TBS AXUAIfCS (KEBEA5XA) HERALD
Thnrtdaj, April 17, 1911
SPRINGING SOME SURPRISES: .
FACTS FROM OfflCIAL RECORDS
Every Part of Nebraska "Great" as Shown by Official Report Com
piled fron All of the Ninety-three Counties
Potato Shipments for 1918
pound mor la four years than the
average acre to the whole state, or
27 pounAs more per ysar.
' Home Thing to lie l'onslderd
It's aa plain at the noae on a man'a
face that if crops can be grown la
eastern Nebraska at a profit, they
ran be rown at a greater profit in
the west end. .This Is made more
emphatic when-we take lato, consid
eration a few other things that en
ter Into the cost of production. In
terest on the investment (price of
the land) must be figured, as one
Item of ihe cost of production. In
eastern Nebraska this Is from two
to fen times what It Is in Box Butte
and adjoining counties. Tax on the
land, per acre, Is much less In the
wefit, only a small part of what It is
farther east.
An important factor that should
not be overlooked Is the larger
amount of land that can be planted,
cultivated an dharvested, at a given
expense, in a country where there is.
seldom excessive rain and where the
soil is of such texture as to permit
being worked soon after even a
heavy rain. While I have no figures
at hand to prove the ppint, it is my
opinion, after a careful study of crop
statistics and years of observation,
that more bushels of grain can be
grown with a given amount of la
bor, one year with another, in west
ern Nebraska than in either eastern
Nebraska, Iowa or Illinois, or my
state farther east; and I might say
any other state either east or-west.
In speaking of western Nebraska
In this connection, reference Is
made to unlrrlgated or so -called
"dry" farming. Of course, it takes
more labor and expense to grow u
crop on irrigated land; but tne inj
ures given above are for crops with
out irrigation.
1et'n Take a Intok at Spii.U
In the foregoing comparisons,
nothing has been said in regard to
potatoes, one of Nebraska's , staple
crops, which in total value excda
either barley or rye and bids fair to
some time exceed spring wheat and
possibly oats.
The average yield of potatoes for
the four-year period of 1915-16-17-18
was 94. S bushels per acre for the
state as a whole and 114.3 for Box
Butte county, a difference of 19.8
bushels In favor of western Nebras
ka. By Including potatoes ' with the
other principal crops that are meas
ured In bushels, we find that one
arre of each (seven acres of aTO
yielded In the four years 88.8 bush
els more than the average for the
slate, or a yearly average of 3.2
bushels per acre in favor of Box
Butte county over the state as a
whole.
- A Home Market
The best of all 'markets Is a good
home market. For potatoes west
ern Nebraska must depend upon oth
er parts. of the country for a mar-
n lrv. Box Butte one-tenth of P " usuany lower man
bushel less than state. I ln tern Nebraska, but the super-
v-ru. Ba Butte 2.7 bushels less ,or quality of the potatoes grown
than stste. I w,thout Irrigation in western Ne-
s x crops above mentioned com-; u lumiPii wnu mm-u
blind, cne acre of each. Box Uutle
(By John W. Thomas)
Here are iom more surprises for
Ncbraskans who are not thoroly ac
quainted with their atate, and the
beau'y of it is that these surprises
are on a foundation of facta that can
be easily verified - from official rec
ords. '
Those of ua who .hare been accus
tomed to apeak In a; of ''the 'great
Kate or Nebraska", with a 'mental
reservation mat tne greatness ap
plied to only a part of tha state, al
h poMlbly a Urge part, can con-erl'-nt
loudly cast such mental reser
vations' to the winda when we get at
the actual facta which I am digging
up for the benefit of readers of The
Herald.
Former Figure for IBIS
In the Special Semi-Monthly edi
tions of The Herald already Issued,
1 have given some figures from of
fil ial recorda relative to crops and
live stock, comparing the western
part of the atate with the eastern
pxrt or with statistics covering the
ii!e as a whole.
It is commonly known, far and
mar, that eastern Nebraska is one of
the bent countries that the aun shines
i.n : whnt I want people to learn is
thrt western Nebraska Ms, too. And
it absolutely Is. If you want more
and n ore of the facts, continue to
nod The Alliance Herald and you
will gei them.
1'eople will say some people will
that 1918 was an exceptional
yenr. that while a bad year for east-J
ei ii N braska it waa a good year for
the western part of the state. Iet
u see. Since writing up the statis
tics for last year, I have secured the
official reports of the Nebraska State
Board of Agriculture for the years
191S-lf.-17 as well as 1918.
Tor the purpose of comparison,
without making the story too long
and the work of compiling too heavy,
I have aken one western county
(Pox Butte) to compare the average
yl Id per acre for the four-year perl
od wl'h the average for the state as
a whole. Thla shows that not only
was the'average yield per acre great
er lnt year In the west end of the
Kiiite than In the east, but the aver-
.. for he four years combined was
In excess of the average for the
whole state for th,e same time.
