Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1917 — LIME AND COWPEA DEMONSTRATION ON WOOD BROS. FARM. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LIME AND COWPEA DEMONSTRATION ON WOOD BROS. FARM.

In order to show the value of lime and cowpeas in building up sandy soils, Wood brothers, of Marion township,- applied ground limestone to one-half of a sand knoll last spring. The entire knoll was planted to corn and the lime portion was seeded to cowpeas at the last culti-

vation. The peas have made a good growth and will be plowed under this fall. The crop next year will be weighed up in comparison with that which was left untreated in order to determine the value of the method. Wood brothers invite the public to inspect their demonstration before hard frosts kill the growth.