Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1917 — COLD SNAP INJURES ONIONS [ARTICLE]

COLD SNAP INJURES ONIONS

A part of the snow that fell Monday night is still on the ground, but most of it has disappeared under the rising temperature. It is thought that much damage has been done to the onion crop about Newland by the recent cold snap. Thousands of bushels are still in the fields, although most of them have been pulled but not "topped” because of scarcity of help. It is not probable now that all the crop can be saved, even in the present damaged state because of the lateness of the season and growers being unable to secure enough help to get the onions out of the field and into the storage warehouse. It is too bad, too, for onions are the highest in price now that they have been for many years at this season of the year, and promise to go much higher. ~