Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1919 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Conntry. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Ottes and Town*— Matters of Minor Mention From Many Place*. AN OATS SOWING FEAT Pittsboro, Ind., April 12.—William Merrett, who is a farmer living northwest of Pittsboro, Is 111 from influenza. His three children also have been stricken with the malady, and his wife recently died of -the same disease. As a result he has been unable to plant a crop of oats. So this week 30 farmers went to his place, disced a 40-acre field and had the seed In the ground, all in three hours. Six double discs, ten single discs, five harrows and two seeders and 85 horses were used In the task.