The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-16
DUTIES OF FARMERS.
Some of the Things Which Should Neye
BE Given the Colby.

BE Given the Cody.
Let every owner OF buildings an
contents-and especially farmers VIII
are generally more or less remote fror
cities and villages where fire engine
are kept. and the water supply is album
dant-keep good line of Insurance O
buildings and contents. 1t costs some
thing, it is true, and if one does no
get burned out il seems to some q
though il was money thrown away
but such Is not the case Insurance
never was cheaper than it has been O
late, and no one, unless he is very rich
and has property well scattered. cal
afford TO go without insurance. Farm
barns are especially liable TO be strucl
by lightning in summer and set on fire
while there is in winter more or les!
danger from the use of lanterns, tramp:
smoking in the barn. etc. Farm build
lnGs are often so connected that if one
burns they all will, and such fire
often means utter ruin TO the owner
There Is no excuse nowadays for not
getting insured, and one who does moi
will receive little sympathy if he suffers
loss by fire.
The farmer should have more system
in doing business than IS generally
found in sections remote from cities.
They are generally honest themselves.
and so suppose all others are. We
lately had occasion TO look mp the title
to farm. and found three mortgages
on the same-one is generally toe
maryland when we reported how
things stood the farmer said he had
paid of the larger one some years ago,
and he supposed ii was discharged. He
had nothing on record TO show that
fact, however. Every one should.
under such circumstances, have the
business done properly. So in paving
any bill, or paying money on ac-
count. the party paving should
always insist upon a receipted
bill or a receipt on account Ii
will not do TO trust ones memory.
We have saved money and much
trouble, not only for ourselves. but
for others, in doing business on strict
business principles. Men may be ever
so honest. but mistaken. Some years
ago grocer with whom we traded
brought in a bill and requested paw
ment. We could not say absolutely
off hand that the same had been paid,
but we had that impression. and so re.
quested little time to look over our
receipts and check book. On examina.
ton we soon found a check for the
amount payable to the order of the
trader, with his Endorsement on the
back, on which he had drawn the ful'
amount of the bill. The sight of hi,
name on the check was sufficient, and
he apologized handsomely for the mis-
take: but If we had not been able to
show him the check. or a receipt. ha
would have always felt that we owed
him the amount. unless we had paid
him again. We give this as an illuStra-
ton showing the need of care. Farm
erS, as well as all others who do anv
business. should keep books. and not
trust 20 memory or chalk marks on the
back door. Many law suits and much !
hard feeling has grown out of careless
ness in regard TO accounts between
neighbOrs. ''ShOrt accounts make
long friends"
Farmers should when they buy real
estate be as careful aS other people are. /
and have the title to the same carefully /.
examined by a competent conveyancer !
or lawyer-SOme one who understands :
the business. Nothing has surprised
us more than the carelessness dis !!
played in this particular. There are
very few farm titles that are strictly
correct. This we know. Only this :
week we had the title to small farm
examined upon which we were loaning /
money, and found there were no
less than three undischarged mort !
cages. Sometimes the descriptions of
the real estate are so vague that it is !
almost impossible to locate it. In .
other cases the instrument Dy which |
the land ourports to be conveyed is |
very defective in execution, showing !
the Importance of having titles exam
med when one Is buying, before the /
purchase money is paid.
A farmer should be very careful
when he is hiring or letting farm and |.
De sure and have proper leases written, /
and have the same properly executed.
some depend upon oral leases, but |
they are only a snare, for it-would be
next to a miracle if both parties should |
alike for three or five years.
What is written will tell the same story
every time. Let there be a full and
thorough understanding between the
lessor and lessee before the documents
are prepared, and then when they are
properly signed there is little danger
Of further trouble. The lessee should
Always bear in mind, no matter what
the lease may say, that if the lessor OBJ
iects the lessee can not remove from the
farm any dressing made upon tt during
the term of the lease. The courts have
1ecided-following the English deci-
sions-that the land shall not be de-
prived of the dressing made upon it.
Farmers should in short do all their
business, so far as it is possible, on
strict business principles as business
men do. and they will save themselves
much needless trouble and vexation.-
Con0recdftopclist.