People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1894 — HEAVY LOSS OF WHEAT. [ARTICLE]

HEAVY LOSS OF WHEAT.

Millions of Bushels Destroyed in Washington by Ruin. Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 18. —Between 12,000,000 and 15,000,000 bushels of wheat have been destroyed in th? wheat districts of eastern Washington by continued rains. In 1892 the yield from that district was 12,000,000. In 1893 the acreage was increased, and it was expected the yield would reach 15,000,000 bushels. A party of large wheat land owners have returned from the wheat belt and report that the farmers would have been better off if they had not planted any wheat last year. Many thousands of bushels rotted in the field, but the rains have continued up to date and have flooded the granaries and destroyed most of what was harvested and rendered the roads impassable.