Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1907 — POOR YIELD OF OATS. [ARTICLE]

POOR YIELD OF OATS.

Charles Sohleman, on the Char* lie Malcbow farm west of town, commenced to thresh oats Tuesday and three loads were hauled to the elevator. They were green, wet and in no condition to thresh, and the elevator would not reoeive any more of them, so the machine was stopped. Mr. Schlemau says he had a good growth of straw, in fact straw enough for 50 bushels to the acre, and they looked good when cut. However, only yielded about 20 bushels to acre. A few others commenced threshing Thursday and so far as learned the yield is about 23 to 28 bushels per acre, and th.e quality is poor, only testing from 20« to 24 pounds to the bushel. ' Alex Hurley of north of town, had a yield of about 23 bushels. Wm. Murray, on the Rensselaer Stock Farm, just east of town, on good ground, had a yield of 27 bushels. No others have got far enough along to give any figures.