Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-16
NEBRASKA LAND IN DEMAND
Western HOmssteads Rapidly lsing Taken
Up and Prices Are Rising,
SUCCESSION OF GOOD SEASONS ATTRACTS
ID. elem DenVer of Burlington bureau
Thinks value of Decided Land
win Continue 10
Go IN.

THE demand Tor western land stiu keeps
up and is now stronger than ever" said
d. Glenn Deaver of the Burlingtons home
seekers department, who has just returned
from his last excursion trip 70 western Ne
braska. THE establishing Of this bureau
was certainly opportune during this par
ticular year, for the reason that thousands
Of acres Of land heretofore entered have
been cancelled by the governmnt and this
burau has been able to give intelligent
direction to landseekers as to the proper
method OF procedure to locate themselves
upon the best lands.
"The raise in the price Of decided lands
throughout western Nebraska has been
simply wonderful and, in my judgment, the
price will continue TO SO up. Lands that
could have been bought a short time ago
for from 81 to s. per acre are selling readily
today at from 81 TO $40 per acre. Only
short time ago almost any unimproved
lands in western Nebraska were a drug on
the market. but today land that is at all
desirable is quickly picked up and in many
cases prices have doubled and quadrupled
during the last few months, and there is
good reason for It, New improved methods
Of farming have developed whereby nearly
twice as much grain per acre can be raised
as was raised under the old method and
in some cases fully twice as much per
acre, and the result il that today a man
who wants to buy good land must expect
to pay SO per acre for good uuimproved
land, and there is no doubt money will be
made out of It at that price.
Growing seasons Good.
"The growing seasons have been remark
ably good for several years and bid fair
to continue so, though no one can tell what
the seasons Of the future will be, but do
not believe that western Nebraska is likely
TO be more subject TO drouths than is the
majority of the farming country Of the
United States. They have dry years in
Iowa. Missouri and parts Of Virginia this
year have been exceptionally dry.
TN the past in western Nebraska the
farmers would depend almost wholly upon
producing grain for the market and the
hand cream separator was not in existence
while today the diversified farming going
on in western Nebraska Is less liable to
injury from effects of a dry year The
farmers in western Nebraska today are
milking cows and selling cream along
with their other industries. There never
has been a year in this state when there
was not plenty of grass for cattle to feed
| upon, and besides Il has been demonstrated
that under the Campbell soil culture sys-
/ TEN twelve inches OF rain per annum is
/ sufficient to produce a good average crop
of small grain, which can be gotten out
Of the way before hot winds come in the
| summer.
! what EinI<aid Act Has Done.
"'The Kinkaid 64O-acre free homestead
law has been the means, OF many people
securing good homes. during the present
summer, as much Of the land opened to
homestead entry through cancellation and
otherwise is as good as tracts that pur-
chasers are glad to pay from s. to SO per
acre for. There is a large acreage Of land
yet to be cancelled, asa the, process of can
collation. by the goverpment is a slow one
and every month the special agents of the
| land department are reporting more land
entries for cancellation The western part
! of Nebraska, where the homestead lands
are located is big territory TO cover and
1t requires considerable time for the gov
eminent agents to examine the various
homestead entries Several persons who
! filed on homesteads during the early part
OF this year have raised good crops on the
sod blowing. have plenty of feed for their
stock and are now well prepared for the
| winter"