Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1912 — Allen Louks Writes of Crop Conditions in Iowa. [ARTICLE]

Allen Louks Writes of Crop Conditions in Iowa.

In a letter 'from Allen Louks of Cambridge, 1 lowa, be states that they had a very severe winter there, but winter wheat is looking fine and the spring wheat and oats is up three inches high. He has 16 acres of sipring wheat, 55 acres of oats and will have 135 acres in corn; has 35 acres of ground yet to plow, but is running two gang plows and It will be ‘ a short job. He has 450 buhhels of corn yet to sell. Oorn is 72 % cents per bushel; oats 51 %; hogs $7.35 per cwt.; beef cattle 5 to 5% cents; bay S2O to $25 per ton and hard to get. Two of the elevator men are getting in wild hay from northern lowa and selling it at $22. Two carloads came In Saturday and It was all dinputted oi before 6 o’clock the same evening. Fruit, Allen says, is about all kfiled, neither apple or plum trees showing any signs of blossoming. Seed corn is scarce and high In price, selling from $5 to $7 per bushel. Allen has 43 bushels of his own that he tricked last fall. Potatoes are $2.25 a bushel there, he