Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1911 — New Corn is Now Being Contracted at 53 Cents. [ARTICLE]

New Corn is Now Being Contracted at 53 Cents.

It looks like Jasper county farmers are not only going- to harvest one of the largest and best crops of corn ever raised in the county, but will also receive for it about the biggest price ever paid when the crop was large. Corn advanced a cent Tuesday and the elevators are now contracting new corn at 53 cents per bushel. Old corn is worth 63 cents. New corn is in fine condition and harder and in better marketing condition now, say the elector men, than last year’s crop was In. March. It is fully matured, firm 'and the cobs are dry, notwithstanding the rain. We are now almost in the middle of October and no frost or only a little, and most of us have not seen any at all. Farmers are hoping for a dry fall so that the immense crop can be gathered readily. Other cereals are also advancing. Wheat is 85 cents and oats 43.