Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1917 — EXERCISE CARE WITH WHEAT [ARTICLE]

EXERCISE CARE WITH WHEAT

Or the Crop May Be Lost Even After It Is Harvested. Farmers can not exercise too much care for the wheat crop, which at the present time bids fair to be one of the largest ever raised in Jasper county. Ralph Sprague, proprietor of the Iroquois Roller Mills, and, an authority on the care and handling of grains and cereals, says that one of the first essentials in getting wheat from the field to the market is to not thresh it while wet. Too much importance can not bo attached to this. Another important step is to carefully prepare the bin in which you propose to store your wheat. This can best be done by whitewashing the sides and floor of the bin, using a solution of lime and salt and made pretty strong with carbolic acid. Be sure and fill all crevices, and this will rid the bln of weavel. Weave! cause your wheat to heat, and once this happens you will lose your crop.