Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1917 — Record Oats Yield Made In Benton County. [ARTICLE]

Record Oats Yield Made In Benton County.

Fowler Review. The biggest yield of oats reported so far was that of Guy Barnard at Lochiel. He had a 38-acre field that made an average of 101 bushels an acre and a 22 acre field that averagde 93 bushels. This is probably the best record ever made in Benton county and it is doubtful if it will ever be beaten. Frank Carson, whose farm is two miles east of town, is pnother Benton farmer who will reap a nice profit on his oats crop. He had forty-two acres that made an average of 84 bushels an acre. Reports from other parts of the county indicate that the yield this year the county over will be the best ever and we have heard of no fields that, made less than 40 bushels. Although this is one of the leading oats counties of the state, in the past ten years the average has been around 35 bushels. With the present price of oats and prospects for a bumper corn crop, the farmers will surely reap an enormous profit on their 1917 crop.