Audubon County journal., November 14, 1912, Image 2

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tfcto to a farm that takes rack
among the very beet for the aim
pi* reason thai it has all the ad
vantages that there aire.
It is located just one half mite
from a railroad station In south
ern Minnesota, within, a tew miles
of the Iowa Hue. It consists otf
260 acres.
The soil Is black and deep. Bind
highly productive
The lay is geniuy rolling with,
good drainage. Every acre of it
ia fine grain land. There is mo
There is a splendid set of build
ings and all are comparatively neiw
and la fine condition. Thjey could
not be duplicated for less Shan
And (the price is $90 per acre.
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price are no better. The casih rte
auired la $9,100, and the. balance
will be carried back at 5 per cemib.
Money Maker ftojr a Poor Man
'w Thda Is onie of Iowa's realty goodj
fianms that haive not yet reached
the $100 mark, but will do so very
BOOD.
It le located in the (northern part
of the ataite, midway between two
markeit towns, beimig thinee miles
from either one.
It oopsiBts of 120 aicnea, eighty a
cree lying ooi one side of the pub
lic road, audi forty on the ort-hier.1
The soiit is a good, rdich, bliack
loam with, clay aabsoll. The lay is
gently rol'io® wdith. good drainage.
There 1s a comfODtable tern-room
house, wdith good eel liar, which: n|ev
«r flreiejzea.
The baira is 52x60 amd hais rooan
Cor 45 tons of hay. There is a
horse bam witih gnamary ait one end.
Also a maohln/e ebiedt, poultry house,
eibc. The waiter Buppiy to good wit hi
windmill. There de a good orchard.
A rural route parses itlhe door, and
a flairmer's teleptiKxnje goes wtth the
place. The farm is a sure crop pro
ducer.
The price is $90 per acme. The
cashl payment required 1s $1,500,
atad $1*800 March1 1. Thle balance
Willi
be carried to sujt the buyer
.at 5 per cent.
•i 'Vhb One Imki Iiike Home
Heme la tihe ftmrtfold oo^nWT^t
Ootn thait tB always sought b^it
seldom found{ namely, nWh5 9py,
Cine toproreintnte, an tdeal lay,
and a cbWee
lib is a farm oi 200 acres lying
jinnf) one^haM mils f""" a fine lit
tie town of 600 people in Howard
County.
It IB gently rolling, with all
draws tiled out, so that it haa
perfect drainage. There Is no
tWBHbe SaBd, all Is tillable^ and It
is tree from fbul weeds.
The aoi3 to the dduQet ctf
tblaick leaon ovjar a clay suhaodl. The
UgbleBt prined tem» of Iowa hove
advsjnjtoge m. tbi^ respec^ over
till# pDaoe-
The lmpmcrenojeiDito are excep
tionally good. The house is 28x32
•with 4«W!»*vn 4.8x20. It contains
itymft rooms and ts In fine condition.
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Thexe Sa a MODERN nine-room
house, a large baip, gramiaiiy, hog
house, shi&ep shod, corn crtbe, etc.
They arei la a JSLne giro-re, and the
orchard 1B good. The place has
beesu well stocked «md Is exceeds
tngly rich*
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There are two good bairns, otne
beiBg 60x70 £eet, the other 30x60
feet.
Other buildings are a hog house,
double corn crib, poultry house,
machinery shed, etc. AH are itn
good condition. The waiter sup
ply la excellent with windmill. The
farm is fenced and crossfencecU
It is a very attractive place with
a fine view, and "close An" to
town.
The pidoe is $113 per aom, notr
waUhfltandlmg a number of farms
have been sold In Iow$ withdjn the
past ninety days, which wiene not
BO good as this one, but whlcto
brought $175 or more per acre.
Biiy terms will be given.
CHE KING OF THEM ASJL
Th£p is a form of the kind that
this heart yean^nal for. It is hard
to dnd a better fiainm at amy
price In the entire corni belt. It
ia leas than forty miles momthi a£
Ifiaaom Oity, Iowa andi wdthdm two
aind one-half miles Cromi the city
Of Austin, Minnesota, whilchi has a
populfubiion of more thlani seven
thousand people. It 1b about tern
^iles from the stafte lime.
