Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1919 — OATS YIELDING FAIRLY GOOD [ARTICLE]

OATS YIELDING FAIRLY GOOD

Probable Average for County Will Be Around 30 Bushels. From what information The Democrat can gather the probable oats yield in Jasper county will average at least 30 bushels per acre, which is not at all bad and much better than expected because of the extreme hot, dry weather. The quality also is better than expected. Wheat threshing will generally be over with this week and the oats threshing will then be general. Some of the wheat runs are not completed at this writing and no oats havd been threshed in such neighborhoods. The oats yields thus far reported are from 30 to 4 8 bushels per acre, with more around 35 bushels than. higher than that. Over in Carpenter township the yield is reported at 30 to 45 bushels. Tom May’s yield is reported at 45 bushels, and George Wood’s, west of Remington, at 40 bushels. Floyd Gratner of Barkley township is said to have had a yield of 48 bushels per acre. Joseph Nagel of southwest of town reports a yield of about 46 bushels per acre on 70 acres. Up about Gifford a yield of 30 bushels or better is reported. Up in Kankakee township the yield is reported at 30 to 35 bushels per acre. The grain men say that the quality is good, testing out around 32 pounds to the bushel, and that the oats are far better than expected, both in yield and quality.