The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05
sourHERN NEaRAsKA.
A Fine Farming and Stock County
Red willow County.

Red willow County.
II is located In the southern tier. sew
enty miles east of the Colorado line,
and contains 400, 800 acres of fine lying,
rich farm lands. We travelled 1900
miles In this State by wagon and found
nothing better The lay of these lands
is largely gentle sloping, just sufficient
for good drainage, and more beautiful
sites for fine farms are seldom found.
The Son. is dark loan, three to five
feet deep, and very rich. There is no
gumbo or hard-pan; the sub-soil is por-
GUS, classified by biologists as "Liassic
deposit" and is productive to great
depth. We farmed twenty-eight years
in Iowa and eleven here, and find this
soil the easiest worked and most pro-
ductive we ever titled. There are no
ponds or sloughs; no red roots, rocks,
gravel, sand, or anything in the soil to
hinder farming, and any common plow
will scour.
CRops-The same kind of crops that
are grown in Iowa are raised here.
Like all countries, crops are better
some seasons than others, but on an
average of ten years we raise as good
crops here as there. This soil will lib
orally reward persistent industry, and
with economy, success will come. The
past season many wheat fields yielded
thirty to forty bushels per acre; twelve
bushels sown on twelve acres yielded
4s6 bushels, fifteen bushels sown on
fifteen acres threshed 5ss bushels.
Rye made twenty-five to forty-five
bushels per acre, and oats from thirty
to as high as eighty. There were
many fields of small grain where the
crop last season, on one acre, will pay
for three acres of land, and in some
fields will pay for five acres of land.
A man of vim and push bought 32O
acres here in 1890 with 200 acres in cul-
tivation, and the crop of 1891 will bring
$500 to $500 more than the land cost
him, with enough left to keep
quite large family until another
crop is raised. Corn yielded
per acre-the difference due largely to
manner of CIVILIZATIONS; to have full
crop corn must be well cultivated.
This is no place for the indolent or lazy;
the crop depends more on the man than
the soil or climate; some make failure
here and they would in any country.
Many who came here n few years ago
with but little besides good stock of
energy, took clair and now have a
good home of 100 acres. In coming now
a man should have good team, some
cows, farm implements, and at least
$500 to 81 900 in cash; the more the bet
ter. Some farms of 100 acres, partly
improved, five to eight miles from Nc
Cook can be had now for $1,000 to
ST., 900 each, $500 to $500 cash, balance
time: but land is on the advance and
can not be had at these prices long.
The best time to come is in February IL
crop is to be raised this year; seeding
usually commences i'm February. The
weather is fine now, the roads dry and
smooth, and some wheat has been sown
already.
The REPUBLICAN VALLEY, widely
noted for its beauty and fertility, runs
through the southern portion; Drift
wood, Dry, Ash, Coon and Red Willow
creeks empty into the river in the
county; timber grows along these
streams; wood can be had for $1.00 per
load and posts for 5 to cents each,
split out in the timber. AS winters are
mild and short, little fuel is used.
CLIMATE-The air is pure, light and
free from malaria; ague unknown;
throat or lung troubles are entirely
cured or greatly relieved, and IA prom
inent physician has said, truthfully,
"The climate of Southwestern Ne
braska will cure half the ills humanity
is subject to east of the Missouri river"
Summer seasons are long, frost holds
off late and Indian Summer lasts eight
to twelve weeks; never saw any soft
corn here; for eleven years stock have
not been fed over three months year.
The ground is bare and roads dry half
the time during the winter, and there
are few days when outdoor labor can
not be performed comfortably.
WATER = We have what is called
''sheet water" which is about on "a
level with the streams, consequent
ly the higher the land, the
deeper to water; in the valleys water
is obtained at ten to thirty feet, while
on the prairie it is rs to 200 feet to
gynter, but it is easily brought up with
wind mills. 1t is clear, fresh and pure,
almost as soft as rain water and the
supply inexhaustible. A well twelve
inches in diameter will supply 200 head
of stock the year round. The depth to
water is the great drawback here, but
it is overcome, largely, by the use of
wind-mills. eavas------~ ''-''' =
Schools AND CHURcHEs-There are
ochoolo diotllCbo III thC
county where school is taught six
months in the year. Sabbath school is
held in most of them and preaching in
many. The county is settled principally
by Americans, who are a good class of
people. With the county out of debt,
taxes are light and a county warrant is
worth 100 cents on the dollar cash; the
tax on 16O acre farm is SO to $40 a
year.
McCooK is the commercial center be-
tween Hastings, Neb., and Denver, Col.
1t is on the main line of the "Great
Burlington Route" and a division sta
ton for terminal service, where about
1915, 100000 is paid monthly to employees
of the Company; here are repair shops
and fine brick round-house with
stalls for thirty engines; also a large,
two-story passenger depot, D. freight
depot and a fine hotel. There is a fine
system of water works with, fifteen
miles of pipes in operation. The city
is lit by electricity. The United States
Land Office is located here, There are
three live weekly newspapers. five
church buildings, three school build
ings, one costing $40, 900. 90; three banks,
Ave hotels, four liveries, and the various
branches of merchandise we'll repre-
sented. There is a good opening for I Q
canning and broom factory. The city