Cuthbert Appeal in Cuthbert, Georgia

Millionaire Farmer of Burr Oaks Vast Illinois Farm

From Peoria Illinois a correspondent profiles M L Sullivan of Burr Oaks Livingston County. The eight hundred and forty acre farm spans 40 960 acres divided into 32 units each with a captain and lieutenants under a commander in chief General J M Miner. It totals over ten thousand acres in corn and grazing with extensive fencing drainage and a large workforce including a surveyor clerks blacksmiths and carpenters. The land was acquired from the government about twenty years ago at 1 25 per acre and is now valued near 2 000 000 making Sullivan a Central Illinois millionaire based on its productivity and meticulous record keeping.