Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1906 — Peppermint in Pulaski. [ARTICLE]

Peppermint in Pulaski.

The peppermint industry in Pulaski county, says the Logansport Pharos, promises to surpass the corn and onion business, both in acreage and net profits. John E. Overmeyer a farmer residing near Bruce Laae, last year went to McDonald, Mich., and secured peppermint roots. He set them out on two acres of black muek laud from which he was unable to raise corn. He harvested a crop from which he realized a profit of S2OO. The oil ofpeppermint is worth $2.60 per pound and the average yield per acre of the oil is about thirty to forty pounds. Good peppermint lands have a black muck soil which has been considered of very little value as a corn crop raiser. Mr. Overmeyer says that he will set out about forty acres of peppermint roots this year. He has formed a partnership with Isaac Gorman, a practical peppermint grower from Michigan and will give Pulaski county’s black muck soils a fair test. This soil is said to have a peculiar quality which enriches the oil of the peppermint. Many other farmers will take up the experiment.