Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1914 — LETTERS FROM OUR READERS [ARTICLE]

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

J. E. Sullenberger Writes From Edmore, Mich. Edmore, Mich., Oct. 15, 1914. Editor Democrat: Dear Sir: Have just remembered that my time is up for the paper, and so am sending $1.50 for' another year. We have had fine weather all summer here. Had a good rain about once a week and our crops were fine. Had dry weather through September on down until now, when it is raining off and bn. we are busy digging potatoes now. Over the neighborhood they average from 57 to 300 bushels per acre. Hay was a fine crop here this year. Peas made all the way from $35 to $75 per acre. We had 30 acres that averaged better than SSO an acre after the seed was paid for, and the seed is $lO an acre. \

The farmers all raise sweet corn, lima beans, tomatoes and peas for the W. R. Roach canning factory at Edmore. They canned better than 42,000 cans of peas this spring. Am wondering why Rensselaer does not start a canning factory, as it wants a factory bo bad. There is some good truck ground around Rensselaer.

Mr. Albaugh, the man I work for, has rented the 160 acres that we had been running to the canning factory. Has leased it for three years at $8 an acre. I will still be with Mr. Albaugh another year.-—J. E. SULLENBERGER.