Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-29
HOPE FOR WEST NEBRASKA
Region Nay Yet Be Wade to Bloom Like
the Rose.
CLIMATE AND SOIL BOTH GOOD
Chancellor Andrews of the University
of Nebraska Explains the Adj
vantaRes and Possibilities of
Neglected Region.
Innate AND SOIL BOTH GOOD

Before the convention OF the Nebraska
Bankers association at Lincoln last week
Chancellor Andrews OF the University of
Nebraska delivered an address on West
ern Nebraska" He said:
"Semi-arid Nebraska may be considered to
begin at the 9s degree west longitude. This is
where the line OF twenty-eight inches aver
age annual. rainfall. enters the state on the
south. The rainfall lines run in a northeast
erly direction through the state. on the
northern boundary, at 9s degrees west, there
are only twenty-four inches rainfall. II we
were to bound the region of semi-aridity,
east. by the twenty Eight inches line the
boundary would enter the state south OF
Nuckolls county and emerge north in Da-
kota county.
"Semi-aridity is, however, determined in
part by the efficiency Of the rainfall, OF
which constant factor is the rate of evap-
grafton. This is much greater at the south
than at the north end Of a Nebraska merid-
ian. A line marking a constant rate OF
evaporation would have a strong north
westerly bearing. but line of rainfall
minus evaporation would run very nearly
north and south. Timothy and clover are
raised successfully as far west in northern
as in southern Nebraska, although at a
given longitude there is a difference Of four
inches in rainfall between the two borders
The 98 degree longitude is about the point
where the grasses named cease to be sue
cessfuly grown whether north or south of
the Platte.
NebrasISa's Beautiful Climate.
when became Nebraskan all people
assured me that while eastern Nebraska
was a Garden of the Lord, the western part
arid M aar to bn ~
best, to the end of time. only an OK pasture
Little by little as travelled and read be-
came convinced that such a view was err
roneous. The superiority in many respects
Of eastern Nebraska over western is patent
and bids fair to be permanent; but what is
not the best may yet be strikingly good.
1.-THE climate of western Nebraska is oil
unparalleled beauty and healthfulness. Ir
these points it exdells the east. and this
more and more as our counties become
shady and moist 1t has more sunshine
than we. Few days in the year are toe
cold, wherein the district has the advant'
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age of Dakota; none are uncomfortaby
warm, wherein 1t beats Kansas and Texas
while its lower altitude renders it, for mos
people, more agreeable residence land
than Colorado
NOuAu NV NAlhliuAc AdisC HOptSf OIt II
I could, start any boom for our western
counties. But, am persuaded that we have
no necessarily barren counties, and, thai
in time. practically the whole of our wes
will TEEN with prosperity and be, like tn,
80 east, a land of happy homes and dense
and thriving population. The causes des
tined to work this miracle, industry and
thrift being of course presupposed, are
dairying, Irrigation in various forms, az
& forestation. 'Campbellism,' or dry culture
and progressive cultivation itself
Work of the Separator.
"rhe individual separator has ALREADY
changed the face Of many western com
4 munities. Farmers who a few years. age
held their posts through sheer inability t
move, are well-to-do. Tumbe-down houses
and churches have been repaired pianos
organs, carpets, clothing, buggies and farm
machinery bought; children sent TO school
Local creameries proved little beneficial, a
the milk not alone the cream had to b.
handled, and when it had Travelled from
farm to Swimming station and back it wa
of small value. Now, the skinned mill
is available while yet warm, and, with
bit of bran, found equally nutritius 70
calves as the unskimmed milk, the valu
of the cream being so much clear pr II
This source Of prosperity is considerably
Independent of rainfall, as, in the dries