Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1915 — Report of Hessian Fly In Wheat Caused Alarm. [ARTICLE]

Report of Hessian Fly In Wheat Caused Alarm.

The wheat market on the Chicago board of trade was affected Tuesday by a report that the Hessian fly was showing signs of great activity and a leading authority predicted that the next few weeks would bring about an unusual number of complaints of the presence of the insect pest. He said that an especially large area was threatened and that the scare will probably develop from western Ohio to eastern Kansas. There is a large amount of wheat in Jasper county this year and it came through the winter well but according to some farmers with whom we have talked is now needing rain badly. No reports of the fly have reached this office so far, but this erport in Chicago will probably cause growers to investigate.