Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1917 — Fifteen Acree of Daisies. [ARTICLE]

Fifteen Acree of Daisies.

Despite the fact that we buy them by the dozens in the cities, paying a dollar or so for a small bouquet, daisies are a menace to the and a pat<fh or field of them is anything but welcome. The Popular Mechanics Magazine describes the experience of a Nebraska farmer, near Beatrice. Wishing to obtain a good stand of Kentucky blue grass in his pasture, he last season instructed a well-known mail-order house to ship him several bushels of seed. He prepared 15 acres of land and planted it, exercising particular care. The spring rains came, and following them 15 acres of yellowcentered daisies, a luxuriant crop. The unusual sight attracted motorists from miles around and hardly a day passed without parties stopping to pick armloads of the blossoms. It Is not dear how the mistake occurred, but mistake —and a serious one—it was. The company, needless to say, promptly made restitution so that the farmer in the end got a liberal return for his uns expected and undesired crop.