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<br />T. J. Loclrnood, mallUfacturer of potato grading and <br />handling equipment, h9.G built a business grossing a half <br />million dollars annually. Today his equipment is used all <br />over the United States as well as in Europe and Australia. <br />Tho ID.te Chester B. Brown, founder of the bean-buying company <br />bearing his name, is given credit for bringing the bean in- <br />dustry to western Nebraska. This ccmpany now has eight <br />modern and efficient bean-processing plants that handle a <br />major portion of the bean crop harvested in the North Platte <br />Valley. John R. Jirdon heads processing, storing, and ser- <br />vice enterprises thBt grew' out of his foresight and confidence <br />in the future of irrigation farming. Farmers and busil'lessmen <br />alike have enjoyed the progressive advance of the valley's <br />prosperity. No slackening of the pace is evident. <br /> <br />Popl1ation increases are permanent-- <br /> <br /> <br />Each thousand acres of the irrigated portion of the <br /> <br /> <br />North Platte Valley supports 134 persona on farms and in the <br /> <br /> <br />towns. In contrast, only five persons reside in the adjacent <br /> <br /> <br />dryland area per thousand acres in dryland uses. Agriculture, <br /> <br /> <br />as the basic industry, creates investment and employment <br /> <br /> <br />opportunities in proportion to its productivity. For every <br /> <br /> <br />irrigated farm in the valley, four families living in the <br /> <br /> <br />local towns and villages perform personal services, manu-- <br /> <br /> <br />facturing, transportation, and trade activities. <br /> <br />17 <br />