Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1917 — SOME SQUASH. [ARTICLE]

SOME SQUASH.

Wolcott Enterprise. John Southard had on exhibition in Lux Bros, window Saturday a squash that he raised on his place 6 miles north of Wolcott that was really some squash. It measured 5 ■feet 8 inches around the long way, and 3 feet 11 inches around the other and weighed 72% pounds. The vine on which this squash grew also had some 20 other squashes. Mr. Southard was in Rensselaer and says that he sold this squash at ten cents a pound and received a total of $7.25. If you have a bigger squash than that le’ts hear from you. Remember, this squash was raised in Jasper county.