^t cooswis of 450 acres, highly
improved, and in ahdgh state of
cultivation. The soli is a rich,
beaivy loam, as productive as that
at cenltaraH Iowa, and much deepter.
It Is in a seoUicxn whose average
cwrp yield per ^aore is about thiei
saimei aa that of OairroHl Commtar.
Lt ia gently lollldng, and diraJma
perfectly without tile. None off it
wet, «nd none of it is Buibject to
overflow. It has been ornm aa a
stock tanm tor a great many years
amd no gradrn or hay sold, so that
the eoli is din a high state of f-etr
tktty.
There are two elevators within
a anile of the farm, and also a
loading switch* And in the city
off Audtdra, is a big packing plant
wjiifcb, nmplors between :60 and
6Q0 men. The result ie high prio a
for stock an, thle hoof in the
bairn yard.
Thetre is a splendid set of ica
pwwememts.
Tlie dwelling house Is a large,
two^bary bride building, with) fliae
csJlair. It contains ten nooma, said
is in first class oonditiion.
There Ia a fine big cattle bam
44x80 wllth large loflt and top root.
Under it is a atane baeetmemt the
fulll size of the buildtne. it is
modem, baa hay carrier, IStiber car
rtear, and could not be repmflhiced
Car taw than t8,600.
Tlia horse bam is 40x40 with
tang® shed on two Bid#* for jmrng
0batk and machinery.
The aKeep bam 1? 2fx8« w^i
roam for 200 head.
The htog house to viiith fOip.
crUb on one slide.
There are several oUhtf buifldljiiigp,
Ad4 afl am in fine coinditto^,
spring flows o^it near t%e
houaa that would W ^t7 &
&.000 people. It flon^ through th?
born yeirdj and never Dreeoqs.
More niiuye tpn£typ of the
ISartn Is 'iable lamd. The balaimoe
is hlardwood grove which futnnddh
«s shade ond ehjelter tor the stock
and fuel amd poets for the term.
The price is $92.60 per acre. It
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farms described below are absolutely the best bargains available this week in the en
tire state of Iowa. Some of them are estates being settled up, while others represent forced
sales due to mismanagement, sickness or other urgent causes. They are high grade farms in
every respect and just as represented. They are quoted, subject to prior sale, and at the very
lowest figure and no trades can be considered. If you wish to examine any one of them with
a view to purchasing same in case it pleases you the Journal will tell you how to do so at small
expense. Remember that every farm below is offered at a real sacrifice.
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Is in a section where Land is ris
ing lm value faster than in ©emitral
Iowa. It should command $125.
per aero within two years, as: it is
priced below its actual value at
present. The cash payment re
quired is about $17,500. Balance
will' be carried long time.
WHERE PRICES ARE GOING UP
This Js a splendid fiainm off 222
BioreB located two miles from a good
railroad town in Worth County amd
four miles tram a catholic enrurch.
The land ia excellent, the soil be
ing a rich, black loam. The farm
elopes gradually toward the Shell
Bock River, which flows through
the adjoining farm, so that the
drainage is unusually good
The house to a squar. one 28x28
with) addition 12x12. It is rath
er plain, but nas a bay window
on one side, anld a gable ponoh,
(A front. There 11B a cellar under,
this entire building.
The bam Is 36x56 with basement
below, and large loft and bay
carrier above. Theie is a combin
ation granary and corn crib 24x32,
also hog house, poultry house, cat
tle shied otc. Throw is a lajnge
beiairjlnig orchard, and a fine evdr
gneten grove.
The price is $97.50 per acre. It
i» lni very edge of the belt of hd®h
prrjiced lands. Wlthi® sixty miles
of it are some of the highest pric
ed farms in Iowa. Prices, where
it is located an© rising very rapid
ly. The casih, required by March
1, 1913, is $7,300.
