Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — BETTER THAN TWO TO ONE [ARTICLE]

BETTER THAN TWO TO ONE

Frank Welsh Ls Jordan township says that he raised a better quality of wheat than O. K. Rainier, anyhow. He had out but 10 acres that tested 60 lbs. to the bushel and was docked but 1%, while O. K’s. dockage on his Brookston farm: was •3%. Mr. Welsh’s yield was 18% bushels per acre. He had 30 acres of Rosen rye that yielded but 12 bushels per acre, and tested 50 lbs. to the bushel and was worth $1,40 per bushel against $2.09 per bushel for the’ wheat, a difference Ptj(oi.B7 per acre in favor of Jwowing wheat.