Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1899 — Indiana Crops. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Crops.

Indiana statistics bureau reports that 3,39,933 acres of wheat were planted for 1899, 3,837,958 acres of corn, 999,10 C acres of oats and 68,281 acres of Irish potatoes, There is a slight increase over last year in wheat and potatoes and a decrease in corn and oats Of the wheat originally planted, 397,644 acres were ploud up on account of bad weather conditions. The yeild, so far as reported, was good The year shows a slight falling off in the number of hogs over 3 months old. Wool clipped in 1899 was 631,477 pounds.