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   Burt has four male indigent and a 200-acre county farm, valued at $60,000. Tekamah is the county seat.

   York has five indigent, four males and one female. It has a 160-acre poor farm, valued at $50,000. York is the county seat.

   Cass County has fourteen indigent, twelve males and two females. It has a 120-acre county farm, valued at $60,000. Plattsmouth is the county seat. The home is modern and roomy.

   Greeley County has no county farm and but one indigent person, who is cared for in a hospital. Greeley is the county seat.

   Scotts Bluff County has no poor farm or building. Whenever there is need of assistance the county takes care of the cases by pension, or pays for their keep in private homes. Scottsbluff is the county seat.

   McPherson County has six partially indigent, three males and three females. This is one family which is only assisted, and is partially self-supporting. It has no poor farm. Tryon is the county seat.

   Clay County has one male and one female indigent. It has a 320-acre county farm, valued at $40,000. Clay Center is the county seat.

   Adams County has four male and one female indigent. It has a 320-acre poor farm, valued at $60,000. Hastings is the county seat.

   Sheridan County has neither county poor farm nor indigent. Rushville is the county seat, and Maud E. Gillispie is the county clerk.

   Brown County has no county poor farm or indigent. When occasion demands the poor are assted by the county. Ainsworth is the county seat.

   Loup County, Taylor the county seat, has no poor farm and no use for one, no indigent living in that county.

   Hayes County has neither indigent nor county poor farm. Hayes Center is the county seat.

   Knox Has None. Knox County has no county poor farm and no indigent. Center is the county seat.

   Nemaha County has seven indigent, six males and one female. It has a 160-acre poor farm, valued at $30,000. Auburn is the county seat.

   Sarpy County has two male indigent. It has a 60-acre poor farm, valued at $48,000. The indigent now being cared for have only been on the farm one year. Prior to that there were none for several years. Papillion is the county seat.

   Pierce County has two indigent males. It has a 200-acre poor farm, valued at $40,000. Pierce is the county seat.

   Stanton County has two male indigent and a 20-acre poor farm, valued at $12,000. Stanton is the county seat.

   Keya Paha County has no county poor farm and but one indigent person, male, whom the county assists. He is the first in a number of years. Springview is the county seat.

   Valley County has no indigent. It has a 125-acre poor farm, valued at $18,000. Ord is the county seat.

   Lancaster County has twenty-three indigent, twelve males and eleven females. It has a 240-acre poor farm, valued at $75,000. On the farm is a large fireproof modern building that cost $27,000 four years ago. Lincoln is the county seat.

   Merrick County has three indigent, two males and one female, cared for in a

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