A HANCOCK COUNTY BARGAIN
This Is Hamcook County's offer ling
io the bargami counter of Iowa comn
farms.
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It comprises 240 acres, located
four amd one-half miles from the
village of Crystal Laike on the
Rock Island radflToad. it d^s in a
t&njei neighborhood, s.urtnomm^iQ^ ^y
well Improved farm^ andi l)o^ty
rods tfirom school.
It Is divided by the pmb3|lic njaxj,
a quarter lying on OW sid^, end
®n eighty on the othj^r. Tj^e tyy
is from level to rfiijjlfljp. ijt i^ ^11
tiled out, and all of it $3 tiJUftbJp..
There ds mo we^te.
This soil is a |t^vy bj|e0[ loj^qn Of
the) richest kin^t, Tyfflth, clpy n$b
flolJ. it Is in a
yields aae heaivy amd no failures.
And it is well up tp th^ avgi^atgiie
of euinroumding
t^najv many of
Thera to an e^^ient aet 0 Up
|^"romenit& TJyere if s\.
w»oon house fa gptfd cq^H^, a
pyw, and ^0 w^Mgpagry o(ut
^d^. I)i ttyarp
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to a^fd tsfpm ^nt^v There
«w$ two oro^dfl
13i)e pifee to »«r wd
$«TOqr«tMe termf cab given. It
,» aeothm vi^nal lamd is rto
4WSP more r%ridjy th^ in most oth
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parte of Iowa.
RICH HALF SECTION AT $00
This is a very productive half
soctlon farm located five miles from
Ricevllle, a good railroa-1 town
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north of Charles City. It is one
half mile from school, on a rural
route, and in a well improved and
prosperous part of the state.
The soli is Iowa's best block loam
with clay sjiibeoil. It lies gently
roUimig, and has fjor thle most part,
good surface drainage. All except
forty acres are £hue, tillable ground
and this forty needs tile," Cor
whftchi there Is a good outlet.
There is a good six-room house,
a barm 50x54 in good condition,
pouUry house, ©ra'nary, 00m crilb,
etc. There is plenty of water,
puimped by a gasoline engine, and
thiei farrm is fenced a/nd crops femo
ed with two acres Juog tight.
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Improved land ini that opjpimunity
Is Selling at about $100. per aonre.
Thip farm 1# absolut^y good, but ds
ottered at $90. Terms, $2,000
downi, $6,800 March 1, '13 andi ba
lance may .run TEN years at five
per cent. It'is rented for 1913 and
must be bought subject to this
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AN INVESTOR'S OPPORTUNITY
This is one of the places where
money can be planted and will grow
fast. It Is in the country north
east of Charlies City which ie one of
thia most beautiful amd productive
panto of Iowa.
It consists of 160 acres of first
clacp unimproved land. About 125
acnes are to culitdwatiion, this haHnm^o
being lii meadow amid pasture. The
BOdl is idchi, black loam, the lay
Gently Tolling, and there are two
fcpwns withini fomr miles, it is thp
TOaiMlmg of a fine farm home.
It is offered at $61. .per acne, amd
4® r«re bagain, at thte prttce. No
wo sh*suM be frlghtepe^ by the
lotw priloe. It is real'ly a good pdeoe
Ioiwa lamd. The 'terms of pay
Wemt ajjie very easy.
A Little Gem at $85.00
This flarm lies Northeast of
Charles City tn one of the most pro
ductive pants of Iowja. It consists
of 120 acres, located lesB four
Utfes from twto diftareint towns with
gpod market?."
It yenitlgr rolling and has black
bgaiyy jKpill w»h ciay eptywU.
is €»BeM^
T^erj# 4a a good two-story bntyse
W$th 4 oloseta- aind Buijaiime^
«?i. Tlhe barn to 48^52, & very
TWe to a large com crib, a rather
poor hog house, two-story graiuury
etc. Tfisre is a grove of 200 nW
evergraMBs. it,is a pleasant, hone
)%e ptao% but the buildings need
a freeb ooat of paint to improve
tfreir appsaatance.
