The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-04
IN THE FRONT ROW
The State Historical Society Pre-.
sents Some Facts and Figures
itllTeRAcY SHOWING SMALL
A Record Every Nebraskan WIN Re
Proud Of. showing In Detail Our I'm
msuce Resources and Possessions

Secretary Jay A. Barrett of the state
historical society has just made a COM
pilation from the returns of the last
census showing the relative position
assumed by Nebraska among the
Atates of the union. He finds that this
state ranks as follows:
First: In smallness Of per cent of IL
literacy. as compared with the whole
population above ten years of Z
Third In product from neat packing
plants.
Fourth In production of corn. 1900;
In number of swine on farms and
ranges, in number Of meat cattle on
farms and ranges. 1900.
Fifth in production of oats, 1900; in
production OF rye. 1900.
Sixth in total number of horses on
farms and ranges. 1900.
Sixth in number acres in farms;
in proportion of urban to total manu-
features.
Eight in value of farm products per
farm, 1900; in production of wheat,
1900: in smallness OF illiteracy Of ma
tive white population. ten years of age
or over; in number of foreigners from
norway. Sweden and Denmark; in
number of Scanda uavians in popula-
ton.
Ninth in smallness OF illiteracy in
foreign white population; in produc-
ton of barley. 1900.
Tenth in value of farm products.
1900; in value OF farm products per
acre.
Eleventh in number of Slavs in pop
nlation.
Twelfth in smallness OF illiteracy in
negro population: value of cheese, but
ter and milk products, 1900.
Thirteenth in number of Teutons in
population: In number of Germans in
population; in value of farm land. with
Improvements, livestock and imple-
ments.
Fifteenth in number of whites of
foreign %parentage; in amount OF for
eign born population.
Seventeenth. in proportion Of people
engaged In agriculture.
Ninteenth in number Of Irish: in
number from Ireland; in number per-
sons to a private family; in value of
farm products per acre: in production
or -four and grist-mill products: in
amount Of printing and publishing.
Twentieth in number OF British; in
number of British-AmeriCans; in num-
Der from Great Britain.
Tw%enty-irst in number people from
Canada and New F%ounuiand; in yield
OF corn per acre. 1900; in manufacture
OF agricultural implements.
Twenty-third in per cent of native
whites Of native parentage: in yield
of oats per acre. 1900: in production OF
distilled liquors.
Twenty-fourth in manufactured pro-
ducts per capita, in amount of clay
products; in amount of chemical pro-
ducts.
Tw~enty-ffth in native whites of ma
tive parents. males Of militia age; in
construction and repair of cars.
T~wenty-siXth in native white males
OF native parents OF voting age; In
number native whites OF nutiye pa.
rents.
Twenty-seventh in total population
In value of net farm products per acre
Twenty-eignth in number of sheep OF
farms and ranges; in yield of barley
per Bcre, 1900.
Twenty-ninth in smallness of pei
cent OF iua,eracy OF white OF foreign
%parentage. ten years of age and over.
Thirty-second in proportion Of homes
owned free.
Thirty-third In density OF popula,
ton; in yield of rye per acre, 1900.
Thirty-fourth in amount Of negro
population; In yield of buckwheat pc
acre. 1900; in proportion OF carriages
and wagons.
T~hirty-ifth in percentage of are;
OF land farmed by owners
Thirty-siXth in number w~age-earner,
in manufactures. 1900.
Tnirty-seventh in number Of farm
owners; in numu,. If native residents
inirty-ninth in yield OF wheat pc,
acre, 1900: in per cen of wage Earn
ers to total population. 1900.
Hrty-eighth state in NUMBER OF saw
,,;Il.