Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1904 — NEW OATS COMING IN. [ARTICLE]

NEW OATS COMING IN.

Early Variety Weighs Out Well and Is Yielding 35 to 40 Bushels Per Acre. The first new oats hauled to the Rensselaer market this year came in to the Babcock & Hopkins elevator Monday, from Fred Waymire’s farm. They were of the early variety, called ‘‘4th of July oats” by most farmers. They are of good quality, test 32 to 33 pounds to the bushel and are yielding 35 to 40 bushels to the acre. The price paid is 30 cents per bushel, which is the same as new oats started last year. Last year the price remained at 30 cents for about three weeks, when the price began to raise and reached 34 cents in September, and in the winter got up to 40 cents or better*' The'nrst new oats hauled in last year were brought in by Andrew Ropp, on July 27th, and this year they came in July 25, or two days earlier. It is now thought the oats crop will be rather better than expected, and much better than last year, when they were very near a failure in this locality. They will also be of much better quality, it is thought. The late rains have helped out the later oats considerably, and in some of the states that last year had almost a failure of this crop, this year have a good prospect for a large crop. The price will probably be several cents per bushel lower when the later oats begin to move. There are not many of the early oats raised in this vicinity.