven to ten per cent. interest. Good uplands; swampy in southern part of county. Immigrants always welcome and well treated.

Carroll-Good lands, good schools and churches in every neighborhood.

Carter.-Part cash for lands, balance in one or two years. The soil sandy bottom, some clay and some gravel. Families can live cheap, and everybody is willing to help those who are industrious.

Cass.-Low rates for cash; easy terms if credit is desired.

Chariton-Cash one-third, two to five years time, at eight to ten per cent. Can rent for part of crop and thereby make a good living. Some begin without any money, simply having a few farming implements and a team. Good tobacco land. Christian.-Five years time for land and homes at low figures. Clark.-Cash one-third, balance one to two years interest. No inducements unless settlers want to buy. Clay-Cash ten to thirty dollars, eight to ten per cent. interest. Some think it cheaper to rent than to own land in this county. Any industrious man can get good terms of rent. One-half of county is blue grass pastures, and this grass grows whereever brush is cut.

time at eight to ten per cent. Good cattle raising county.

Clinton.-One to five years time at eight to ten per cent. interest.

Cooper.-Five to thirteen dollars per acre for farm lands; time given as long as desired at six to eight per cent. interest. Plenty of work and plentiful yield of crops. Grapes in abundance. A great demand for willing labor; the worst obstacle to farming is the quality of our labor. Had the prospects in towns or cities been good the past six years, fifty per cent. of our farmer's sons would have gone, but the small chance of getting employment has deterred them.

Crawford.-Inducements as good as any in State. Three to five years time. Dade.-Any terms as to time. Valuable railroad lands, with zinc, lead, coal, etc., in abundance. Cheap lands, superior climate and water, good and peaceful society, good schools and churches.

Dallas.-Cash one-third, one-third more in a year and balance in two years. Can lease improved farms for one-third cash.

Daviess.-Cash one-third, balance on time. Cheap lands, good crops, good schools and good society. A few tracts of as much as 1,000 acres, can be bought in one body.

DeKalb.-Farm lands ten to twenty dollars per acre.

Dent.-From one to five years time. Good schools and healthy country.

Dunklin-One to three years time. Rich and productive lands, with good cattle range in most parts of the county.

Franklin.-Two to five years time at six to eight per cent. interest.

Gasconade.-Farm lands from five to twenty-five dollars per acre; interest six to eight per cent. Fair inducements to rent or buy.

Greene.-Cash one-fourth, balance four to ten years at six to ten per cent; soil richest on earth; pleasant homes, good climate and sure chance for independence.

Grundy.-Improved farms ten to thirty dollars per acre; interest eight to ten per cent. Cheap lands and good school accommodations, and less money required to start than in Eastern States.

Harrison.-One to five years time, six to ten per cent. interest. Good churches, good schools, healthy climate and cheap lands.

Henry.-The Government land is in the Osage hills. Land can be bought for one-half cash, balance three to five years. Good climate and a splendid country for produce and live stock.

Hickory.-Cash one-third, balance one to three years time. Good soil, healthy climate, good schools, churches and fresh water.

Howell.—Favorable terms. Cheap living and Government land to offer.
Iron.-Cash one-half, remainder on time at eight to ten per cent.

Jackson.-From five to seventy-five dollars per acre according to location and improvements; one-half cash, balance on time, seven to ten per cent. interest. Good returns for good work and management.

Jasper.-Cash one-fifth to one-half, balance in one to three years. Good society, good climate, productive land, permanent school fund of $225,000, cheap land. Many begin on little or nothing. Our mines, in a great measure, supply the demand for farm laborers.

Jefferson.-One to three years time. six per cent. interest; cash one-fourth. If wanted in a locality and if well recommended, teams and p ows are furnished settlers. Johnson -Improved farms three to thirty dollars per acre; eight to ten per cent. interest. Better than Kansas lands; as good as Texas or any other place.

Knox.—One to five years time. All that is wanted is men with capital, of business capacity and enterprise. Raise anything here that is raised elsewhere in the Union.

Lafayette.-Improved farms for sale; fifteen to forty dollars per acre, unimproved farms from five to twenty dollars per acre. Fine land yields heavily; hemp easily raised; good facilities for market and good in every respect.

Lawrence. Unimproved prairie lands from four to six dollars per acre, on one to three years time; lands can be leased.

Lewis.--Lands can be bought on time; eight to ten per cent. interest.
Lincoln.--Terms to suit purchaser; six to eight per cent. interest.

Linn.-Improved farms six to fifteen dollars per acre. Cheap homes and good

schools.

Livingston.-Cash half, one to five years time. Plenty of rough fare, coarse diet and hard work for families with small capital.

McDonald.--Tillable land on from one to three years time. Good water, timber, range and healthy climate.

Macon.--One to five years time, eight to ten per cent. interest; county lands on as long time as desired. Good lands, coal, good water, plenty timber and good society.

Madison.-Four to five dollars per acre, interest six per cent. Land good for sheep raising.

Maries.-Land three to four dollars per acre.

Marion.-Improved farms five to seventy-five dollars per acre, interest from six to ten per cent. Good inducements to those of industrious habits.

Mercer.-Land five to twenty dollars per acre, interest six per cent. Inducements as good as any in the land.

Miller.-Plenty of time allowed settlers.

Moniteau-Cash one-fourth, balance one to two years, at eight per cent. interest. Good health and low taxes.

Monroe.-Improved lands five to fifteen dollars per acre, eight to ten per cent. interest. Good stock raising lands.

Montgomery. From one to five years time, six to eight per cent. interest.

Morgan.-Unimproved land five to seven and a half dollars per acre; improved, seven and a half to twenty dollars per acre.

Newton.-Seven years time at seven per cent. No inducements in particular; soil good for wheat.

Nodaway.-Cash one-third, balance in one to two years. Can rent for one-third

of crop.

Oregon.-Fifty cents to five dollars per acre, six to ten per cent. interest. Fifty thousand acres of unimproved land for sale-some good farming land, some good pine land, and some mineral land; the whole in one lot at fifty cents per acre.

Osage.-Cash one-fourth to one-half, balance on good terms, at seven to nine per cent. interest.

Ozark.-Land can be rented for one-third of crop, with privilege of garden. There is a large amount of government land in this county. A good many small farms now are located on government land. The rent per pair for draught animals is fifty cents per day.

Pemiscot.-Wood lands from fifty cents to three dollars per acre, on long time. Quiet, pleasant people to liye with,

Perry.-Five to fifty dollars per acre at six to ten per cent. interest. Cheap land and productive, and cheap transportation. There is no government land worth anything. No prairie land except worn out lands. Lands all timbered except those in eultivation.

Pettis.-Ten to fifty dollars per acre, six to ten per cent. interest. Plenty of work, good health and low taxes.

Phelps.-Easy terms, six to ten per cent.

Pike.-Cash one-third to one-half, eight to ten per cent. interest, one to five years time. Pleasant homes and encouragement from all. Land best in country; peaches and small fruit in abundance.

Platte-Cash ten to thirty dollars, balance on time, six to ten per cent. interest. Polk.-Cash one-third, one to five years time, six to ten per cent. interest, cheap living, one-third of crop for rent, and good range for stock.

Pulaski.-All the government land fit for cultivation is taken up, the balance is covered with timber, and this can be had for one and one-fourth to two and one-half dollars per acre. There are seventy thousand acres of railroad lands of good quality that can be bought for one to five dollars per acre. School lands one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, and to pay the accruing interest.

Putnam.-One to five years time. Cheap lands, good range, plenty of water and cheap living.