Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1908 — Cut the Ditch Willows. [ARTICLE]

Cut the Ditch Willows.

Willows damage ditches, roads and crops without yielding any benefit The law under which Iroquois ditch was ordered makes it the duty of the land owner to keep the banks free from willows. If willows are peeled or cut before the 29th of August they will die and every land owner should destroy them without delay.