Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1917 — STRAW SHOULD BE SPREAD. [ARTICLE]

STRAW SHOULD BE SPREAD.

[National Crop Improvement Service.] The feeding value of straw being comparatively low, and the fertilizing value being high, all straw should be spread upon the fields and not burned or wasted. The use of straw to prevent winter-killing of wheat is now well established.