Audubon County journal., June 13, 1912, Image 6

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Iowa Farm Bargain near Market
This farm, which, consists of 15 4
acres is in Palo Alto County, and
lies just one half mile from a small
railroad town with bank, three ele
vators, school, creamery, lumber
yar.d, etc.
It is in the northern part of the
state, in a section which grows ex
cellent crops, ie unasually prosper
ous, and in wjiich the price of land
is advancing very rapidly. Accord
ing to the government census re
port, the average value per acre of
improved farms throughout Palo
Alto County more than doubled be
tween 1900 and 1910, and at the
present time the value of tlie better
class of improved farms close to
town, to which this farm belongs,
is from $100 up, some of them be
ing held considerably higher than
this.
This farm is in a splendid neigh
borhood of mixed nationalities. It
is a rich black loam, containing a
small amount of sand, which makes
it a warm, quick-growing soil, and
very productive.
It is a beautiful farm, smooth,
and nearly level, but with just slope
enough for tile drainage, and near
ly all of it has been tiled. More
than 125 acres are drained perfect
ly in this way. The remainder,
which does not really need it, is
now in tame hay, so that it is all
tillable, and al! in cultivation.
The buildings are in good average
condition. They include a residence
10x24, one and a halt stories higsh
with a one story addition 16x2 4
a barn 40x40 with 16-foot posts
a corn crib and granary 30x30 a
a poultry house 12x14, e'c. There
is a good well with windmill. It is
all fenced and cross-fenced, and
there is a grove and some fruit.
It is a place of many advantages.
It is close to market, to school, and
to a creamery. It has fertile, black,
quick soil. It has a pertect lay
and is well tiled. It has good build
ings in as good condition as those
on the average farm. It. is a desira
ble farm in every respect, and it is
otfered at much less than its real
value.
The price is $87.50 per acre. It
wil1 carry a mortgage loan of $5 5
or more per acre, or about $8,600.
'The balance of $4,875 is asked in
cash.
A Fertile Faint on Fas.v Terms
To some man of limited means,
who wants a first class quarted sec
tion farm, I. will sell the place de
scribed below for $07.50 per acre.
It lies just one half mile from
a railroad station in southern Minn
esota, in a section wihere the aver
age yield ol oorn is 50 bushels per
acre, the average yield of wheat
20 bushels, of oat,s 50 bushels, and
barley 30 bushels.
The soil is a rich black loam
with a clay subsoil the surface is
gently rolling with .good drainage
it is all tillable, but there are about
five acres containing gravel. The
remainder is excellent in every way.
There is a five-room house in fan
condition, and a good, large barn.
Other buildings are: a granary,
corn-crib, poultry house, and a ma
chine shed all as large as necessary
and all in good condition.
I will sell the place at the above
price and accept from $2500 to
$3000 cash, with yearly payments
on balance.
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One of Iowa's Finest
This is one of the most desirable
quarter-section farms now offered
for sale in the entire state of Iowa.
It. lies just 80 rods from the cor
poration line of Charles City, which
is one of the most beautiful and
prosperous cities of 6000 people in
all the state.
It. lies very gently rolling. The
soil is Iowa's richest, blackest loam
over clay subsoil. There is not a
foot of waste land on it. It is in
a high sta.te, of cultivation and is
on a main traveled road into the
city.
T!he house is brick and nearly
new. The main part is 18x28 with
a one-sstory addition It is built
with an air space in the walls and
is very warm and dry. There is a
good basement barn 32x40 with oak
frame and plenty of other good
buildings. The cattle shed is 22
by 100 feet and has a stone wall.
Many farms, no more desirable
than this, have sold in Iowa at
$200 to $300 per acte. This one
must inevitably reach some such
figure within a short time, thougih
it is offered now at $132.50 per
acre. A reasonable loan may be
made upon the place, and the own
er wants the balance in cash.
Farm Bargain Staiuls Alone
A magnificent farm of 528 acres,
adjoining a small railroad village,
between Charles City and Cedar
Falls, commands attention just now
as one ot the greatest bargains in
all Iowa.
It is in a very rich section where
crop yields are big, farms are high
ly improved, and everybody is pros
perous.
About 400 acres of it are beauti
iul, very gently rolling plow land.
The remainder, lying along a stream
cannot be cultivated to advantage,
but is unusually good pasture land.
The soil is the finest alluvial
black loam, shading on one side to
a very rich sandy loam. All crops
have been led on the place fori
years, so that it is in fine condition
as regards fertility.
The house is a splendid structure
28x3 6, lull two story with full base
ment, and one story addition 16x16.
It is furnace-heated and has good
cistern.
