Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1898 — HARVEST HANDS IN DEMAND. [ARTICLE]

HARVEST HANDS IN DEMAND.

Farmers in the Northwest Unable to Obtain Help. The farmers of North Dakota and South Dakota are unable to get men to help in harvesting their crops. During the last ninety days Nebraska has sent 3,000 soldiers to Jthe war. Most of them were young men from the farms, and in consequence the wheat raisers are crying out for help. Farmers are paying good wages for harvest hands, in some instances $2 a day and board. The wheat yield is estimated at twenty bushels an acre, while oats will be nearly fifty.