Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1919 — SOME NEW WHEAT COMING IN [ARTICLE]

SOME NEW WHEAT COMING IN

Is Reported Spotted in Both Yield and Quality So Far. A few threshing machines were started in Jasper county Tuesday and Wednesday on the rye and wheat and a little wheat has been coming in, yet scarcely enough to get very much of a line on what the average yield or quality is going to be. The few lots brought in thus far have weighed out 58 to 59 pounds to the bushel and graded No. 2, Mr. Babcock of the W. C. Babcock elevator informs The Democrat, which is very good indeed considering the season. The only yields we have been able to learn anything of so far are: George Putts, on the Mrs. Clara Andrus farm northwest of Rensselaer, 16 acres that made 323 bushels, a trifle over 20 bushels per acre. William Morris of Jordan township bad 23 acres which made 14 bushels per acre and graded poor. Frank Hamer, also of Jordan, reports a yield of 18 bushels per acre. A few yields have been reported as low as 12 to 14 bushels per acre. Yesterday a "run’’ south of town started at Tone Kanne’s, but we could get no line on the yield at the time of going to press. Neither we been able to get any line on the rye yield as yet.