Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1911 — Marriage License. [ARTICLE]

Marriage License.

Jan. 23.—Ransom F. Raster, born Shelby county, Indiana, November 23, 1875, present residence Shelby county, occupation farmer, second marriage, the first being dissolved by divorce in May, 1899, and Laura Alice Jenkins, born Jasper county, February 16,1881, present residence Jasper county, father’s name George M. Snow; second marriage, the first having been dissolved by death in February, 1908.

F. M. Parker believes that Jasper county could raise a lot of good fruit if farmers and home owners would give more attention to the care of fruit trees. He has experimented considerably along this line and by careful trimming, thorough cultivation and spraying at the right time he has had some fine apples, plums, peaches, etc., from trees that otherwise would have been almost a complete failure. Barring years When the buds freeze, as was the case last year, Jasper county should raise a lot of fruit, and the failure to do the things necessary even in acknowledged fruit countries, is responsible for most of the failures here. It will not take a very long time to trim up all the fruit trees that constitute the orchards of the majority of the farms in Jasper county, and if this will be followed up by spraying during the blooming season, and if the soil will be stirred\ up about the trees it would result in the saving of thousands of dollars to this county. There are upwards of three thousand families in Jasper county, and if there was homegrown fruit, it is probable that each family would average canning and preserving 50 quarts to the family, thus making a total of 150,000 quarts of fruit, worth at least 80 cents a quart. This would mean $45,000 worth of conned fruit Add to this the amount consumed uncooked and in pies and various ways during the ripe season and the value of the Jasper county fruits would readily be SIOO,OOO. This much might be saved to the country every year by proper care of the orchards. In the absence of homegrown fruits the imported fruits are bought and the money that is paid for them goes away from Jasper county and never returns. Mr. Parker known that the care of the orchard is necessary to the raising of good fruit. He knows it because he has tried It. Every fruit tree owner In Jasper county should trim the trees, spray them and cultivate them. The result will be a happy surprise.