Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1912 — Large Acreage. of Onions to be Planted. [ARTICLE]

Large Acreage. of Onions to be Planted.

Approximately 4,000 acres of northern Indiana farm land will be pi anted in onions t his year* according to a statement of C. E. Tuesberg, prominent farmer of Laporte and Starke counties. Mr. Tuesberg himself will plant ten per cent of this nuttfeber of- acres in onions, or 400 acres. It Is learned that Gus Greiger, well known politician, representative of Laporte and Porter counties in the state legislature, will undertake onion culture this year, with a planting of 40 acres. Mr. Greiger, who % is quite an enthusiastic farmer, believes that the onion crop is about as protable as any other. If successful this year, Mt. Greiger plans to go into the onion business on a large scale iu 1913.—Michigan City Dispatch.