The Red Cloud chief., 1895-09-27
NEBRASKA.
what Those Eastern Land
Agents Think or Her.

what Those Eastern Land
Agents Think or Her.
We, the undersigned citizens, Of
the states Of Ohio, Indiana, Illinoi.
asd Iowa having made an extended
trip ever the lines Of the Burlington
Route in the state Of Nebraska, ar
irving at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, on
the morning Of August ID, 1895, and
running as far west as McCook, Red
Willow county, on the main line, then
back to Orleans, Harlan county, and
southwest owe the Beaver Valley line
to Wilsonville, from Wilsonvills to
Oberlin, Kansas, from Oberlih ia
Broken Bow, Nebraska, via Republi.
can City, Red Cloud. Hastings and
Aurora-leaving Broken Bow 1t sun.
rise on the morning Of August IL,
for Arcadia, Nebraska, Grand Island,
Aurora, and Palmer. From Arcadia
We started for the gateway Of the
stats-Omaha-vis Aurora, York,
Seward and Lincoln--the main Oh.
ject Of this trip being to make a close
personal investigation Of Nebraska
and its products.
We aud its extensive prairies and
beautiful and fertile valleys ladsned
with beautiful crops, wheat, oats, rye
aud barley having been harvested;
wheat showing q yield Of from twenty
to thirtJ.ivs bushels per acre, oats
forty to eighty bushels per acre, and
barley twenty-five to forty-five bushels
per acre, the quality Of ell being ex.
ira good. Corn, which is king, is
making glad all the Nebraska farmers,
and with few exceptions, promising .
magnificent yield, estimated at from
thirty to s,xty-6ve bushels per acre.
The crop of potatoes, perhaps. is not
surpassed by any state in the Union,
the yield being from, 200 to 500 bush.
sls per acre. A b~suntiful hay and
grass crop over the entire state, shows
. much greater yield than our re.
speotive states.
Among the important industries Of
tho state, We notice the great sugar
beet industry, although in it's infancy
attracting worldwide attention. Ne.
sugar beets and sugar received
The highest award At the Worlds Fair
and Germany having heard Of the
Of tbe beets raised in Nebras-
ks. sent their greatest scientist there
TO investigate Nebraska soil 10 ascer-
tain the per cent Of sacharine matter
In Nebraska bsets as compared with
the sugar beets grown in Germany.
thorough Investigation Of the
sell, and . careful analysis Of the
said that I of tho Nebraska
soil was 6uely adapted to the pro.
duetion of sugar beets, and every way
superior to Germany's soil, aAd that
Nebraska beets contained two per
cent more sugar than beets grown in
Germany. Sug.r manufacturing 10
Nebraska is a new industry, but is no
longer an experiment. Not with.
standing the unprecedented drouth Of
last year, the beets were Of finest
quality. Wet or dry they flourish.
and more sugar was made last year
than ever before. In Nebraska this
year the acrege is nearly double tina,
Of any previous year, and the day II
not far distant when this great state
will be all wrapped up in this impor'
taut industry that made Germany on.
of the richest countries on the fac.
Of the glsbe.
The United States imports on,
hundred million dollars worth of gu
gar annually. Nebraska can produc,
enough sugar to supply ell her hom,
consumption, thereby keeping THU
vast sum Of money At home. Their,
are within the boundaries Of the stat,
two large sugar factories, n a
Grand Island and one at Norfolk
there is another under the process O
construction at Chadron, whore beet
of superior quality were raised las
year.
Fremont and msny other Nebraska
tn-ua ~ol.to hu;lJ:uc c.k.:.