Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1917 — 10 ACRES; 728 BUSHELS [ARTICLE]

10 ACRES; 728 BUSHELS

JASPER COUNTY FARM HAS A SPLENDID YIELD OF OATS THIS YEAR. County Farm Superintendent Wil* cox reports that he had ten acres of oats on which the yield this year was 728 bushels, or over 72 bushels to the acre. The field of fifty acres averaged better than 65 bushels. There was also thirty acres of wheat that made 17.5 .bushels to the acre. • Our county farm is showing up this year in most splendid style and there is promise of a mighty good corn crop. Most of the fields in the neighborhood are very promising. Dr. Hansson has a cornfield just west of the county farm that is the very best we have seen this year. It now looks as if Jasper county will make a new record this yhar in the way of crops. People who have traveled extensively say that they see no better crops anywhere than we have here. Our friend, O. K. Rainier, is very boastful of his White county land but it will compare only fairly well with the average yield in this county. While our land may not be so high priced, it da this year yielding as much as this expensive land. It is possible that O. K. will sell his White county farm and buy a good one in Jasper county. With the establishment of the Ryan ditch improvement and the completion of other ditches now under way, Jasper county will take on a boom that will be little short of marvelous. All together the outlook is mighty favorable for this county to take a great step forward in the way of production and increased valuation.