The Red Cloud chief., 1895-09-13
NEBRASKA'S BIG CROP
As REPORTED BY AN FASTENER

opinion OF tne OTVV vs.
rvsm Hun,asten uows,) New Era.
EDITOR NEW ERA:-Being one CT
che party who went on the Land
Agents excursion this week through
Nebraska and Northwestern Kansas,
feel that a synopsis Of my trip might
be of interest to the readers Of the
New Era, as no doubt there are some
in this community who contemplate
going west soon with a view Of locat-
ing, for many Of them have friends
already there. 1t having been previ.
ously arranged that the land agent s
would have an excursion west, and
our firm receiviog notice, IL fell to my
lot 70 be one Of the party, which l
Joined At Charlton, as the Burlington
Route was the one selected TO carry
tho excursion party west from Chi.
esgo. Tho party was made up OF lend
agents from Eve great states, Ohio,
Indians, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa,
and represented about 100 land firms
from as many localities. The eastern
representatives left Chicago On train
No. 5, August l2. On arriving at
Red Oak, our party had growo to such
proportions that it was decided to run
- through on q special train from
this point, as the regular train was
then carrying twelve coaches. After
partaking Of an excellent breakfast at
the depo. hotel, and to which we did
full justice, the time tor our departure
wss announced and w soon found
ourselves very comfortably situated in
Pullman sleepers making new acquain.
tances and renewing old one while
our special appeared to be trying to
pass everything On the line. Only .
few stops were made before reaching
che Missouri river, which VI crossed
at Plattsmouth, and our train ran d.
rect to Lincoln, making only short
stops at the principal towns in east.
srn Nebraska. From Lincoln our line
vas west wei the Denver line thro'
Crete, Fairmont and Hastings, and
here we passed through a narrow
strip Of country which appeared to
be less favored than any section we
had travelled over, and the corn crop
will hardly be up to the average in
the vicinity Of Crete and Fairmont.
From Hastings west through the
state there has been ample rainfall,
over twenty-five inches, during the
sumner. The yield Of corn, oats,
wheat and all vegetables will bo enor-
nous. We found this to be the case
al through the Republican valley in
Furnas, Red Willow, Chase and Hayes
counties, whore 10 "a but little was
produced owing to the great drouth,
which is now devasting the crops in
the middle and eastern states. The
Republican valley is n Of the finest
in the west, and the people along the
line of tho B. & NJ. r. II. arc very
isbilant over their prospects. l do
not see how they could feel otherwise,
Tor one could see evidence Of pros.
Perity on every hand. As our COM
pany was very anxious to see as much
Of the country as was possible within
che limited time, we turned at Nc.
cook, and running back to Oxford
Junction, then ran out wei the ODER.
lin branch of the B. & M. II. r. as
Tar as Oberlin, the county seat of
Decatur county. Kansas. We were
now in the Beaver valley country
which is becoming famous for thu
production of alfalfa, many farmers
have grown rich raising alfalfa seed
yields Of ten bushels per acre is not
uncommon. The price is general,
from four to six dollars per bushcl
Anyone who is fortunate enough tc
be the owner Of a good farm in Bea
yer valley should be happy. In tn,
vicinity of Long Island one sees fin,
apple orchards and all varieties o,
fruit grown in abundance in this sec
tion. Running back to Republican
City, we continued east as far as Rec
Cloud. All through this section crop.
are looking fine. From Red Cloud W,
rat to Aurora and out on the Lour
country through St. Paul and Loup