Nebraska advertiser., 1864-07-14
WAoTg From tie n. Y. Tribune.
ATTERRITORY

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Area. $4,000 square mie-Popu-
lslloaip 1850. %. 342-Capi,al, Omaha
ely. Population 1000, Nebraska lies
:. o and 40 north latitude, and is boun-
a ded on the south by Kansas on the east
srssby ibe Missouri; River on the nOrhI by
he Niobrazah Running Watier) River
and on the ives; by Idaho; having a river
s,rfrontage on the Missouri of nearly 300
niles and running west about $50 miles.
~ il was organized into a Territory
ia May, 1854, since which time it has
sa.,seitled up rapidly. The resident POpu-
auop OF the Territory cannot now be
Jess ibsn 10000. They are for the most
part settled along he MISSOURI River,
, end on the great Overland Emigrant and
Mail Route to The Pacific,
The face of the country is gently roll
-ss' ing prairie. No ponds, lakes, swamps,
OF stagment waiter are to be found IN the
Territory; bat there are numerous small
- iacreeks and rivers, along the banks Of
phieh plenty Of timber is to be found.
The climate Of Nebraska is favorable
81 70 labor of evry kind. The atmosphere
5ais-Pa5re, clear and dry. with sufficient rain
TO produce the finest crops without irriga-
ton.
Tho soil is quick and lively, and easily
brought under cultivate, producing, In
dian corh, wheel both spring and fall
81 oais, hemp, tobacco, ond sorghum
i@ Vegetables of all kinds thrive well
throughout the Territory, and it also pro-
duces grapes of a fine guilty.
As a grazing country Nebraska can
not be surpassed, and stock raising is
extensively carried on, The wild grass
So predominates here as in Utah, and cattle,
q horses and mules fatten on it very read
+, Z lily. The bottom lands abound with rush
es, and stock are often without fodder.
In regard 10 the advantages of Nebras-
for raising sheep, an old and well-in-
formed settler Of that Territory writes
- Il know of no part of the United States
where sheep are so healthy or do so well,
and doubt if there Is a place on The
! globe equal to Nebraska for wool-grow-
ing" Ia some Of the newly settled cOun-
ties the stock is herded, and the crops
Acraised without fencing, which makes il
much easier for persons of small meaas
10 make a start.
Considering It's recent settlemnt, Neb-
Easka is a cheap place to live, almost
every article of consumption doing abun-
dant. Pork sells at 3 cents per pOuad
flour, 50 so to So per cwt. eggs, 6 to s
cents per dozen, and, chickens, 81 so
per dozen, and other articles in like pro-
portion.
Unkilled labor is in great demand, aad
readily commands high rates. Farm
hands find ready employment at SIS to
S25 per month, with board.
Carpenters, blacksmlths, bricklayers,
and mechanics generally make from So
to So per day. The best hands readily
The latter figure.
@NNS-NNHNs b~Ah6 "a AAAC N6LiNAAbAa1 ohA
stOck-ralsing country, and also beicg the
great starting point and highway for trav-
el over the plains, her lands are much
sought after by emigrants. Fine lands
can be taken under the Homestead law
in the immediate DeighbOrhood of good
settlements, where the settler will have
as al the advantages of churches and
schools already, established. Improved
farms can be purchased, say in tracts of
~ of leo acres, with from 40 to so acre
uRder cultivation, with small dwelling
and out buildings, for from. s. so to So
per acre. As a general rule, farmers
~ can be bought at less than the cost of the
improvements, owing SO the constant en-
igratiOn to the adjacent gold mines Of
Colorado and Idaho.
The Territory has adopted a liberal
free.schOOl system, which will furnish a
free SCHOOL, in a short time the year round
-. in every school district. At the present
time, the schools are free on an average
about six months in the year.
Timber and stone are everywhere TO
be found 10 sufficient quantities for bull
ding purposes Stone coal has been dis
cOVeredin several places.
There are no railroads in the Territory,
but their absence is more than compensa-
Ted by excellent wagon roads, which fur
nish ready means of communication be-
tween the river towns and the interior at
all seasons Of the year.
The principle rivers are the Missouri
and the Platte. The first forms the en-
tire eastern bOundry of the Territory, and
is naviga5le by the largest class of steam-
80 boats for many hundred miles above the
nor,bo-o ro;o, :, NoL m