Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-01-26
PUBLISH BRIEF
AND TERSE FACTS
ABOUT NEBRASKA
New Bulletin by State Uni
versity Issued on Resources
And Industries in Con-
crete, Useful Form.

Nebraska Resources and Indus
tries" is the subject of a bulletin
soon to be ready for distribution,
which is published by the state
conservation and welfare commits
sion and the conservation and soil
survey department of the Universi-
ty of Nebraska. The volume has
lis pages and is the second of its
kind to be published in this state.
Its purpose is ito set forth NUM-
Der of fundamental facts in as short
a space as possible and in man
ner that will insure their usefulness
to the readers"
Articles have been contributed by
DR.. G. Z. Condra, George A. Love
land, Prof. R. J. Pool, F. H. Shoe
maker, w. w. Burr, R. P. Craw-
ford, Esther S. Anderson. R. F.
Howard, G. S. Hawk, G. E. John
son, Howard Gramlich. ]. H. Frand-
son, Governor McKelvie, Jess D.
Whitmore, William Thomas Brad
street, +: f. Mussehl, Frank G.
| Odell, Frank I. Ringer, H. G. Tay-
lor, H. c. Filley, r. E. Madison
and R. A. Fullmer.
The subject matter is handled un-
der these heads: Soil resources and
regions, climate, mineral resources
and industries, water resources; wild
life resources, wild grass, wild fruits,
fish. game, fur-bearing animals; ag-
ricultural Nebraska, the corn indus
|try, wheat industry, alfalfa in Ne
braska, the beet sugar industry, pc.
tatoes in Nebraska; horticultural re.
sources, dry farming, irrigation ii
Nebraska, beef cattle industry, dairy
industry, swine industry, sheep in.
dustry, horse industry, poultry in
dustry, bees in Nebraska; manufac
lures, transportation, communication
and markets; railroads and interur
bans; marketing agricultural prod
ucts; the telephone industry; edu
cation in Nebraska, educational facil
tiles, vocational education, the Uni
versity Of Nebraska, the state fair
forest resources; some Nebrask;
facts.
For Wide Circulation.
| An index makes the book con
venient for use. The breath of in
terests developed within its cover
will cause this bulletin to have wild
circulation in business offices, in til
home and in the school.
To show the terse and interesting
features of the book, some of tn
facts given under the head of "Ne
traska Facts" at the end of the vol
ume are quoted briefly: .
"The area of the state, about H.
$40 square miles, is greater than tn
New England states.
"Cherry county is larger tina
either Rhode Island or Connect
cut. ..
The state slopes eastward an
southwestward from an elevation c
5,340 feet to $40 feet above sea leve
| THE sand hill region is grea
cattle country.
Nebraska has "a distinct layers {
, stone, and large deposits of volcani
ash, building sand and clay.
"Sand is shipped from Nebrask
. to Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.
"The state has several water
powers and more than 800 artesia
= wells.
, Nebraska ranks first in potas
production in the United States.
l Between 3 and 4 per cent of M
l braska is forested.
; "There are AT species of bird
t 100 species of mammals and z
, kinds of grass in Nebraska.
Nebraska has 80 Kinds of soil.
"About 100000 pounds of be
sugar are produced annually in N
braska.
e NEBRASKA produces more beef p'
= capita than any other state.
"The state has two of the world
: largest horse markets, at Graz
\ Island and Omaha.
: Nebraska leads in the per CAPT
n production of agricultural product
! agricultural products of N
Il braska for 1918 were valued at abo
= 81, 000,000O00.
:. "The manufactured products
y Nebraska factories have an annu
: value of about 00,000,000
"There are more telephones in N
braska than in Great Britain" q