Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1916 — Oats Crop Is Small and the Yield Light in White County. [ARTICLE]

Oats Crop Is Small and the Yield Light in White County.

Monticello, Ind., July 31—White county’s oats crop Is a disappointment. The yield is not as good as was indicted when the grain was standing in the field. So far no oats have been marketed here, the farmers apparently holding for a better price, which may come and which again may not. The oats are a good color but lack weight. They run from 25 to 27 pounds to the bushel, and from reports will make from 25 to 38 bushels to the acre. The light yield is a big disappointment to the producers as the crop is falling far below the government forecast: