Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1917 — FARMERS ARE HARD HIT [ARTICLE]

FARMERS ARE HARD HIT

WILL HAVE TO ENLARGE BINS IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR GRAIN. The farmers near Surrey must either build larger graneries, get larger pocketbooks or be relieved by increasing their bank deposits. This is the way they have been hit: Orville Lambert, on the Charles W. Postill farm near Surrey, had a hundred acres of wheat and oats which netted $3,261.80. There was 40 acres of wheat and 60 acres of oats. Wheat made $45 per acre. In the same neighborhood Charles M. Paxton had. 18. acres of wheat that made almost sßoo.' Sherman Thornton had one piece of oats that made a little better than 65 bushels to the acre.

Lonergan brothers had 20 acres of wheat on Green Thornton’s farm that sold for $863.50 from the machine the day that it was threshed. Erhardt Wuerthner had one piece of oats that made 73 bushels to the acre. So far the run has not made much less than 50 bushels and up to 73 bushels to the acre. The Farmers Grain Co. at Surrey have already received 12,000 bushels of wheat and oats. .... , . The corn in this neighborhood is looking fine. This is a banner year and the farmers are getting what they deserve. It is hoped that the corn will be as large a crop as the oats. In this event many of these good farmers will undoubtedly be in the market for Liberty Loan bonds.