Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1915 — WATERING CAN FOR PLANT. [ARTICLE]

WATERING CAN FOR PLANT.

Aid to Floral Beauty Devised by tn> genius Scheme. When potted ferns and ether plants are set on high shelves, or in baskets out of easy reach, the daily rotitine of watering them is frequently a troublesome one requiring the use of a stepladder or its equivalent An ingenius device which eliminates this procedure consists of a cylindrical can held in a fork at the end of a long handle. This mounting is similar to that of the average kerosene torch and allows the can to tip either forward or backward. Near the brim of the receptacle a piece of wire, about an inch long, is soldered. By lifting the can to the edge of a flower pot and engaging this hook, thus allowing the container to be tipped forward, the water may bo poured freely.—Popular Mechanics

Children of Orchardists Raise Pigs. The pig club of the northwest is meeting a very enthusiastic response, especially in the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. For some time the Hood river country has been noted for its extensive orchards, but there is now an embryonic industry starting, which may in time induce a wider diversification in crops. Hog raising is being introduced by children, the sons and daughters of the orchardists. Recently a carload of brood sows was sent from the Portland Union stockyards to the Hood river valley for distribution among the children. These are furnished on credit to those who agree to raise them in accordance with the prescribed instructions and to make reports of their efforts. The sows were selected from pure-bred stock, of the breed designated by the applicants and have been bred to boars that won prizes at the big agricultural fairs last fall The hogs have been immunized against hog cholera and are good, healthy animals. The boys and girls will keep an accurate record of all costs in connection with their work, and as the little pigs arrive the expense of keeping the mother and her brood are to be carefully enumerated. The children will pay for the sow by selling the pigs, the stockyards charging 6 per cent interest on the selling price of the sow.' This places the transaction on a strictly business basis. The school officials in each county will have special supervision of the work. Among the prizes to be awarded in each state to those who have the best reports will be free scholarship for the state universities.