Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1912 — Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Death Rate 10 Per Cent Less

MICHIGAN RANKS EIGHTH in population and twenty-first in land aera among the states. In I*so she ranked thirty-third in populati9h and every census .since- has progressed to a higher rank. The average value of land per acre in the U. S. today i s $32. and in the entire State of. Michigan $32.48,, which latter has increased 35 per cent in the past 10 years. The death rate in the rural districts of Michigan for the past ten years has been about 10 per cent less than in the rural districts of the entire U. S. The crop statistics are equally favorable for Michigan. If you want land in the U. S. there is no better place than Michigan.

TO BRING UP THE AVERAGE value of land in the entire State of Michigan, the lands in the Fruit Belt, which are much more valuable, have played an important part, and it has been their large increase that has increased the value of land in the whole State. If you want land In Michigan there Is. no better place than the Fruit Belt. IN THE FRUIT BELT NO LAND has increased in value more rapidly than in Mason Manistee and Lake Counties —the center of the Fruit Belt. There have been more lands newly developed in this locality, and particularly in the Swigart Tract, than in any equal-sized area in the State. Lands in this Tract offer the best investment in Michigan. A great settlement movement is being directed here and each year it increases. MANY FARMERS ARE GIVING up their rented farms in other states to go on their own land in the Swigart Tract. They like the Swigart lands because they are.so near railroad stations and Lake Michigan Harbors, which means quick cheap transportation to the great markets, including Chicago, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids and Detroit, besides the excellent local markets of Ludington and Manistee, with their 30,000 population, on the edge pf the tract. They like the adaptability of the lands to general farming, to which they are accustomed, as well as their special value for fruit growing. You pay no more for lands in this tract than for lands much less advantageously situated. If you want land in the Fruit Belt there is no better place than the Swigart Tract. IN THE SWIGART TRACT YOU can *buy 40 acres for $lO to $35 per acre on payments of $lO to SSO down and $5 to $lO per month. While paying for the land, if you should die, the farm will be deeded to y.our family free from any further payments. You can select from over a thousand 40-

Full particulars can be had by addressing George W. Swigart, owner, 1249 First National Bank Bdilding, Chicago, 111., or his agent C. J. DEAN, Rensselaer, Ind.

Mr. Farmer: Who wants mower and binder repairs. See C. A. Roberts. 1 have a good stock on hand. I have the McCormick agency, if you need a hayrake I have the McGorjfniek self-dump, no better made; «asy to operate; long-lived; can’t eat; all steel; could , make razor blades from the metal ’t is made of. C. A. Roberts, the Buggy Man Rensselaer, Ind. ts