The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-04-03
FROM NEBRASKA.
Spring Weather and WOrk---Thc
P.Of III, "GOfng West''.--What
q HOMestcader has Done i'm
three Years--A Eathcrly Bach
elOr and good Market for
Maidens.
YORK, Nebraska, Mar. Z, ,73.

YORK, Nebraska, Mar. I, '73.
Mr.. Editor Il have been SO much
interested with your correspondence
and Hoosier story that l almost for
got to add my mite. The general Or
der Of the day is wheat sowing. Some
of my neighbors are at work as
though spring had really come. Some
few Of our settlers thought that spring
had come in February, and sowed
their wheat. The result was that it
was covered with snow instead of
narrowing in as they do in Iowa.
Our snaxy has all left ma. aud ega-y-
thing looks farm like. We have had
a very nice winter-not much snow.
and the coolest weather was but 20
degrees below zero-only two DAYS
of that. One man said il was Just
five degrees below his potatoes. You
will not doubt that we are prosper
ing community when tell you that
we have defeated bonds of every de-
scription. We are Of the conviction
that county debts are as injurious as
personal debts. The disease of the
Patrons of Husbandry travels as fast
as the "epizoot:" we have it spread
all over our county. Grange organ
lied at Akin Mills, with thnty-six
members, and still the fever RACES. |
think we can boast of as many organ
izations as any other county in the
West-even we have an Agricultural
Society, where We expect to show
our fine stock and big pumpkins
Speaking of produce. | will send you
sample of our Nebraska wheat,
called the Nebraska Tea. Where it
got its name l leave for you to Judge.
1t yielded twenty-seven bushels per
acre last year.
We are having new arrivals every
day. Some three or families arrived
a few days ago to occupy their home
steads they located last fall. Twenty
four families are yet to come who To-
Gated in the fall Then the govern
ment land in our township will be all
settled. We have our School Dis
tricts set off, two by three miles, and
have from ten to twenty scholars in
every district, with few exceptions,
where the land is homesteaded by
old bachelors. But, by the way, we
have one old bachelor who has two
children. Can any of your readers
solve this enigma: We have some
very fine orchards started here. John
p. Cook (not John P. Cook my Joe
John, but John p. Cook, of Red Oak,
Cedar county, has been resident of
our county for three years-has eigh-
ty acres of homestead all broken, and
has 1000 apple trees and $50 peach
trees all doing well. He raised off
his homestead last year 500 bushels
of wheat, 1900 bu Of corn, 900 Blu.
of oats, and $50 bu. of barley. The
result is the removal from a dug -out
to a substantial frame house; and yet
they say Nebraska land won't pro-
duce. He also has a quarter section
of railroad land, which makes him a
nice farm. Your readers must not
infer that the government land is all
taken-there is plenty yet to be taken
in the counties west of York that is
equally as good land as that of York
county, and more accessible to the y.
p. r. Il. AS soon as our Mountain
K. 4. is in progress we feel confident
that we can supply Spieer's moun-
taineers with all the substantials of
iife-wiyes excepted, as we have too
many bachelors TO fill such contracts.
Young ladies coming to Nebraska
must come prepared to be "gobbled
up" on two weeks notice, as the old
bachelors are standing on the corners
with lariat in one hand and mar
riage license in the other.
Reports come to us from Illinois
and Iowa of mud and slush. This is
an item we cannot boast Of in Ne
braska-it is saving of at least fifty
per cent. on boot leather. To see
how prairie breaking would go in
March l tried it to-day.
Yours truly,
JOHN LETT.
Z. S.-March 21st.-All done SOW
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