Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1899 — Farmers Questions and and Answers. [ARTICLE]

Farmers Questions and and Answers.

By a resolution of the Farmer’s Institute, the undersigned were appointed a committee to prepare and publish in all the newspapers of the county, not less than three questions, each week, relating to the best manner of farming. All persons interested, are requested to write answers to at least some of these questions, and send their answers to their newspaper for publication. The several papers, of the county, were requested by a resolution unanimously passed by the Institute, to devote at least one column to this subject R. 8. Dwiggins l F. W. Bedford > Com, C. D. Nowels ) Question 7. Should finely prepared soil be stirred during a protracted drouth? Question 8. Which would you prefer, free rural mail delivery or one cent letter postage? Question 9. Can the raising of poultry, for the market, be made profitable? If so, give your plan of how to manage it?