T.33. Ponca creek runs through from west to east; its valley and the valleys of the Missouri and Niobrara occupy about one-half of the township; quite sandy, but fertile and irrigable; rest very rolling; clay soil, fertile.

T.32. Valley of the Niobrara, about one mile in width, rather sandy, very fertile, irrigable; north of valley, quite rolling, but mostly tillable, fertile; south of valley, gently undulating, fertile table, mostly heavy soil.

T. 31. Gently undulating, fertile prairie land.

T.30. About three-fourths tillable, fertile, but interspersed with rough, sandy tracts.

T. 29. A little rough in northwest corner along creek; rest gently rolling, fertile.

Range 7.

T. 33. Mostly Missouri and Ponca valleys; sandy, but fertile.

T.32. About one-half in valley; rest rough, but mostly tillable; heavy clay land.

T. 31. A little in northeast in Niobrara valley, very fertile, irrigable; south half good, undulating, fertile land; rest very sandy.

T.30. Valleys of Verdigris creeks quite narrow,but fertile, irrigable; rest undulating, fertile soil, interspersed with spots of poor, rather sandy soil.

T. 29. Valley of Verdigris quite narrow; sandy, but fertile; north third undulating, fertile prairie; some rough land along the creeks; rest rolling, fertile.

Range 6.

T. 32. About one-third in Missouri and Niobrara valleys, very fertile, irrigable; rest mostly rough and poor soil.

T.31. Very rolling, fertile, mostly tillable.

T. 30. North half very rolling, but fertile, mostly tillable; south half undulating, fertile land.

T. 29. Some rough land in west quarter; rest gently undulating, fertile land.

Range 5.

T. 33. About one-half in Missouri valley, rich, alluvial soil; rest quite rolling, but fertile.

T. 32. Quite rolling, but fertile; about one-third too rough to till.

T. 31. Quite rolling, but fertile; about one-third too rough to till.

T. 30. South third rolling, fertile; rest quite rolling, but about two-thirds tillable.

T. 29. All very fertile, gently rolling prairie land.

Range 4.

T. 33. About one-half in Missouri valley, rich, fertile; rest rough, but fertile.

T. 32. Quite rolling, fertile, mostly tillable.

T. 31. Quite rolling, fairly fertile, mostly tillable.

T. 30. Quite rolling, fertile, mostly tillable.

T. 29. Rolling, fertile prairie land.

Range 3.

T. 33. About one-half in Missouri valley, rich, fertile; rest very rough.

Tillable, 75 per cent; surface soil, dark, sandy loam; subsoil, porous clay.

Untillable, 25 per cent; mostly on account of roughness along streams; some of it very sandy, mostly good grazing.

Wells-At least three artesian wells, from 500 to 700 feet deep; rest from 10 to 100 feet deep, partly underflow, but mostly veins; supply abundant; numerous springs.

Alfalfa has been sown to a limited extent and succeeds well.

Sugar beets succeed well.

T. 12. Quite rough about heads of Oak creek, in northwest corner; Oak creek valley and the valleys of its two branches are from one-half mile to two miles in width, very smooth, fertile, and irrigable; rest rolling and fertile, except a few gravelly spots.

T. 11. Northwest ninth very rolling; rest very rolling, except creek valleys, which are smooth; all fertile.

T. 10. Middle creek valley, about one-half mile wide, very smooth, irrigable; about two sections near southwest, a few gravelly points; rest gently rolling, fertile; small salt basin in southwest quarter of section 25.

T. 9.

T. 8.

Salt flats in sections 13 and 14; a good many gravel points in west and northwest; rest quite rolling, but fertile.

Some gravelly points in west and northwest; rough along head branches of Salt creek; some smooth bottoms along the creeks; rest rolling, fertile prairie.

T. 7. Somewhat rolling in north third; rest undulating; all fertile.

T. 12.
T. 11.

T. 10.

Range 6.

Rolling, fertile land, interspersed here and there with gravelly points.
West half consists of Oak creek valley and second bottom, except a very little rough land
on west; rest rolling; all fertile.

Four sections in northwest fine, smooth slope; twelve sections in northeast rolling, fertile,
with a few small gravel spots; part of city of Lincoln in southeast quarter; Burlington
Beach lake in sections 15, 16, 20, 21, and 22; Middle creek valley, about one mile wide,
smooth, fertile; rest of southeast quarter rolling, fertile.

T. 9. West third rolling, fertile prairie; rest consists of undulating, fertile prairie and valley of Salt creek, fertile.

T. 8.

Southeast quarter, undulating, fertile, includes valley of West Salt creek; rest rolling, fertile prairie.

North third rolling, fertile, with a few gravelly points; rest gently undulating table land.

Range 7.

T. 12. Northwest half very rolling, but fertile; southeast half rolling; valleys of Rock and Gas creeks, about one-half mile wide, very fertile, irrigable.

T. 11.

All quite rolling and all fertile, except a few gravel points in northwest.

T. 10. Southeast quarter rolling, fertile prairie; northeast sixth undulating slope; rest mostly occupied with suburbs of Lincoln.