Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1920 — TO ADOPT HIGHER SCHEDULE [ARTICLE]

TO ADOPT HIGHER SCHEDULE

Tippecanoe County Thrashermen In Session at Lafayette. Lafayette, June 16. —Tippecanoe county thrashermen at a meeting here adopted a new price schedule, which is slightly higher than last year’s scale. The prices set are as follows: Rye, 10c a bushel; wheat, 8c; oats, 4c, and clover seed, $3. Last year’s prices were: Rye, 8c; wheat, 7c; oats, 3c, and clover seed, $2.50. The thrashermen say that the crop outlook in this county is poor and that labor employed in the operation of thrashing machines Is scarce.