People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 27-25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1896 — ANNOUNCEMENT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ANNOUNCEMENT.

TILE FACTORY OF B. F. ALTER & tO Two miles north of Rensselaer Depot, on the finest clay banks in Jasper count v.

Patrons and Friends: Manufacturers of superior drain tile, which is of the greatest benefit, not only to the farmer who uses it, but to the county as a whole. Why? They drain the diseasebreeding ponds and make it more healthy, and

health is of first importance always. But this is not all, the tile is what makes our farms more valuable and our land to yield more grain, and a better quality. Look at this county ten years ago; what was it? Nothing but a swamp, and the land worth only a trifle in comparision with the present values—ranging from £SU to 175 per acre. What has produced this change? It is drainage, and nothing else, and still there is room for more. If we will continue this work of drainage our land will become the garden spoi of the world. Those who are contemplating drainage will do well to call on or address. B. F. Alter & Son, Box 383, Rensselaer, Ind. A Happy New Year to all.