Other buildings are:
Basement barn lorr horses with
addition on three sides.
Stock barn 40x60 with hay in the
center.
Burn 32x32 lor hay and machin
ery.
Double corn crib 24x7 6 (note tlie
size).
Granary 16x24 with sheds on each
end.
Five ling houses.
Three poultiy houses.
Small ice house, smoke house,
etc.
A conservative value of this farm
should be between $105 and $115.
Farms no better in other parts ol
the state command $150 to $180.
This one is offered at $90 per acre
on terms as easy as the price. A
cash payment of $3000 is required
and $7u more next March. Bal
ance will be carried TEN years,
interest rate during first five years
to be 4 1-2 per cent, and during
next five yews 5 per cent.
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Every one is priced below its real value, and every one will net the purchaser
a Handsome Profit.
Rich Prairie Nearly Gone
The rich, gently-rolling prairie,
out of which northern Iowa and
southern Minnesota were formed,
has vanished. In its place today are
tens of thousands of the most fer
tile, beautiful, and highly improved
farms of the great Midwest.
One of the very few excellent
pieces of it still left unimproved, is
an eighty- acre tract, near Le Sueur
in. the. best part of southern Minn
esota. It is the richest, blackest,
loam, and every foot of it is plow,
land, sixty acres now being under
cultivation. Only a few miles away,
improved farms are now. selling at
$90 to $115 and swiftly rising. Yet
it is absolutely as good as they
and it can be bought just now at
$42.50 with a cash payment of
$2,200, and three years' time on the
balance.
It is certain that this eighty wiU
double in value within a few years.
It is an IDEAL small investment,
where idle money will grow steadily
and surely.
An Iowa Farm Not in Iowa
There is a beautiful farm, located,
not in Iowa but near it, that is in a
class with Iowa's finest and best,
and that merits just now the atten
tion of every homeseeker in the
land.
It is four and a half miles from
St. Peter, a busy southern Minneso
ta city of 5,000 people, and coiun
ty seat of Nicollet County.
Nicollet County actually surpass
es many ol our very best counties
in. all round grain production. Corn,
tor example, in Story County, Iowa,
which is one of our banner counties,
made an average, yield of 38.6 bush
els per acre in 1909, which was Io
wa's banner year but in the same
year, Nicollet County, Minnesota,
yielded an average, of 39.9 bushels
per acre.
From St. Peter to this farm the
road is graveled all the way. It is
'on a rural mail route, has a tele
phone, and the distance to school is
one half mile. It is in a rich com
munity, and surrounded by highly
improved farms.
It consists of 230 acres of deep,
rich, black loam, over clay subsoil.
It has a beautiful lay, being almost
smooth, but having excellent natural
drainage.
All buildings are in good repair.
There is a good eight-room house,
a big barn 40x60, plenty of out
buildings, windmill, cement tanks,
etc.
It is in a neighborhood where
land is selling for $100 to $115 pea
acre, and rising very fast, owing
to its splendid quality. But this
farm can be bought for $77.50 per
acre, and the cash required is only
about $4,000, balance in yearly
payments if desired.
A Hare Piece of Virgin Prairie
This tract consists of 360 acres
in Lincoln County, Minnesota. It
is one ol the lest pieces of virgin
prairie land left in southern Minnr
esota. The surface is slightly roll
ing and the soil a fine, blajck loam.
A living stream cuts off about 20
acres from one corner. One. crop
of flax would pretty nearly pay for
this piece of land. Price $42.50 per
acre. A cash payment of $6900 is
required, balance to be agreed upon
at 6 per cent.
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Can You Judge ft Farm?
If you are a good judge of la'nd,
as most Iowans are, I want you to
weigh this quarter section farm
carefully, and decide what, in your
own personal judgment, it is actu
ally worth.
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It. is located in one of the best
counties of southern Minnesota, a
bout twenty miles from the Iowa
line, and nearly north of Mason
City. It is two miles from one rail
road station, three miles irom an
other, and four miles from a third.
It is surrrounded by splendidly im
proved farms, is forty rods from
school, and is on a rural mail route
and telephone line.
It lies from level to gently rolling
with excellent drainage There is
NO waste land on it. Every foot
is tillable. The soil is a fine, riioh,
black loam, as fertile as Iowa's best.
Last year's corn crop averaged fif
ty bushels per acre, oats forty bush
els, and barley twenty bushels. All
crops were injured by the drouth,
but you may compare it with Iowa's
best years if you choose. It has
always been well stocked, and the
soil is in a high state of fertility.
