Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — LETTERS FROM OUR READERS [ARTICLE]

LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

In sending in a renewal for his subscription for The Democrat, J. G. Andrus, formerly of Walker township, writes from his present home near Shelby, Michigan, under da'te of May 20, and among other things says: “We have had a very late and backward and dry. Got a nice rain yesterday. Weather is fine and prospect is good for fruit, except peaches, which kvill be a short crop. Trees all killed except on the high ground. Had the coldest winter since I have been here; got down to 20 degrees below zero for two nights. Fruit trees are just beginning to blossom ; apple trees not in the pink yet. There will be a large acreage Of beans and potatoes put out this spring, the high prices have set farmers wild. Beans are $9.59 per bushel now.. Oats are looking fine. Not much corn planted as yet. Many fruit, farmers are putting up silos, thinking that cattle growing and fruit goes well together. If one £ails in fruit and has nothing else’ to'Tall back on he is in bad shape. If a farmer has fruit, beans, corn, potatoes and a few tows up here he will come out all right.’’