The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-08
NE
Some Facts That All Nebraskans
Should Know.

This includes what Japan buys from
other nations. In 1909 Nebraska rails
ed from her soil and produced manu-
featured articles from Nebraska raw
products. the enormous total of
$3.50, 600, 900. With three per cent of
Japaa's population, therefore, Nebras-
ka produced and added to the wealth
of the world 600 per cent more than
Japan produced and purchased from
other nations. The total volume of
Japan's production and purchase vas
little more than half of what the
state of Nebraska raised from the
soil and sold direct. Or converted in
to manufactured articles in her own
factories.
There are fewer han six states
that produce more food products han
they consume. and Nebraska is one
of the six. Upon these five or six
states nations depend for their food
supplies. Yet, with all of this re-
markable record less than one-third
Of the tillable land of Nebraska is
under cultivation. Millions of acres
of the richest soil in the world lie
within the confines of Nebraska and
have never been touched by the pillow
Other millions of acres with desul-
tory cultivation have produced in
an abundance that has been the
marvel of the agricultural world.
Why go into the desolate frigid
regions of the far northwest to IN
dergo the hardships of pioneers, far
removed from railway facilities. and
then be able to secure only wheat
lands. when Nebraska, with six thous-
and miles of railroad and a splendid
live stock and grain market within
her borders, offers without hardship
and at a reasonable price land that
will rot only produce wheat far excel
ing the average, but will produce in
abundance every other crop that
grows in the temperate zone.
Nebraska wheat lands will produce
vastly more wheat to the acre than
the wheat lands of the Canadian
northwest, and in addition will grow
richer every year by the proper TO.
tation Of crops and produce album
dainty of corn, oats, rye, barley, al
falfa,5 speltz, broom corn and sugar
beets. Nebraska's crop averages are
the highest of any state in the union.
Compared with productivity, %nearness
to market. railroad facilities and ev-
erything else that goes to make life
worth living, Nebraska farm lands ar
selling at a lower price than tillable
land is selling anywhere else on the
North American continent.
The possibilities of Nebraska soil
are beyond estimate. Already it pro-.
duces more corn to the acre than
any other state, and more wheat to
the acre than Any other state. In
t~ensiye cultivation will add immeas-
ureably to the yield. Eighty acres of
corn land in Nebraska are not only
more profitable than five times that
many acres of wheat land in Man
itoba or Alberta, but easier cultiya-
ted and surrounded by an infinite
greater number of the comforts of
life. And, too, the eighty acres q, of
Nebraska corn land are no harder to
secure thar the two or three hun
dred acres of wheat land in chilly
Canada.
If you want to locate in a state
upon land that will produce more of
everything than land in any other
state; if you want to locate in a
state blessed by superior educational
facilities; if you want to locate in
a state where the energy of the
husbandman is rewarded bountifully;
if you want to locate in a state where
ambition may find its full fruition;
if you want TO locate in a state where
the climate is superb and the death
rate the smallest of any state in
the union; if you want to locate in a
state where you can begin withpracti-
cally nothing and build a comfortable
fortune upon the yield of the soil
if you want to locate in such a state
as this, come to Nebraska.
There is only one trouble about
properly advertising the glories of
this great young state-the truth is
like fiction hat is difficult to make !
the world believe. But the facts and
the figures are at hand to prove ev-
cry claim advanced for Nebraska. TIL
Bureau of labor and Industrial statis-
tics will be glad to submit them to
you. To those who contemplate leay-
ing Nebraska in response to the
glittering allurements of the north
vests promoters we offer the advice
given by the elder, Mr.. Weller to his