Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1915 — Pitiable Conditions in the Onion Districts. [ARTICLE]

Pitiable Conditions in the Onion Districts.

A® Rensselaer gentleman who had business at Newland Wednesday, informed The Democrat that conditions there were indeed pitiable. Hundreds of acres of the muck ground was inundated with water to a depth of several inches, and the destruction of the great acreage of onions and potatoes was complete. Wheat, oats, corn and meadows are also practically ruined to a large extent in all the low-lying sections. The onion growers—or those who had invested their all in part payment for a tract of land ahd had expected to raise a crop to make further payments and carry their families through the winter—will have to be aided by the township, no doubt, as their crops are a total loss in most instances.