Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-07-08
RURAL AND DOMESTIC,
From the Iowa Homestead.
YOUNG ERS-BEGIN.
NEleS.

would advise working out two or
three years by the month, either for
your father, or any other good farmer.
TO work for 4 good farmer is worth
great deal to the new beginner. |
very well recollect what my father
said, and did in farm work; and | also
recollect the good practice of neighbor
L. lie got some good cattle and raised
some good cattle, and he could always
get little more for his cattle in his
yard than any of bis neighbors, and he
made money raising cattle. He was
an industrious and economical farmer,
became wealthy for farmer in that
county, and influential. HIS word and
bis character were as good as his mon
cy.
When the young farmer has money
enough to buy a team, and a few farm
tools, let him rent a farm and get mar
ried and start farming on small
scale. 1t is very desirable for one to
have a home of his own, but the
disadvantage OF going into the frontier
is often greater than to live without
home for few years. Industry and
good management on rented farm
will accumulate property faster than
monthly wages. The renter can be
getting his stock by raising a few pigs,
calves and colts, which, when estima-
ted at the end OF few years, will
count up more than that part of the
monthly wages whieh .c,W be sared.
But first Of all the valuable things a
man can have, is wife and children.
These are treasures which the man
OF the city makes secondary to the ac-
emulation of a fortune,-to making a
display OF arstocracy. This is one of
the greatest evils OF fashionable city
life. Young men Of the farm, avoid
such evils!
Good contracts can often be made
with the owner Of wild lands, to tence
and break prairie, by the owner furnish
ing posts and lumber, and material foi.
a cheap tenant house, andNthe renter
have the land free of rent two or
three years, for the labor ofopening the
farm. One can afford to do a good
deal Of work for the crops of new
prairie farm two or three years. Do
not try to skin the land too much, and
let the weeds grow. the fences get too
much out of repair, brush grow up in
the fence corners, etc. Land owners
will generally appreciate the good or
bad services of tenants.
l have known several renters in
this county who after a few years were
able to buy a small farm in the neigh
borhood: 1t is only those who have
judgement, industry and economy,
who can thus start without capital, and
make money from the start. Some
always have bad luck. There is such
thing as bad luck; and it will often
come upon the best of managers, and
it must always be expected, and met
with courage anc perseverance. "A
man ofmy acquaintance bought quar-
ter-scction of land on time;l making a
small payment down, had it broken,
hadmoney left to buy his lumber to
fence 1t, sowed it nearly all to wheat
calculating that the crop would pay
Tor the land. He had bad luck? The
crop would not pay for harvesting
and marketing. But his bad luck
should have been avoided. He should
have broken and fenced but forty acres,
and put half of that IN corn. AS it was
he tailed,-lett the farm for the owner,
and $500 besides, all his capital A
variety of crops and stock Of animals
will not be so hard on one, il there is
failure or low price in one kind.
My nephew started farming in Hi
nois, about the year 1919, on a broad
prairie, nearly out of sight of timber
Ills capital was a soldiers warrant
worth Sl25, which an uncle gave him.
half ota pair OF horses, and threshing
machine, and aman's daughter, the faith
CT Of the daughter owning the other
halt OF the team and threshing ma
chine, COW and few farm tools; this
was the capital of both They went
on the land equal partners. Two men
together can often work to better ad
vantage than one. Besides here was
union of capital OF some 5000, which
was another advantage They were
both good workers and good managers
Thirteen years from that time the
nephew SAID 10 me, Uncle We have