Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1905 — THE CORN THAT GROWS. [ARTICLE]

THE CORN THAT GROWS.

Newton Township now has perhaps one of the heaviest if not the very heaviest field of corn ever grown in Jasper county, especially when we consider that it was planted during tne month of June and only cultivated twice. This field of over forty acres was farmed by William Ferguson and Everett Halstead and is now yielding by actual measurement one hundred and twenty-five bushels to the acre. The corn is of the white variety, very large ears and stalks, many of the ears being eight feet from the ground. One ear of special note, 10| inches in circumference, grew in the shade of the grove, only receiving about one and one-half hours of sunshine each day. It was impossible to keep men in the field to cut this corn. Ten cents peY shock of twelve hills square was paid Out of ten men that undertook the job only the champion corn shocker, Bob Overton and his brother remained, and they threw up the job at the eud of one week. The ordinary corn harvesting machines failed to work in it. We intended showing our readers a picture of this field but of the six photos taken bj r the artist none of them have yet been completed by the electrotyper. This corn is now being saved for seed. During the month of November only, you can buy the seed at $1 00 per bushel. In December it will cost you $1.50 per bushel. For particulars write to Everett Halstead, R-F-D-3. Rensselaer. Ind.