farm cornering the corporation limits of the County Seat for $30 an
acre, and all agreed that the farm was above the average in quality.

Heart-of-Egypt is a small station on the double track of the
Chicago-New Orleans line of the Illinois Central, and there are
three other railroads passing through our County Seat. Poorland Farm
is less than two miles from Heart-of-Egypt and only five miles from
the County Seat, with level roads to both.

As to the soil, I may say that in some respects it is poorer than
yours, but in others not so poor. The amount of plant food contained
in six and two-thirds inches of the surface soil of an acre,
representing two million pounds of soil, are as follows:

2,880 pounds of nitrogen

840 pounds of phosphorus

24,940 pounds of potassium

6,740 pounds of magnesium

14,660 pounds of calcium

By referring to the invoice of your most common land, you will see
that Westover is richer in phosphorus, in magnesium, and in calcium,
than Poorland Farm. But, while your soil contains a half more of
that rare element phosphorus, ours contains a half more of the
abundant element potassium. In the supply of nitrogen we have a
distinct advantage, because our soil contains nearly three times as