Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1915 — LOTS OF MONEY IN JASPER COUNTY [ARTICLE]

LOTS OF MONEY IN JASPER COUNTY

LOTS OF MONEY IN JASPER COUNTY Oats and Wheat Double Normal Year and Prospect Good For Corn If Frost Holds Off. Cheer up. The pessimist should have a bad time in Jasper county this fall. The discouragements of the past two months seem to have largely been overcome and the hum of the thrasher the past two weeks has enabled many to get their small grain safely harvested and the prospect is encouraging that others will also be able to save much of the crop that latter July and early August threatened to destroy. \

A merchant told of an incident that occurred recently. It was a rainy day and followed other rainy days and an extensive farmer said that his crop was a total ruin and indicated that everything had gone to rack or ruin. Three weeks later he had thrashed his wheat and oats. The former made 43 bushels to the acre and he sold it for a dollar a bushel. The oats made 80 bushels to the acre and had been sold for 35 cents a bushel. This is fully twice the money that has been procured .from similar crops in the history of the county. It means that there is twice the money in Jasper county if the grain caJn all be thrashed and marketed and it has been discovered that much of the wheat which was pronounced ruined is bringing at least 70 cents a bushel. Oats have been up to 35 cents and many sold at that figure. Now the price is 27 cents, which is as much or more than is usually offered for new oats. Many fields that have been raising from 20 to 35 bushels per acre are this year turning out from 50 to 85. All above the normal is “velvet.’V Many acres of com have been browned out, but to offset this there will be com on high ground thpt usually is dried out or produces very little. The wet weather has produced a marvelous growth and the biggert ears we have ever seen are hanging heavy from the Strong stalks. True, there is a devastated look when one sees a strip of low ground where the water stood, but there are vast acres that are not damaged and that will add to the great wealth of Jasper county if— The frost holds off. Merchants should make plans to attract business as never before and should begin now to advertise in the local papers as they never have before. This will make Rensselaer enjoy a wider field of patronage and produce a condition of prosperity in which every business will share. We depend upon the crops the farmers raise and the prices they set for them. The crops and the prices are here. The business is forthcoming if we do our part to get it. %