Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1915 — B. Forsythe Hard Hit By Loss of Set Onions. [ARTICLE]

B. Forsythe Hard Hit By Loss of Set Onions.

B. Forsythe is one of the hardest hit onion farmers. He had out 24 acres on his farm northwest of town. Of this about 214 acres were for onion sets which were about ready to gather. The sets grow underground and are gathered when about the size of your little finger. A special seed for the sets is used and it is sown very thick. Mr. Forsythe estimates that he had about 1,200 bushels on the 214 acres and all were ruined by the high water. He had made 500 special crates for the sets. They hold 2 bushels each and these he has now rented to Gerald and Emmet Hollingsworth, whose set onions are not seriously damaged. Mr. Forsythe’s other onions were also almost altogether ruined.