I onr-Year Period. 10I5-NM7-18
I'll.. limiting fractions less than
nno-tenth. we have the following re
sult of the comparison of Una Butte
county with the whole state for the
four years combined:
Winter wheat, average yield per
acre In "Box Butte county was 2.8
hu.-'hela larger than In the state as a
ir ir.
Hiring wheat, average for Box
Tte, three-fifths of a bushel inoYe
than for' the atate. ,
Oats, Box Butte one-fifth of a
bush-l Irss than for state. -rtye,
Box Butte two bushels more
thin state.
Washington, D. C. The following report la by the Bureau of Market!
and shows estimated yield of potatoes by atatea for the 13 principal late
potato producing atatea la carlota of 700 bushels, total cara shipped thla
season to February ti Inclusive compared with shipments to aame date last
season and the total carlot shipments from same states for last season:
Nc.w York ...
Pennsylvania .
Ohio
Michigan . . . .
Wisconsin . . .
Minnesota . . .
North Dakota.
Nebraska . . . .
Montana
Colorado
Oregon
Washington
Official Estimate of Carloads ahlpped Total Carlot
Production expressed to February 24th Shipments
la carlots of 700 Bu. Inclusive. for season.
1911. 1117. .1111. 117. 1917.
32,000 28,923 11,087 9.072 .14,794 1
49,942 64.28C 7.552 7.399 10.110
34,857 ' 42,189 1.530 2.869; 3,717
18.771 22,167 101 293 414
40,800 51.300 6,660 4.932 9,431
47,342 . 49.997 14,182 8,951 13,815
46,800 - 48,000 17,888 11,852 16,476
12.72S . . S.6$ ' 1,698 349 433
14,865 17,850 3,100 1,754 1,995
10,028 7,735 335 219 355
12,780 13.300 10,201 8,075 12,461
7,857 . 11.571 620 1,264 1,902
12,257 "14.107 11,228 1,900 2,696
388,027 367,649 75,082 68,929 88,599
Nine of the above states have shipped 19,100 more cars up to Febru
ary 25 than were shipped from the same states to the same date last year,
and four of the above states shipped 2,947 cars less to February 25 than
were shipped from tbVeamo states to the same date last year, showing a
net Increase for the 13 states to February 25 of 16,163 cars and the same
states hax shipped only 13, Sircars less to February 25 than for the en
tire aeason of 191T. T . ' '
Born Before His Mother.
A celebrated' not re Invariably
Claimed to be eighteen years younger j
than she really wan. She. was called
to the witness atnnd one day, and
even there he did not break her rule.
It happened that her son wok called
Immediately afterward, nml on being
asked his age he replied : "Six months
older than , my mother." Boston
Transcript,
WHEN YOU SUFFER
WANT TO BUY LAND "
We have custodiers for fifty quarter-sections
of Box Butte County
land. If you have land in Box Butte
county to sell, tall at our offlre at
once. THOMAS BAI.D INVKST-
MKNT 'COMPANY, Alliance National
Hank Building, Alliance.
Almost any man will tell you
that Sloan's Liniment
means relief
Cleaning With Gasoline.
Unless the whole garment la placed
In gasoline, the small places will show
rings when cleaned. This' is caused
by using ton n-.tirh gasoline on the
grease spot. Binsti lightly with o
cloth dampened with life gasoline.
brush when dry.'. If the ring are then
noticeable hold the soiled part over
the steam of n teakettle, and this will
remove the unsightly blotch.
Happiest Man in '
State, He Says
Farmer Now Kata Tilings He Hadn't
Touched Before In Nine
. Years
v unty nrodueed 2.4 bushels more
annually. than the slate as, a whole,
or a yrarly average per single acre
of two tifl ha of a bushel. Heduced
to pounds, we find that an acre of
land in Jlox Butte - produced 108
111 ufORTANT
FACTOR IN
aims
SHOE EXPENSE
"Many months of comfort at little
cx;x-tise" U the way Charles A. Pear-,
son of San Diego, California, sums up
hU c tpenence with Neolin Soles. Mr.
Pearson had two pairs of shoes re
soled with Neolin Soles, and after
wearing them for twenty months
writes " I will have to get new shoes
sometime, but so far as the soles are
concerned, that time seems as far
distant ai when they were new.",)
This is typical of the experience
millions are having with Neolin Soles.
Created by Science to be durable,
flexible and waterproof, these soles
are m important factor in cutting
shoe expense. You can get them on
new shoes for the wfhole family,' and -for
re-sohng. They are made by The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron.
Ohio, who also make Wing loot Heels
guaranteed to outwear aO other heels.
they can be grown more than make
up for the difference 1n price.
As for corn, there Is no necessity
for shipping a single bushel out of
western Nebraska., In the heart of
one of the best cattle producing
eountries'on earth, and with the hog
i Industry Increasing year by year, .ev
ery bushel of corn raised can be feu
at home; and the same will probably
be true soon In regard to rye, barley
and oats.
Theonly drawback to the potato
Indus-try in northwestern Nebraska
's the occasional low price; but steps
ire being taken and conditions are
being brot about that will tend to
stabilize the price. With a fair to
good prices more profit can be made
by growing spuds in Box Butte and
adjoining counties, without irriga
tion, than on any grain grown in the
state. A potato flour mill or fac
tory is being planned for Box Butte
county In the near future. With
such a factory, the surplus crop ran
be taken up at a fair price in -years
when there is an over-production.
