Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1901 — Farmers May Save Money. [ARTICLE]

Farmers May Save Money.

The State Board of Forestry expects to save thousands of dollars to the farmers in Indiana. The secretary of the board, W. H. Freeman, is now preparing circular letters that viill be addressed, when the names are obtained, to all the forest-holders in the state. This circular will quote the law passed in 1899, exempting from regular taxation • one-eighth of a farmer’s tract of land having on it 170 trees to the acre. The law was passed to encourage the planting of trees and the preservation of the forests of the state and hits the land for only $1 an acre. Up to the present time, however, the farmers have taken little advantage of the law, not knowing, in many cases, that it was on the statute books. The State Board of Forestry expects to enlist the fanner’s aid in its work by apappealing to him thus materially and arousing his intereat by saving him a considerable sum of money. In order to obtain names of the individual forest-holders of the state—practically all the farmers — the secretary will send out soon to all the county and township officers a circular asking for the information, the names, addresses and acreage. Try Vick’s for ice-cream. He has the Thompson-Reid make. It can’t be beat J. P. Warner has employed A 0. Harrington an expert horse shoer and plow workman. Give him a call.