, 1877-11-05
NEBRASKA.
Crops and Other a1nttert.


CHICAGO Oct. 3l.-A visit II, Nebraska n few
days a.,o made mc acquainted Will, ynrlctyof
facts wilirt would be likely TO interest the rcad
crs uf THE Tribune. It Is bu! fair that this
young and prosperous STATE should receive
some notice, With Arkansas. Texas and other
portions Of the extensive territory tributnry 10
Chicago.
Two ycArs ago last summer. The rrasshorpcrs
made sad havoc not unly with tho crops then
growing, but With tho settlement and prosper
ny of tho State. The tide Ut Immigration was
turned III othcs directions for people said.
"Wllat is tho tlso Of settling IN a state, how.
ever rich the country nlay be, and however
large md generous the crors, pF1vIdcd they
arc eaten up by these insect .ptAtst' but during
the prescHt srasnn. scarecly ErasblIopner las
bccEl seen; and. whatever tho catlse,-psuf'ahly
tic wet ur,d cold sprng,-they hase become, for
tho prcsent,. practically extinct. llsncc the
crops l,nvc hccM splendid. WAS tn!tl there
III mile. west of Omaha, thls fall, tnan WIS
grown In tho State III 1870 On ait sies.
~ Gnu rides up the Valley Of the Platte as far
west rs kcnrtscy, III miles west OF Omaha he
waste OF rrntrte. Nearly all OF them nrc sur
rnu,ltlctl Will, border 0f trees, ni,I tho growth
they have made 1T hatt-a-luzen years is truly
amazing. In TACT, they Look at distausq
Oox-cldcr arc tho species must planted. but
farmers arc beginning ~ cultivate lhu huttcr-
nut, the walnut, nn.i other varieties; 80 that, In
auothcr tlecnuc, Se1rnsku viii hu supplied with
sufficient nnn,l'cr Of trees to make u very
marked change In tho climate. In faet. the sta.
tisttcs Of ran-fall llegin to show n Horr gradual
and most gratifying tncrcusc In tho amount
II mutsture received from The clus1'.si fo tlMf,
IN tho not distant future, It Is hoped Nebraska
I'M rely rs confidently Oh thr clouds fur It's
! suprly OF rainfall ~ Ilii,lHfA or Iowa.
Tourists on tic Cnion larlac Hallway should
remember that. although tho country through
was ,sy aF' ''i 4. l0'E,' IL AM tact' tsas IL: IL
| sho bluffs IN either ttic, tho lall
Is far bcttcr, the country Ia already more Thick
" settled, and tho products q tl'e farms are
yieidd III s,io older Western statrs. The owslcrs
Will th!s year dispose Of snoru in value, In
wheat, corn, oats, aul atlnal proIufIs,--ncr-
lars twIee tol.,-thau& & t!eit lands cot IL. lien !,
Of rich rolling prar!es. With flnc sprll'gs ushl
clear, running streams, ar! H. In all rcsl'erts,
far superior 10 tho Platte Valley. VI c0ursr.
railway facilities first control settlement. anI.
wttlal t'is ll,,d III tho wiley Is goOd; hut tho
,nDru inviting districts north antl south nf tic
ruatl arc now lilling up with eu cnterprsslng,
| prosperous Tupi1lattoil.
| The yAst business now daIng by the Union
| Pacific Hallway affords abundant cvtlcnvu s,t
the rapid tcyeloptnSit OF Ncbraska ntd thy
country along tho limo of the ruad. In 1SI',
uuiy eight years ago, whcn the roa.l was
opt1Ie.I. il single ffctGlt-tru!n tlny tash way,
with t.alf dozen cass. wis alI that was usually
| re1uirgsl tD do tho bus1ntss: nnl n cuI,'le
| Of rasscngcr-cars, except wien excursions r.
ultirc.i niorr, carried all tho travellers. Now,
two OF thrco fEcIeht.trains Of thirty cars, I'll
luwing cacis other, cai bs seen daily wemint
their way in cucl direction through thu flattt
Valley; md tho passengcr-trasns cYua
those OF our most ltbrrally.pa.rontzrt
roa'ls. Since my return, tho largest cattle
| dealer ut our Htotk-inrtls told lIlt
that tho best cattle nov coltlu from west o
Cheyenne, ana thu business ID Increasing 'n
j incliscly.
hayr spoken 4f the great tucrrhse af The
agricultural urUIucLs Of Nebraska Tho saMt
! IL true IT all tho country west 0l Us, The min
there Is no 1oom for review Of It In tnls letter