Holstein Herd, W. W. Condon, Humphrey, Nebr.

rapidly becoming settled up by men who are prospering in the dairy and live stock business. A sample of the prosperity that is coming to central Nebraska by reason of the dairy development is to be found in Garfield county. Garfield county is on the edge of the "sandhill region," and even a majority of Nebraskans still hold to the notion that it is well nigh worthless for any other purpose than cattle raising. Burwell is the only railroad town in the county. From Burwell during the first eight months of 1917 more than $130,000 worth of cream and eggs were shipped to Omaha and Lincoln. In 1916 Garfield county produced $396,000 worth of beef cattle, $83,000 worth of hogs, 401,000 bushels of corn, and 60,000 bushels of wheat. This county is mentioned specifically because it is a fair index of the other counties mentioned. The land which produced these crops is no better than idle and unimproved land in the county that may be purchased today at from $15 to $30 an acre, on good terms. What is true of Garfield county is true of a score of other counties in Nebraska.

     You cannot get land for nothing in Nebraska. You cannot buy unimproved land in Nebraska and make money by remaining idle - not unless you have plenty of money and buy the land for speculation. In other words, you have to work Nebraska land if you expect to live upon it and make a living therefrom. What others have done, and are doing, you can do with equal energy and intelligent application.

     The matter of buying a farm home is one to be carefully considered, especially by the man who has very little money to invest in the start, and who is depending upon the results of his toil for ultimate payment for that farm home. The very best thing to do is to visit the lands in question, talk with those who are already building homes in that section and investigate conditions for yourself. By all means do this if possible. But first write to some one in the section you have in mind. Every county seat town in Nebraska has its commercial organization. Write to the secretary of the Commercial Club, or to the county clerk, enclosing a stamped and self-addressed envelope for reply. Digest well all the answers to your letters - and then write to the Nebraska Bureau of Publicity, State House, Lincoln, for further and confidential information relative to the section you have in mind. Obviously it is impossible to write specifically of every locality in Nebraska where opportunities exist for homeseekers. To do so would mean the compilation of a huge volume. And if you have selected a section you like and want to pay it a personal visit, come to the office of the Bureau of Publicity at the state house, and confer personally with the director. It may be possible for him to lend you valuable assistance. Bear in mind that whatever service this department can render will be rendered without money and without price, and Lincoln is on your way to every section of western Nebraska if you come from the east.

Farmers Meeting Demonstration Train at St. Paul, Nebr.

     Nebraska wants industrious and intelligent men and women to settle upon and improve her vacant lands. She holds out golden opportunities to such. Prosperity awaits those who locate intelligently and work honestly. You will need very little money to get a start in central or western Nebraska. There are land owners here who are anxious to have the land about them cultivated and improved, because it will add to the remainder of their holdings. Such men will lend every possible assistance to men who can show themselves to be deserving of assistance.

      While this bureau is not interested in the sale of land, nor in boosting for any particular locality, it can with good conscience refer you to the colonization departments of two of Nebraska's great railway systems. If you desire to locate upon the Union Pacific, write to

Robert A. Smith,
Colonization and Industrial Agent,
Union Pacific System,
Omaha, Nebraska.

      If you desire to locate upon the line of the Burlington system, write to

S. B. Howard,
Land Commissioner Burlington Ry.,
Omaha, Nebraska.

      These gentlemen will be glad to send you literature and give you every possible assistance in your search for an opportunity to acquire cheaply a good farm home in Nebraska.

      In conclusion, the Director of the Nebraska Bureau of Publicity reiterates his desire to be of every possible assistance to you. If you desire statistics of agricultural or live stock production, or both, of any particular county in Nebraska, he will be glad to furnish them upon application. These statistics are returned to the Auditor of Public Accounts over the sworn affidavits of the county assessors who made the assessments.

      Address all communications to this department as follows:

WILL M. MAUPIN,
Director Nebraska Publicity Bureau,
Lincoln, Nebraska.