The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1910-07-29
NEBRASKA
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE STATE THAT NEBRASkANS
SHOULD SCATTER BROADCAST OVER THE WORLD
Issued by the Nebraska Bureau Of Labor and Industrial Statistics

ners OF the earth by NebraskanS VINO
want to have part in the great work
of developing Nebraska.
Mark this copy of your paper and
send it to some friend in the east whom
you may be able to interest in the pos
sibi1ities Of Nebraska. The Bureau of
Labor and Industrial Statistics will
cheerfully send its bulletins of crops
anu manufactures to any one whom
you may designate. -
Let US all Join together III the great
work of boosting Nebraska.
Here are some concrete facts about
Nebraska that should be made known
to all men:
The extreme length of Nebraska,
east and west, is AS miles; the ex-
treme breadth, north and south is 205
miles.
The gross area of Nebraska in square
miles is 1850. The gross acreage is
49,6O6, 400.
The cultivated acreage in 1909 was
than one-third the total area Of the
state.
On this 100000 acres there was
produced in 1909 the following crops:
Corn, 169,179,1 1877 bushels; market
value $9s, 123, s71.
Wheat, 50,313, 500 bushels; market
value $45 ,234.
Oats, 59,653,479 bushels; market val
ne $23, 1861, 389. ~ az
Barley, 2,s20,632 bushels; market val
ue $1,269,277.
Rye, 1,227,a3 bushels; market value
$780, 99.
Alfalfa, 1911, 77o tons; market value
$17,745,93O.
Tame hay, 2,647,s39 tons; market
value $21, 1s2,712.
Potatoes, 7,3S6,497 bushels; market
value $500 2O2.
No account is made of miscellaneous
crops, such as speltz, millet, sorghum
cane, sugar beets, kaffr corn, onions,
general garden truck, ETC., which would
add many millions more to the total
production.
LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE
ACREAGE THAT MAY PROFIT
ABLY BE CULTIVATED IN NE
BRASKA IS BEING CULTIVATED
AT THE PRESENT TIME.
From the pasture lands and the grain
feed raised in Nebraska was produced
$35,000,000 pounds of butter, $1s,00O,
600 worth of eggs, and $4O,OOO,O0O
worth of poultry.
From these pastures and grain fields
Nebraska produced and shipped to
market 1,11S,51S beef cattle; 2,SO7 500
hogs; 1924 horses ana mules, and 554.-
sos sheep. The total value Of the sur
plus shipments of live stock exceeded
$120,0OO,OOO.
The total products of Nebraska in
1909-agricultura1 live stock, dairying,
manufacturing, ETC., exceeded $64O, OOO,-
OOO-an average of approximately $500
for each man, woman and child. No
other state in the Union made such
showing.
Dairy farming in Nebraska is in
its infancy, yet Nebraska is today one
of the leading producers Of daily pro-
ducts, and is forging ahead by leaps
and bounds. The inducements offered
to dairy farmers by Nebraska are be-
yond computation
Taking into consideration fertility of
soil, healthfulness of climate, access to
market and surrounding creature COM
forts and advantages, land in Nebraska,
improved and unimproved, is to be
had more cheaply and on better terms
than anywhere else in the republic.
! Fifteen million acres of fertile land
await the activity of husbandmen. Ne
braska with population of less than
! million and half produces more
than is produced and purchased by
Japan, nation of 35,OO0,00O people.
Nebraska offers greater inducements
to homeseekers than any other state
in the Union-greater than any other
similar area in the whole wide world
Mark this copy of your local paper
and send it to some one in the east
who may be looking about for new
location. Let us all work together for
the building up and development Of
Nebraska!