Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1914 — DAIRY AND CREAMERY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

DAIRY AND CREAMERY

THE DAIRY PASTURE. How It May Bo Fortlllzed to Get the Boot Results. Fertilizer is expensive to the dairyman. By the old method of dlstribntins it there was usually enough wasted to represent a pretty penny. Then earns along a Virginia .man and invented the hand fertilizer dropper. This device consists of an odd-shaped bucket, running to a point at the bottom and having a small opening there,

through Which the contents filters. A hinged valve, operated by a rod that leads to the handle of the bucket, controls the flow. The top of the rod is connected to a cross-bar, which runs under the handle of the bucket This bar is in close reach, and, when resting on the top of the bucket, the valve is open. To close the valve the operator merely extends a finger and * lifts the bar, thus shutting off the flow of the fertilizer. The valve flares at the bottom, spreading the fertilizer in a broad, fine stream. For small farms, gardens and lawns this _ device is of great convenience, and is a money-saver.

Eliminate the Waste.