Hhe price to $85 per acre and
JlX emu bs handled with $3,350 aash
^¥IWW long time -j# five amd a(X
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Almost a Perfect Farm at f03.
7^ Ifcr iP \b 2,40 Jfr
W »ort?WWBt of
Qlty in a section wljOfw soil
ea^dalfy adaipted to oyrn, being
a rich, heavy Loam, with clagr suib
soil, and ldmeatone fouudaition. it is
Just a mile and a quarter troni a
good raddroad town and 100 rods
from a rural school.
It lies very gently roll! nig and has
the black, fertile soiil wihich is
characteristic of that region. A lit
tle tile will rnabe a perrfect fturpi
and tbto means only a little.
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The improvements are worth
about $7,000. The house has eight
rooms, the bam to very large wttJt
budlt-in silo, and part of it hairing
a stone basement and there to a
modern hog houses' creamery, gMk
ary, ice house, etc.
It is a fine farm, well locftfeNi
and the man who gats w&tl ad^aya
be proud of it. Bu^ th^e prjio^ Js .0^1
$93 per acre. Its real vaglue is ftrefl
$20 to $30 above
4 Beauty te the Blue Grqss Halt.
This ie a Carpi of 240 a^pas ljiypp^
ed two miiee fropi a good tow3$ fn
Blue GrafB B^ o? wuiti,ijer^' Iowna.
whicb is Iowfi'^ be^t sto^k co^oi'
It is o^-inal^ mi^e from aoboo^,
on a iprt^l route
The land lies wall asid tho soil to
rich. More than two ottrloiada of tSk
have been «p(teioed on the f^iin, mi
the drainage is SMe.
There to a good six room house
cement cave, bam 44x60, new hog
house with cement floor, two ooora
cribs, granary, poultry houee, sbp.
Thtt 9kRe to well fenced and
croai Jited, hiaivlng more thfp.
I80ft jwfs of woven njkfr
Thejplace is watered by a na/tuml
spring, the waiter bedng piped to
the houE« and barn. 2t Is an ldeiai
cambimation grain and stock famu
and Is offered for lees than it to
worth. The price to $100 per aem.
A Rieh Hunted DoUak- Quart|^'
This to one of the richest mp(i
best quarter section farms, in oap
of jthe richest count4«fi of t^ie Bjiuo
Grass Belt of Bouithea^. Iowa.
The soil to r|ch and black and the
farm lies gently rolling. It is two
aind a half miles from a good toiwn
There is a fflve-awom house tn
good repairs, 1 barn. 60x80, another
bam 40x60, a good hog house 8%
feet long, connoriib in IMVFIU good
fit. Lang, good cave, corn crib In
b^rn, eitc. Forty actrcs are hog
tight. The water supply to eaccA
lent being piped to both bauop and
ba(i\n. 1
Improved farms is that efccMoti sett
at $100 to $130. This one to he'd
at $100 notwithstanding it to ome
of the best in th» aeitg'hborhood.
A Rtch, Well XMcatM Fafnn at MS
This farm comsipta of 232 acres In
Howard county, about twenty-Ave
miles northeast 0f Charles City,
wfcfch is ragardtfl by memy as the
o«nter of tha most beautiful and
productive part of Iowa. St Mbs
betw«en two market tonmsi being
JWt two n4«s from one and leas
thftipi four from tl^e otber.
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rotting. Us drainage la tvn-nHraif
Hiara to a oomloiiiaibto atgittfloofa
house with niaa law»4 havn i«
^hjch 40 cattle amd eight homes
Vjfijg be tied np» earn crib, n«w
app)ine shei^, poultry house, and
,2 f-lttr- fa.'
It a^joips fapn at |^B,
and aw^rr MV $Wif- THnM*
to priced at only $78, and it to
goo*^. it to a most '"MM* hor
g4iin, which wMl go quickly. .Terms,
$2,750 down, $$,00« lCarob I, 1913,
and balance leag Mme at 8 per
cent