Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1877 — Drain-Tile Factory. [ARTICLE]

Drain-Tile Factory.

Miy Henry Fisher, a gentleman who lately moved to Jasper from Marion county aqd who now lives two miles north of Rensselaer, on the Beth Baker farm, desires to establish a tile fabtory. He is- thoroughly conversant with all the details Of the business in which he has had practical experience. He has •tong known, the value of tile draining to farmers, for many years witnessing the reclaiming of wet land* ju the central part of the state. By systematic draining nearly every foot, of fret lands in Jasper county which now only pro* diuWi ihflbrfor quality of grass can be made lo.yield the best of corn, qats and Other grain*. There is no doubt of the practicability and value of tile drainage--in connection with largec open ditches to carry off the ttccMutttlatcd water.

j Fisher makes a proposition to the farmers of Jasper oounty in this connection, which is stated as follows: If they will give him a good bona fide guaranty to buy of him one thousand dollars worth of tile at the prioe of 25 oents per rod for 3 ineh, 30 cents per rod for B|-jnch and 3i> cents per r6d for 5- inch, he he will set up a faotory thia season one mile north of Rensselaer, and be ready to deliver tile at the faotory by the first of October, 1877. The guaranty to be perfected by August Ist. Now here is an oppor-. tunity to begin a system of land improvement that is practicable and of more real, lasting value, and at the same time bringing qnicker return for the labor and money expended than any system yet introduced among ns. Let readers of this paper who are interested in the lands of Jasper oounty give the subject the consideration that the importance deserves.