Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1912 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ALL EYES ON MICHIGAN.

| ATTRACTIONS OF THE FRUIT BELT. | ATTENTION has been widely attracted to Michigan’s Fruit Belt by the superior, flavor of its fruits, by its wide range of staple crons by its advantage in marketing being located at the hub of the Na‘ tion s population and commerce afcd by greater profits to grower* because of no irrigation expense. jThe rainfall is plentiful The TT S. Dept, of Agriculture defines the Fruit Belt as the narrow striD of country in the Southern jxminsula bordering Lake Michigan and ex tending 10 to 30 miles eastward, and as having a climate that enables cultivation with a success impossible in other regions of th» same latitude not similarly protected by the influence of the Lake Michigan which modifies the prevailing winds from the west.

THE CONDITIONS that here produce .better apples, peaches, pears, plums and cherries are also especially favorahle for potatoes and all vegetables, peas, beans, cereals, grasses, clover and alfalfa. The food problem is here solved by the diversity of crops. The corn crop, as shown by statistics., compares favorably with yields of states in the corn belt and makes stock raising profitable; but beyond the need for stock there are a number of other crops more profitable. Poultry thrives in the freedom from vermin; no place is better for sheep, and dairying is becoming more profitable every year. GREAT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT is going on in Michigan s Fruit Belt. The awakening is as much in diversified farming as in fruit growing. Retarded until late years by lumber interests, the over-population of the part of the U. S. surrounding this district is now forcing tillage of its every acre. NO OTHER SPOT, in Michigan is being developed as rapidly as the district in Mason, Manistee and Lake Counties, known as the Swigart Tract. Farmers, fruit growers. poultrymen, truck growers and stock men are buying and settling in this tract in sucth large numbers that twice each month a special Pullman car. and frequently two cars are required for their aceomdation. THIS TRACT is especially favored in its location in thb middle of this Fruit Bek; in its transportation by four railroads and a number of steamship limes, and in its

J HE EXCURSION. Excursions le-ave Ohicago at noon. Tuesday, April 23 and May 7, on the P. M. Ry. Train passes through Michigan City (P. M. depot only) at 1:25 P M and Benton Harbor at 2:30 P. M. Round trip rate from Chicago, Michigan City and Benton Harbor to Wellston, Michigan, $6.00, get tickets nnHfv boardlng our s P ec ial car. Fare rebates on puchase. Please notify us as early as possible so we can provide comifortably for aM Teams and guides free. Good accommodations at Michigan headquartPARTICULARS can be had by addressing GEORGE W SWIGART, Owner, 1249 First National Bank Building, Chicago, 111.,'0r his

C. J, DEAN, Rensselaer, Indiana, We Mate pJaf Friend^ I Every time a Studebaker Buggy leaves our floor we’ve made a new friend—a customer who will “boost” at every opportunity. We’ve found that Studebcker Buggies make not merely “satisfied .customers” but S enthusiastic customers. Come in and looK over our line of StudebaKers. You’ll soon see why they’re the most popular vehicles manufactured. C. A. Roberts, REI K AER

! Rosebud Farm and Mill, two ” ‘ miles east of Parr Phone 507- * * • I • • B (Jasper Co.) Rensselaer Et- •• • change, P. O. Parr, Ind. ! I ■■ Get your Graham flour and •• \ \ Corn Meal at Geo. W. Markin | j .. & Son's “General Store, Pleas- !! ; • ant Grove; W. L. Wood, Far- ” mer's Supply House; Chas. ” • ■ Greenlee's Geenral Store, Parr, •. \1 and Warren Zellers’ , General * • ’! Store, Aix, Ind. Satisfaction !! •• guaranteed. !! —AMOS H. ALTER & SOX. !! ■H--H-1-1-1-H-1-1-M !■ !■ I-I-H H 11l I > Glasses flitted by DR. A. G. CATT Optometrist Rensselaer, Indiana. Office over Long’s Drug Store. Phone No. 232. Subscribe for The Democrat.