Also, a denatured alcohol factory la
being contemplated. Such a factory
would use 'up the culls and damaged
IK) ta toes, which now go to market
thus reducing the grade and the
price, or else are thrown out as
waste. Fven without the denatured
aleohol factory, the potato flour fac
tory can use the small potatoas as
well as the large, and thereby en
hance the price of those that are sold
on the market,
For practically every man has used
k who has suiTcred I rom rheumatic
aches, soreness of muscles, stiffness of
joints, the results of weather exposure.
Women, too, by (Tie hundreds of
thousands, use it for relieving neuritis,
lame backs, neuralgia, sick headache.
Clean, refreshing, soothing, economical,
quickly effective. Say "Sloan's Lini
ment to your druggist. Get it today.
MONUMENTS
4f
No Sense I" It.
"I don't see any sense in doctors be-'
Of sick," sold little Elizabeth, "'cause
fcey're right around with themselves
11 the time." Medical Journal.
BEAUTIFUL and ARTISTIC
GRANITE MONUMENTS'
bring memories of loved ones gone before.
THOSE IN YOUR COMMUNITY which attract your at
tention by their beauty and artistic appearance
are usually built and engraved by that well known
firm, the
Paine-Fishburn
Granite Co.
Grand Island, Nebraska
They ship the monument for you and erect it, all expens
es being included in the purchase price. Corre
spondence solicited.
If you have something: that you
wlh to dispose of that will be of
use to othr people an ad un
der the FOR SALES or MISCKl
LANKOUS heading- will do the bis.
Hotel-Fonteiae
lie
Jjp
OMAHA ,
Built By Nebraskans
:For Nebraskans
makh THE FONTKNELLE YOUR
HEADQUARTERS THEN IN OMAHA.
UNFAILING COURTESY aJfD SERVICE
SEEM TO MERIT YOUR FATRONAOB
330 ROOMS-330 BATHS
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3
I two raasoMs
MsnAftrntrt H.
"I had about given up all hopes
of ever being a well man again, but
since taking a few bottles ot Tanlac
I am enjoying as good health as I
ever did In my life, andtiave gained
twenty-five pounds In weight," -said
Raymond E. Latham, a well known
farmer who lives at Manito, III.,
while In Peoria the other day. .
"A man never appreciates good
hearth until he loses It." said Mr.
Latham, "at least' 1 dlun't. Up to
the time my health failed me about
nine years ago. I didn't know what
It. was to be sick. I had a fine ap
petite all the time, and when we
came In from the corn fields at meal
time, I could eat big, hearty meals
and enjoy them. X Just want to say
in this connection that we always be
lieved In having plenty of the sub
stantial kind of food that keeps a
man In condition to do the work on
a farm, and when I reached the
point where I didn't feel like eating
that kind of a meal I knew that
something was wrong. I discovered
a little later that my stomach was in
bad shape, and In a short time after
I ate a little, I would have sour
stomach. Then I would be bloated
up with gas for two or three hours
after every meal. Thla condition
kept on getting worse until I began
tb have attacks of acute Indigestion,
and was told that these attacks were
liable to'klll me any day. I finally
got ao weak and rundown that I was
hardly able to do any work at all. I
would have gladly given every dol
lar I possessed to get back my health,
but nothing I did seemed to help
me. '
. "Nearly every day I would read in
the papers about Tanlac, and I per
sonally knew some f the folks that
were giving these statements, so I
decided to give Tanlac a trial my
self. Well, sir, ln little or no time
I began to want to eat. My appe
tite came back in full force, and I
waa the happiest man in the state of
Illinois when I found my food was
agreeing with me. I was soon eat
nlg just the same things, and as
much of them, as I did nine years
ago before I lost my health, and I
have kept it up ever since. I am In
as good health now as I ever was In
my life, and there isn't a man on
farm that can do more hard
work iu a da than I can. I am
never bothered with Indigestion i or
gas on my stomach, and in fart I am
entirely free from all my troubles.
You can't name a price that I would
consider, even for a second, for the
good Tanlac has done me. I am
well and strong now, and that is
Just the reason why I want to tell
the world about Tanlac and all It
has done for me."
Tanlac is sold ln Alliance by F. E
Holsten, In Hemlngford by Heming
ford Merc. Co., and ln Hoffiand by
GLEAN
UP
;FIX UP
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID
4I like to see a man proud
of the place he. lives in"
Economy as well as pride
say: "Clean Up and Fix
Up and Keep it Up
GET BUSY.
USE THE RAKE.
SWAT THE FLY.
DON'T KNOCK.
FLANT FLOWERS.
RAKE THE YARD.
BURN THE RUBBISH.
PLAN A GARDEN.
AND HOE THE GARDEN.
,W' .
GO AFTER THE GARBAGE.
LET US SUPPLY THE. TOOLS
Mallery Grocery Co.