Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1901 — Vast Wealth In Hay Crop [ARTICLE]

Vast Wealth In Hay Crop

George Stone, secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade, opened the meeting of the National Hay association at Indianapolis with an address in which he urged the necessity for expanding the trade of the country. E. L. Rogers, formerly president, declared that while corn is king of the agricultural products hay ranks second with a total valuation on the product this year amounting to $446,000,000. He hastily summed up the conditions and aspects of the crop Just harvested and advised that timothy be made the staple product so far as the raising of hay is concerned.