T. 5.

Valley of Little Blue, about one and one-half miles wide, fertile, irrigable; rest gently rolling, fertile.

T. 5.

Valley of Little Blue, on southwest, fertile, irrigable; rest smooth, fertile.

T. 7.

T. 6.

A little broken along banks of School creek; rest rolling, fertile.
Rolling, fertile.

Tillable land, about 95 per cent; surface soil, dark, sandy loam; subsoil, clay, friable. Untillable land, about 5 per cent; a few lagoons, and some rough along streams; all good pasture land.

Valley land, only the valley of the Little Blue.

Wells, from 30 to 110 feet deep; supply inexhaustible.

Timber Adapted to the County-Maple, ash, box elder, black walnut, cottonwood, etc.
Fruits-Apples, Plums, hardy peaches, and all varieties of small fruits common to the state.
Estimated number of acres under cultivation to be three-fourths of the area.

FACTORIES AND MILLS.

Spring Ranch Mill, Spring Ranch.

Clay Center Mill, Orr Bros., Clay Center.

Fairfield Roller Mill, E. E. Dinsmore, Fairfield.

Sutton Creamery, J. C. Merrill, Sutton.

Canning factory, John Glazier, Edgar.

T. 20. Maple creek valley and branches, comprising three-fourths of a mile wide and seven miles long, fertile, irrigable; rest rolling, fertile land.

T. 19. Taylor creek valley, in south, one-fourth of a mile wide and three miles long, fertile, irrigable; north half gently undulating, fertile; rest of south half quite rolling, but tillable.

T. 18. Shell creek valley, from west to east, three-fourths of a mile wide, fertile, irrigable; Taylor creek valley, one-half mile wide, four miles long, also fertile, irrigable; north bluffs of Shell creek valley rough; rest of north half quite rolling, fertile; south third undulating, fertile.

T. 17. North half rolling, fertile; south half, in Platte valley, all fertile, except a little sand along river, all irrigable.

Range 3.

T. 20. Middle Maple creek valley, three-fourths of a mile wide, eight miles long, very fertile, irrigable; rest rolling, fertile.

T. 19. Two branches of Maple creek valley, one-half mile wide, eleven miles long, fertile, irrigable; rest rolling, fertile.

T. 18. Branch of Maple creek valley, three-fourths of a mile wide, five miles long, and Shell creek valley, one mile wide and five miles long, both fertile, irrigable; rest quite rolling along Shell creek; remainder undulating; all fertile.

T. 17. About two sections in northwest rolling, fertile; rest in Platte valley, fertile, irrigable.

Range 4.

T. 20. East branch of Maple creek valley, three-fourths of a mile wide, seven miles long, fertile, irrigable; rest rolling, but tillable.

T. 19. Maple creek valleys, one mile wide, ten miles long, fertile, irrigable; rest rolling, fertile.

T. 18. Maple creek valleys, one mile wide, fourteen miles long, fertile, irrigable; about eight sections in south in Platte valley, good land, irrigable; rest gently rolling, fertile.

T. 17. All in Platte valley, fertile, irrigable. '

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Tillable, 95 per cent; surface soil, dark, clayey loam on upland, subsoil, clay; Platte valley, surface soil, dark, sandy loam, subsoil sand.

Untillable, 5 per cent, principally on account of roughness along creeks.

Wells, upland, 15 to 75 feet deep; Platte valley, 5 to 30 feet; vein supply; good.

FACTORIES AND MILLS.

Schulyer Roller Mill; managers, Wells & Nieman, Schuyler.
Howells Milling Co.; manager, T. J. Heusbesky, Howells.
Shell Creek Mill; manager, Stephen Dworak, Schuyler.

T. 23. North half sandy, but fertile; south half, fine rolling prairie.

T. 24. Rolling, fertile; very rich in Plum creek valley.

T. 23. North two-thirds very rich, undulating; rest fertile, but rough along bluffs of the Elkhorn.

T. 22.

T. 21.

Southwest quarter level, rich land; rest somewhat rough, but fertile.
West half level and fertile; northeast corner, sand; rest rolling, good.

T. 22. This, like the rest of the county, is undulating, rich prairie.

T. 21. Northwest quarter somewhat sandy; rest undulating and rich.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION.

Tillable land, 95 per cent; surface soil, dark loam; subsoil, clay.

Untillable, about 5 per cent, only on account of roughness. Such land is mostly good for

pasture.

Elkhorn valley, about one and one-half miles wide, very rich, black, vegetable loam; all irri

gable.

Wells, in upland from 40 to 120 feet deep; in valleys, from 10 to 25 feet deep; water supply from veins, but usually abundant.