Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1919 — PAY FOR CORN HUSKERS. [ARTICLE]

PAY FOR CORN HUSKERS.

An average price of 6 cents a bushel will be paid to corn huskers in this part of Indiana, if the farmers of Tippecanoe and adjoining counties conform to an agreement the farmers’ associations in these counties at a conference in Lafayette September 30. The farmers’ associations sent delegates to Lafayette to meet the threat of huskers that they would demand 14 cents a bushel for husking this season. The farmers say that they will pay the 6 cents average, which means that where conditions are unusually difficult a higher price will be paid and in some cases the prices will go below 6 cents. Whether the huskers will accept this reduced figure is not known, but, as they are not organized, it is thought likely that they will not be able to command the price they wish. But it is likely that there will be a dearth of competent huskers as a result of the 6-cent rate being established. '