Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1911 — LETTER FROM WHITELY CO. [ARTICLE]

LETTER FROM WHITELY CO.

, Columbia City, Ind., Aug 7. Mr. F. E. Babcock, Dear Eidtor:—l occaslonly see letters in The Democrat worn former Jasper county people, telling of their respective sections of country, so I thought I would send you one from our (Whitely) county. Everybody seems to be well satisheld bere; we have nothing to complain of. Our crops are- all very good. Wheat is making from fifteen to thirty-five bushels per acre and sells at 81 cents; oats from forty to seventy bushels and the price is 36 cents; hay from a ton to a ton and a half and worth sl4. Corn looks good, but needs '.rain: Fruit of all kinds is plentiful. Apples are of the finest quality they have- been for many years, being practically free from worms which so often spoil the fruit not sprayed. Eggs are 17 cents and cream 22 cents taken right at the door by the man who gathers them through the country. People are plowing for wheat now, the ground is dry' hut they turn it over anyway. It is a little cloddy but they roll it and ggt it in shape. Yours truly, W. B. YE6MAX.