Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1895 — Willows in Ditches. [ARTICLE]

Willows in Ditches.

The willow craves the water’s edge and grows very The drains of the country are injured greatly by the rank growth of willows in the bottom and along the banks. Pulling or peeling in August is death to tin- water-loving plant. The statute under which the Lakin and Wheatfield ditches were made requires the land owners to prevent the growth of willows in and on the banks If the land owner fails to look after the young willows the county auditor appoints a man to destroy them and tax up the costs to the land. It will be well for the owners of the land on which these ditches are lccated to take not.ceof the duty; and all others whose lands were assessed to see that it is performed in due time. The fourth Quarterly Meeting of the Rensselaer circuit, will be held a+ Rose Bud church, Saturday and Bunday the 17th and 18th insts. Everybody invited. Oliver Loutheb, Pastor.