Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-09-05
suYlNa q FARM.-


euYssao a FARM.
esnsral Ralss "a h -Oa.sfany Observed
by Intending Purchaser.
There never was q better time to
buy a farm Real estate is low; it can
never be lower. If q man has q little
money laid aside he can safely invest
it in land. and be in no danger of los
ing it. This applies to the East an
well as to the West
I'm looking for farm for a home, or
as an investment, there are some gem
eral rules to 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 is next, and good.
moral. religious neighborhood is last
but not least.
In regard to the land. The land
ought to slope slightly to the south
| and east If it is to be warm and good
| for corn. Grain and grass will grow
well on a noriherly slope; but now that
| is not all that is raised. To be sure,
a farmer can buy his corn by raising
superior grass and grain. but it is
best to have a farm on which all will
| grow abundantly. A south slope fur
nishes all the conditions necessary for
| the successful growth of all plants
ordinarily cultivated by the small
| farmer.
The soil ought to be light rather
ton. Heavy. clayey soils may be
! good for some things. but they are not
| the best for the farmer. If sumachs,
| thistles and daisies will grow depend
| upon it 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 a blind man who went with
| his little son to purchase farm and
told the boy to tie the horse to a
| sumach, and because it could not be
done refused to 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 a raise to 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 fiercely
across the place: still if they do few
rows of trees viii; break that. Ifset out
as soon as you buy the place. they
will soon grow so to be an effective
shield. The convenience of the in
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 a stable under
the barn keeps COWS in too close at
mosphere; they do not do as well
when turned to pasture in spring as
when they have been in a well-board ed
but properly ventilated stable. The
| internal arrangements of the barn can
be determined upon without advice.
The moral character of the neigh
borhOod should be carefully learned.
If young children are in the family it
is not best to take them into a neigh
borhood of Sabbath breakers or other
| wise moral lOOseness and Indifference.
AS me GW1S Is DenG Inc Tree Is III
| clined. and a mental bias impaired to
a child which warps its mind in the
| direction of faulty morality can never
be-wholly eradicated, even by years OF
careful training.
Good schools near by and a vigorous,
wide-awake church are the most i'm
portant requisites for a pleasant, safe
neighborhood in which to rear and ed
| ucate a family.
When you buy do so with the inten-
ton of making the farm a home for
life. Make it as pleasant as possible,
and put portion of your savings into
improvements each year. 1t 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 it with affection
ate Observation-Disclosures. Troy (N. Y.
| Times.