Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1904 — A Mighty Load of Potatoes. [ARTICLE]

A Mighty Load of Potatoes.

Miohael Jungles, of three miles south of Kniman, the great potato raiser of northern Jasper, concluded he wonld get the balance of his crop to market Saturday, before the bottoms of the roads fell out Therefore he put three stories and an attio on his wagon box, and loaded in till he couldn’t load no more. He_ hauled them to town with a four horse team and sold them to one of the grooery stores. The load measured out 98 bushels and 20 pounds. It without doubt was the largest laad of potatoes ever brought to Rensselaer. The load brought good money, namely 90 oents per bushel.