Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1918 — LOCAL WHEAT GOES OVERSEAS [ARTICLE]

LOCAL WHEAT GOES OVERSEAS

Our Soldier Boys May Get Bread Made from Home-Grown Wheat. The Iroquois Roller Mills of this city has sold to the government two carloads of flour to be shipped across the water for use of the American forces in France, and one carload, 310 barrels, has already been shipped to New York for “Over There,’’ while the second carload is ready and awaiting order for shipment. This flour is all made from Jasper county wheat, and possibly some of our home boys may get to set their teeth in bread baked from this flour, which would taste all the better to them if they could but know that it had grown on Jasper county soil. Home-grown wheat is pretty well cleaned up in Jasper county now, however, and it is not likely that Mr. Sprague will be able to fill any more government orders until the new crop comes in, which will not be until August. The Iroquois Roller Mills havi been doing a large business during the past year especially, but have been greatly cramped for sufficient room to handle their business, which comes from a radius of twenty-five to thirty miles, and Mr. Sprague is contemplating, as previously announced, an addition on the west as large as the main building, of two stories and basement, if he can mature his plans for doing so. This would be a splendid thing for Rensselaer, and we hope tihat he will be able to see his way clear to build this season.