Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 203, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1912 — Hay Crop Will Exceed Last Year’s by Millions of Tons. [ARTICLE]

Hay Crop Will Exceed Last Year’s by Millions of Tons.

Grain dealers and farmers of the country are much interested in latest government report touching the 1912 hay crop. This report states that the hay crop this year will exceed that of last year by 16,000,000 tons. This means more hay than the country has had for a long time. The general prediction is that the price of hay for the next few months will be considerably lower than it has been the last year. The abundance of bay also is expected to have some effect toward more moderate prices of corn, but the fact crop lacks somewhat of being up to standard probably will result in that staple staying at a fairly high figure.