Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1908 — CORN CROP ESTIMATE TO HIGH. [ARTICLE]

CORN CROP ESTIMATE TO HIGH.

We understand the government crop report places the Indiana corn crop at an average of 20 bushels to the acre. In our opinion this is too high. There are thousands of acres that will make nothing at all, thousands of acres right here in Jasper county for that matter, and along the Kankakee practically all is killed as a result of the frost a few weeks ago. Between Rensselaer and Reynolds one can see thousands of acres more that was killed by this frost, and along the Wabash river bottoms many thousands of acres were ruined by the same frost, which was generally reported to have done “little, or no damage.” The average yield of corn in northern Indiana is going to be mighty light as a result of drouth and frost, and while the latter may not have done. much damage elsewhere the drouth has been general all over the state and in most localities much more severe than with us. Hence the government report of 20 bushels for the Indiana corn crop is about one-fofirth too high, in our opinion.