Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1915 — Kankakee Township Farmer Sold Wheat For 73 Cents. [ARTICLE]

Kankakee Township Farmer Sold Wheat For 73 Cents.

William Fitzgerald was down from Kankakee township as a member of the jury this week. He has out 90 acres of wheat which*he says has wintered well and at present indicates a good crop. Of course, it is a long time before the harvest and plenty of chance for trouble intervening, ’but there was very little the Hessian fly in the fall and that is the most menacing of all the wheat troubles. Last year Mr. Fitzgerald raised 2,000 bushels, which he sold right from the machine at 73 cents per bushgl. Had is been possible to foresee the raise it would have amounted to $1,500 or more to have held,for the high price.