Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-03-30
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA
Red Willow County.

Mr.. EpITOH:-I read several desc riptionS
concerning that Cauntry, one of which was
a lengthy description from the pen of VIM
Coleman, which | thought was entirely too
good to he true: so just went out there
TO see for my self, and found it was true
ard no Misrepresentation about il. found
as he said. some of the land Is rough but
there are thousands of acres of as fine lay.
ing farm lands as the sun ever shone on.
and there is no doubt as to the richness of
the soil.
1t is a good coru country. have grown
corn IN Iowa thirty years, but never raised
better corn tnan | saw there. ! saw thou
sands Of bushels and it was all good | did
not see a soft or chaffy ear | called on one
farmer who was feeding $50 steers, and they
were beauties: they had been on feed eight
weeks and were ready for market. Their
corn is so sound and winters SO mild that
they can beat rs feeding cattle every time
Mr.. Coleman has kept record of the
weather during the winter, which is as fol-
lows: The average temperature for the
month of December was 10 degrees above
zero at seven o'clocS IN the morning. The
coolest morning was the 18th when it was
5 degrees above zero. There were but tw3
days when the sun failed to shine. On the
9Th, four inches of snow fell, but there was
no shedding. The average for January, at
seven O'Clock in the morning, was 20 de-
greeS above zero. The coolest morning was
the 18th, when il was degrees above zero.
The sun Shone every day in the month.
The ground was bare and roads dry aui
smooth all through the month. Some plow
ing was done and some wheat sown in Jan
uary. The first week in February the aV-
erage was q degrees below zero. The second
week it was 10 degrees above, and to the
25th it was - degrees above. The coolest
morning in February was the I'd, when 1t
was 10 degrees below zero. The sun shone
every day during the month up to the 18th,
when 1 was there, and il was a bright, warm
day. The ground was bare, the roads dry
and smooth and farmers were sowing
wheat and blowing, and the soil rolled over
, as fine as l ever saw it.
| tell you, this is the country for me. |
have heard great deal about sand hills
out there, but did not seq any. The facts
are, there is less sand in the soil than there
Is in the soil here in Iowa. You fellows
that are so preludiced against that coun-
try, Just go out there and have Mr.. Cole
man show you the country and you will
get your eyes opened He is a plain old
farmer, Just the man to show you the coun.
try. as he has farmei there eleven years
and is reliable. He will show you the country
any week day, and invite you to attend
church with him on the Sabbath For in
formation, write him, McCook, Neb., Bo \
| IL. and send stamp for reply
There are still good chances for me n OF
small means t. get a home, but so many
are there buying land that they should &c
| soon. Land within three miles of McCooi
has about al b cen sold that was for sale
but some fire la nd three or four miles from
| other stations can still be had for IS To 81
per acre, one-third to one half cash and bal
! ance time. JAMES WOoDwoRTH,
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