The improvements are worth at
least $5,000. There is a good
house, a big barn 32x60 with lean
to on both sides, good granary, corn
cribs, hog house, poultry house, etc.
It is fenced and cross-fenced. There
is a good orchard with plenty of
small fruit.
srs Note the proximity of markets,
rich soil and big crops of small
grain as well as corn, the total ab
sence of waste land, and the excel
lent improvements. The fact is of
course that Iowa farms with not all
of these advantages are selling
commonly nowadays at $150 to $200
per acre.
WHAT IS IT AVORTl-I? Decide
for yourself.
I can sell it at $7 5 per acre on
the following terms: $1,800 down,
$3,200 next March, and balance
carried on farm at five per cent.
Farm Adjoining Prosperous Village
One of the greatest farm bargains
in, the entire Middle West is a 600
acre farm, located in Nicollet Coun
ty, in. southern Minnesota, and ad
joining a village of mostly German
jjeople on the C. & N. W. R. R.
About 500 acres of it are tillable,
the balance being timber pasture.
All of it slopes gently to the south
ward. More than eighty per cent
of the. farm is a rich black loam,
the remainder shading to a rich,
sandy loam.
There are three good dwellings
on the farm, all with stoned cellars.
The principal one is 16x24 feet,
with wings 16x16 and 12x16. Other
buildings are. a cow barn 2 6x80,
a silo 16x20, horse barn 40x40, cat
tle shed 26x 60, meal room 12x16,
machine shed, hog house, two corn
cribs, milk house, etc.
The farm has never had a failure
of •corn crops. A big herd of dairy
cows is kept upon it, and as a rule
several cars of cattle are fed on it
every winter.
It is a highly productive, farm, and
the location is ideal. It is worth,
according to prices of surrounding
lands, from $85 to $90 per acre.
Bmt the owner is a very wealthy
man, living in California, w|ho of
fers it at$72.50 per acre. He asks
any reasonable cash payment to in
sure that the place is sold, and will
give easy terms on balance.
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lUcli Farm in German Community
This is one of the richest half sec-'
tion farms west of the Mississippi.
It is located in southern Minnesota,,
about forty miles from Spirit Lake,'
Iowa. It is six miles from town,
on rural mail route, and in a pros
perous and highly improved locality
in which Germans predominate.
The man who owns it has twenty I
children. He keeps 75 cows, and
300 hogs, which, indicates how pro
ductive the farm is.
It is a magnificent body of land.
It slopes very gently to the south
ward, and drains perfectly. Eyery
acre of the farm can be cultivated.
The soil is the richest of blaak
loam, with clay subsoil. The coun~,
ty in which it is located produces
more corn per acre than the aver-
age Iowa county, more oats per a
ere, more wheat per acre, and more"
barley per acre than most Iowa
counties.
This farm will produce as much
as $150 land in Iowa. As farms
are selling in that locality, it is
worth about $85 or more, and land
values are rising very rapidly. But
it is offered just now at $66 per
acre. It will carry a loan of $12000
and the balance may be paid as fol
lows: $3,000 down, $6120 next
March, when possession will be giv
en.
Iowa Beauty on Bargain Counter
A magnificent half-section fairn
highly improved and exceedingly
p:cductive, is offered for sale just
now at a sacrifice price, and on un
v't
The. buildings are in first class
condition. The house is a large
one 30x34 feet, two stories high,
with a one-story addition. It con
tains nine rooms. The barn is 40
by 80 feet, double-boarded, and
very high. Other buildings are
large and good. It is all fenced and
crossfenced, about twenty acres be
ing hog tight. There is a plentiful
supply of water pumped by a gaso-
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usually easy terms.
It is located in one of the best
sections of the state, abo.ut twenty
mile® south of Mason City. It is
three miles from a good town, and
one half mile from school.
T|he soil is the finest black loam
with clay subsoil. It is as fertile as
that of ANY section of Iowia. The
farm has always been heavily stock
ed, and the soil is in a highly pro
ductive state.
The land is gently rolling, with
all low spots tiled out. It is all
tillable except about ten acres
where the buildings stand. The
entire 310 acres are as fine land
as anyone ever put a plow into.
The buildings are practically new
all having been built within four
years There is a fine 8-room
ihouse a barn 48x64, which cannot
be beat a large double crib and
granary an auto shed a cattle
shed 40x100 feet, a. poultry house
and other buildings. There is a
windmill with water piped to the
yards. A quarter section of it is
fenced and cross-fenced hog tight.
This farm is absolutely in a class
with those, which in other parts of
Iowa have been selling at $150 to
$200 or more per acre. But it is
offered at $100 per acre. A cash
payment of one fourth down is re
quired.
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