Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1916 — "Capped" His Story. [ARTICLE]

"Capped" His Story.

Crop stories qui<e frequently riyal “fish stories” in their tendency to exceed the speed limit in crossing the boundary line of veracity, the bigness of pumpkins and the immensity of cabbages, apples or potatoes equaling any big fish ever described. Now the capacity of soils for raising things and “starting something” to grow claims attentions. Here is a story of fertile land told by Dr. Nathan Schaeffer as a himself. The richness of soil was being discussed with a woman farmer. Doctor Schaeffer glorified the crop possibilities of his own county by saying: “Why, in our county the soil is so rich that if you stick a nail into the ground the next morning it has grown into a. crowbar.” Whereupon the other replied: “Yes, I know, but in our county we use a tack for that purpose.”