Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1910 — Kankakee Township Harvesting Fine Crop of Wheat and Oats. [ARTICLE]

Kankakee Township Harvesting Fine Crop of Wheat and Oats.

Trustee John Shirer was down from Kankakee township today and stopped in to tell the editor about prosperity in that section of Jasper county. He thinks that Kankakee township is right in the front rank and had the figures in his memory to substantiate his claim. Hon. I. D. Dunn had 55 acres that averaged 48 bushels to the acre, which is the best yield we have heard of so far in Jasper county for so large a field. William Fitzgerald had 90 acres of oats that made 4,070 bushels, which is a little more than 45 bushels to the acre. He also has about 1,400 bushels of wheat. Thos. F. Maloney had 1,300 bushels of wheat and E. R. Hight had 700 bushels. Threshers are busy and every one happy. Corn looks better than it ever did in that section of Jasper county and there is no one howling about the tariff. Kankakee is enjoying prosperity.