Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1906 — NEW OATS ARE COMING IN. [ARTICLE]

NEW OATS ARE COMING IN.

Yield Light But Quality and Price Is \ Very Good. •'•The first new oats of the season were delivered to the Babcock & Hopkins elevator last Friday, July 20, which was some five days earlier than last year or the year previous. These oats were grown by Andrew Gangloff, just east of town, and were of the early variety, commonly called "Fourth of July” oats. We understand they yielded 38 bushels to the acre and. tested 29 pounds to the bushep! Mr. Gangloff was among the first growers to haul in oats last year also, (Horatio Ropp being the first) but then his yield was 50 bushels per acre and tested about 32 pounds to the bushel. James Newcomb of Barkley tp., hauled in some Tuesday that tested 32| pounds. The price started this year at 29 Cents, but at this writing is a little better and they are now 30 cents. The opening price last year was 27 cents, but they soon dropped to 23 or 24 cents and remained at that figure for a long time. The oats crop all through Indiana and Illinois is said to be quite light and in many places the straw is so short that it is with difficulty that the binders can tie them. This is owing to the continued dry weather. In many other states, however, the crop is said to be excellent, therefore it is scarely probable that the price will be much better than at present for some time to come. At this writing no late oats have been brought in, so it is impossible to say what they will turn out, but probably not so well as the early variety. Threshing of the late oats was begun at the Thompson & Lawler ranch east of town Wednesday, and a load or two brought in, but they were too green to handle and threshing was stopped.