Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1912 — Poor Crops In Starke Comity. [ARTICLE]

Poor Crops In Starke Comity.

The Starke County Republican says that farm crop conditions in that county are not promising this year. The prospects for the corn crop is far from satisfactory, it says, caused from late planting, poor seed, re-planting and excessive rains, and not half the fields promise to bring the corn to maturity ahead of frost. Too much rain has made proper cultivation of the fiblds impossible on even the best ‘drained lands, while the ]>oorly drained got practically no cultivation at all.

Wheat was practically all killed and the bats have been knocked down badly by the wind and rain and a 25 per cent loss Is anticipated. The hay crop is good, and the pickle and onion crop, which is of no mean importance there, •promises a good yield. There are small sections of Jasper county where we have the same conditions because of too much rain, but generally speaking the crop conditions here are very good, indeed.