Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1911 — Other Farmers Talk About The Wheat Crop Prospects. [ARTICLE]

Other Farmers Talk About The Wheat Crop Prospects.

-- /Mb. The wheat outlook Ns not so discouraging in many places in the county as It. seems'to. be'in Gillam township and Friday the Republican writer had an opportunity to interview a number of farmers from various parts of the couhty and many of them stated that the wheat outlook in their immediate sections is very good. Ev erett Brown, who lives near Pleasant Grove and consequently not a great ways from the Gillam township line, made a quite thorough investigation Friday after reading in The Republican that John Ryan had found conditions so bad in Gillam township. Mr. Brown visited a half dozen fields of wheat near his farm home and looked them over carefully. He thinks they are all free from the fly and in fist-class condition! Will Florence, of Union township, confirms the report brought in by several from that township, to the effect that the fields are spotted, some are much better than others. The yield will not be nearly so great this year as last, but he thinks some fields should go 20 bushels to the acre. Roe Yeoman says about the same of Newton township. There is some wheat there that looks very good. All agree that the early planted wheat was attacked by the

fly and that the late- wheat escaped. An early harvest is probable. James Walters has examined his wheat and finds it in good condition and he feels quite certain that he will have a fairly good crop. Ed Tanner has cut a small field. It was planted on muck land and is in splendid shape. Mrs. B. D. Comer was in from Union township Saturday 'and states that the wheat is in different grades of condition there. Barney has out 200 acres, of his own and on shares. About 30 acres fit that-flrst planted was badly damaged by the fly. Most of the other looks like it would get through al right. The best piece is the last sown. It is on muck land. Mrs. T. F. Maloney came down from Kankakee township today to visit her son at St. Joseph’s college. Her husband has had splendid success with wheat during recent years, as have a number of other Kankakee township farmers. Last Sail tie put out Tb It wts.' sown early and has been hadly damaged by the fly. They 1 think It will not make more than a quarter of a crop. Some was so bad that it was plowed up and corn planted and more would have been, but for want of time. Hrs. Maloney says that a quarter wheat crop it not profitable on land that will grow good corn. Some of the wheat was sown on land that has raised wheat for the past three years. It is not so badly affected by the fly, as that sown on land that has raised other crops. About ten years ago Mr. Maloney had a crop of wheat ruined by the fly. Some fields in Kankakee township are in very bad condition. The Republican would like to hear from other farmers who have wheat out.