Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1899 — Wants To Know How Its Done. [ARTICLE]

Wants To Know How Its Done.

Editor Republican: In a recent issue you say: "A careful Carpenter township farmer finds that it costs him 13 cents a bushel to raise and market corn;” Now I wish you would induce this man to give you an itemized statement in proof of this assertion. Let him give the value of the land to begin with. If this thing can be done in Jasper Co., there are lots of farmers in Indiana who would be glad to know of it. Some of the Experiment Stations and Agriculture Colleges have estimated the average cost of production of a bushel at 20 cents. If this can be reduced one-third let us know the conditions, the system and the man’s name. At such a rate, corn raising offers a rare inducement for investors. Now Mr. Editor, please don’t let this man escape. Yours Truly,

O. C. Halstead.