Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1916 — WHEAT AND EFFICIENCY [ARTICLE]

WHEAT AND EFFICIENCY

Farm practice on thousands of American and European farms, together with the results obtained by more than 50 years’ testing by foreign experiment stations combined with more than 30 years’ work by American experiment stations have demonstrated that the yields and net profits from the United States wheat crop can be increased many times. The elimination of Smut from wheat in the United States would save American farmers from ten to fifteen million dollars annually. The control of the Hessian fly would save many times that amount. The use of a sufficient amount of a balanced plantfood ration has added 8 to 12 bushels per acre to the average annual yield of a single community. Sixteen Indiana farmers, by the use of 200 pounds of fertilizer per acre, raised an average of 30 bushels of wheat per acre. Last summer, 36 farmers in Ohio averaged 38.1 bushels per acre. These results secured by farmers on their own farms, demonstrate without a question of a doubt, that it is possible to greatly Increase yields and profits.