Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-11-09
BUYING A FARM.


by Intending Purchasers.
There never was better time TO |
buy farm. Real estate Is low; il can |
never be lower. II a man has little
money laid aside he can safely invest |
IL in land. and be in no danger Of los
ing 1t. This applies To the Enst as |
we'll as 10 the West.
In looking for farm for a home. or
as an investment, there are some gen
erAl rules 10 be observed First. see
that the land Is fertile; good. rich.
productive land is the first necessity
and Importance. A pleasant situation
for the buildings ~ next, and good.
moral, religious neighborhood Is last
but not least.
In regara 10 the land. The land
ought to slope slightly TO the south
and east II 1t is to be warm and good
for corn. Grain and grass will grow
well on a norsherly slope; but now that
Is not all that is raised. To be sure.
farmer can buy his corn by raising
superior grass and grain. but II il
best 10 have a farm on which all will
grow abundantiy A south slope fur
nisher all the conditions necessary for
the successful growth Of all plants
ordinarily cultivated by the small
farmer.
/ The soil ought 10 be light rather
than heavy To admit of easy cultiva-
tion. Heavy. clayey soils may be
good for some things. but they are not
the best for the farmer II sumachs.
thistles and daisies will grow depend
upon II that any thing raised on the
farm will also do well. for the land is
warm and light which produces such
things in abundance The story is
related OF u blind man who went with
his little son TO purchase farm and
told the boy To tie the horse to Q
sumach. and because il could not be
done refused 10 buy. He was right.
and shrewdly determined TO make use
OF another's eyes In determining what
he could not see himself.
The buildings ought not TO be in an
exposed situation toward the north or
west. They ought. especially the
house. to be on raise 10 admit OF
good drainage. but sloping toward the
south or east to admit Of plenty Of air
on the front side. The cold winter
winds should not sweep too Rercely
across the place; still II they do few
rows OF trees win break that Ifset out
as soon as you buy the place. they
will soon grow so TO be an effective
nhfalA 1ha uf ~
ternal household arrangements will
readily suggest themselves TO the pur-
chaser.
The barns ought also 10 be sheltered
from the cold. Some prefer the COW
stable under the barn. but my advice
would be TO have "a tight stable on the
first floor. In winter stable under
the barn keeps COWS In too close at
mosphere; they do not do as we'll
when turned TO pasture In spring as
when they have been In a well-boarded
but properly ventilated stable. The
internal arrangements of the barn can
be determined upon without advice.
The moral character OF the neigk-
borhood should be carefully learned.
II young children are In the family 1t
Is moi best To take them into neigh
borhood of Sabbath breakers or other
wise moral looseness and Indifference.
As .he twig Is bent the tree il In
clined, and a mental bias impaired 10
child which warps its mind In the
direction OF faulty morality can never
be wholly eradinated, even by years OF
careful training.
Good schools near by and vigorous.
wide-awake church are the most inn
portant requisites for pleasant. safe
neighborhood in which 10 rear and ed
ucafe family.
When you buy do so with the inten-
tion of making the farm a home for
i life. Make il as pleasant as possible,
and put portion OF your savings into
improvements each year. IL will then
be home In every sense OF the word.
! and your children when grown to man.
hood or womanhood in homes Of their
own will turn toward 1t with affection
ate remembrance. Cor. Troy IN. "
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