T. S. North half rough and somewhat sandy; south half fine rolling prairie.

T. 7. West half rough but fertile; east half smooth rolling prairie.,
T. 6. Southwest part rough and sandy; the rest fine fertile prairie.
T. 5. Somewhat rough along the Little Blue river; rest fine prairie.

T. 8.

All undulating, good land.

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Irrigation reservoir surveyed in center.

T. 7. All smooth fertile land, except a little along Thirty-two Mile creek.
T. 6. All rolling; some sandy land along bluffs of Little Blue.

T. 5. Quite rolling, but fertile, except along banks of Little Blue.

Tillable land, 94 per cent; surface soil, dark sandy loam, from one and a half to two and a half feet in depth; subsoil, friable clay for from six inches to several feet in depth, and then silt clay to underflow of water.

The southern part of the county is traversed by the Little Blue river, the valley of which can be all irrigated from that stream.

An irrigation reservoir has been surveyed in the northern part of the county, to be fed from the Platte river, which, if constructed, will make it possible to irrigate a large part of the county.

Fruit-Cherres, plums, apples, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
Timber-Ash, elm, black walnut, hackberry, sycamore, and honey locust.

Alfalfa and sugar beets both succeed well in county.

T. 28. One-third untillable, from northeast corner four miles west, broken sandstone cliffs; rest

rolling, but mostly fertile; surface soil, clay loam; some natural timber.

T. 27. Undulating, fertile prairie; surface soil, elay loam; some sandy spots.

T. 26. Southwest one-twelfth sandy; rest rolling, fertile prairie.

T. 25. Northwest half very sandy; rest rolling, fertile, and well watered.

T. 24. Seven-eighths rolling prairie; fertile clay loam; one-eighth rolling, very sandy.

T. 23. Northeast one-sixth rolling and sandy; rest rolling upland, clay loam, fertile.

Range 7.

North half very broken, but fertile and well watered; south half rolling, fertile prairie. Near the middle of township one-sixth sandy and broken; rest high, rolling upland, fertile.

T. 28.

T. 27.

T. 26.

Slightly rolling; all fertile.

T. 25.

Elkhorn runs through northeast; all north of river, fertile valley; south of valley, rough and sandy.

T. 24.

East half undulating, fertile upland; west half undulating and sandy.

T. 27. High, undulating prairie, mostly fertile.

One sixth, from southeast to northwest, high and sandy; the rest undulating, fertile clay soil.

T. 25. Elkhorn valley passes through from west to southeast; all north, rolling, fertile prairie; south of valley, very sandy.

T. 24.

T. 23.

The northwestern two sections sandy; the rest rolling and fertile.
All fertile, rolling prairie.

Range 5.

T. 28. Fertile, undulating prairie.

T. 27. High, undulating, fertile land.

T. 26. All undulating, fertile land, except about one-fourth south-southwest, which is sandy and broken.

T. 24. North half Elkhorn valley; the rest high, rolling, fertile prairie.

T. 23. High, undulating, well watered; all fertile.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Tillable land, five-sixths of county; surface soil mostly dark loam, from two to six feet deep; yellow marl clay to a great depth. Elkhorn valley, running northwesterly through the county, averages four miles in width; all very fertile; well timbered; can all be irrigated from river; average width of river, nine rods.

Untillable land, one-sixth of county; some too broken and stony, but good soil; rest too sandy; all good grazing and much good hay land.

Wells, 7 to 137 feet in depth; supply of water abundant and pure.
Small fruits, plums, grapes, and apples grow well in county.

Timber-Ash, walnut, maple, oak, and box elder.

FLOUR MILLS.

Oakdale Mills, De Witt & Todd, Oakdale.

Neligh Mills, Henry Griffiths, Neligh.
Clearwater Mills, G. H. McGee, Clearwater.
Verdigris Mills, Julius Hening, Jessup.
Savage Mills, Martin Mertz, Savage.

CREAMERIES.

Neligh Co-operative, F. M. Horesh, Neligh.
Savage Co-operative, Chas. Johnson, Savage.