1897-09-22-sc-p3-william-schulz-50-bushels-per-acre

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September 22, 1897 Spokane Daily Chronicle Page 3:

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Big Wheat Yields.


William Schulz, a farmer residing on the line of the Central Washington railway near Reardan, has just finished threshing 115 acres of wheat which yielded 5780 bushels, or an average of over 50 bushels to the acre. J. W. Warren threshed a field of wheat averaging 62 bushels per acre in the same vicinity, The average at Davenport and Reardan is from 40 to 50 bushels to the acre and the quality is of the best.