Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1908 — A Word for Our Farmer Friends. [ARTICLE]

A Word for Our Farmer Friends.

A manure spreader Is a sure remedy for hard times. Every wide* awake farmer* will plan to make n| some of the losses sustained' by reason of the ruinous slump in prices of farm products last fall. One of the easiest and surest ways to do this Is to increase the QUALITY and* QUANTITY of his crops. The fanner who had S' spreader last year, and used it, got as much again MONEY out of the use-of the same amount of manure as the- Bean did who had no machine and spread the old way, and as- ar matter o t course he had' much more GOOD CORN. In short; the men'who had spreaders and used them are* about the only men who have good corn this year. Investigate this assertion and it will be found to be true. That barnyard manure Is the- bestcrop producer,, when properly applied, none will dispute. That machine spreadlag produces best results nons but the uninformed will deny. Buy a manure spreader, It will lacrease your corn crop M per cent ta QUALITY and S 3 per cent In QUANTITY. There are very few machine# made with which you can know what you are spreading to the acre. This feature Is of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE. With my machine you know* EXACTLY what amount you are spreading. If you want six loads, set the lever, and you get BET, NOT |

EIGHT. Any of th'd 'nfttehlnKi' win spread TOO MUCH, very fear' win* spread TOO LITTLE. Aftdr spreading by hand almost every ne*w beginner, being used to seeing the manure so thick on the ground; puts' on too much by machine. ThfiTs a* fatal mistake! Ton buy the machine' so that you can turn all the mauftra' Into corn, hay or grain the year yotf spread It THAT IS WHERE IT* MAKES YOU MONEY. To do this th*' manure must be spread THIN and 1 THOROUGHLY, tom to pieces. One hundred loads—and most far-' mere have more than that—of me' nure spread with my machine will put enough on 16% acres of ground to double a grass crop, or to add from 10 to 20 bushels of com to t£| acre, and ALL of good quality. This same 100 loads If spread by hand would not cover more than four or five acres. A big Increase from 11 acres Is therefore obtained by n«ing a machine over hand spreading and with the SAME amount of manure and half the labor and time. 1 Buy a manure spreader for cash If you can, on time if you must, while they are sold at the old price. I sell the best spreader In Rensselaer. Come in and let me prove It to you. C. A. RsWrta. 1 have Just received a fresh oar of oyster shell. All poultry raisers should avail themselves of the advShtage of the early use, as It contains 97 per cent of carbonate of ROM and all the qualities that a hen needs at this time of the year for health, ant egg pod action. B. 8. FENDIO.