Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1911 — Wheat in Gillam Township is Total Failure Says John Ryan. [ARTICLE]

Wheat in Gillam Township is Total Failure Says John Ryan.

John Ryan was down from Gillam township Wednesday. He usually brings good news from the northwest but not so this time. He reports that the wheat throughout Gillam township Is practically a total failure and that he does not believe If It was left until harvest time it would produce a quart to the aogw. The Hessian fly is the chief cause of the ruin. They began operating in the fall and were on the Job early this spring. They lay eggs and hatch them as long as there is anything to operate on. The wheat is being plowed up and corn planted. Others are bringing in unfavorable reports of wheat. 8. E. Sparling, who has out some of the cereal, thinks the chance of any sort of a crop is very poor. The acreage in Gillam township, Mr. Ryan says, waa the largest in its history, and this is probably the case all over the country. The loss will be a severe one.