Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1917 — Coal Shortage Damages Purdue Greenhouses. [ARTICLE]

Coal Shortage Damages Purdue Greenhouses.

The greenhouses at the Purdue agricultural experiment station suflered untold damage Friday -s a result of the coal shortage in this section of the state. Of late the university has only been receiving three cars of coal daily and when the sudden drop in the -temperature came, the allotment was exhausted in a few hours. The loss is estimated at $1,500 and the plants are also set back six weeks.