Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-18
RENTING THE FARM.
yome Wisdom from . Writer who 0as
Been Through II All.

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Been Through It All.
There comes time in the life OF
most farmers when they feel that
they need relief from the hard labor
and care Of tho farm, and this is Of
ten still more true of the farm
er's wife, who has been obliged to
board the farm help This Is . seri-
Gus problem, on the right solution
Of which the comfort and prosperity
of the future largely depend. In
many cases that have come under my
notice, the farmer rented his farm
and moved to town, and the result
has rarely been satisfactory. The
habits OF a lifetime are not easily
thrown of, and it ia too great change
from the care Of the farm, livestock,
garden and fruit, to a life in town
with nothing to look after. Some of
them kill time by loatlng at the
stores but the majority 60 out to the
farm nearly every day, and IL it Is
some miles away this becomes q bur-
1en. l have seen old men who
owned farms four or five miles out OF
town, going out to their farms day
after day, In rain, snow, and cold,
getting up to eat an early breakfast
and getting back to eat late supper.
II he lets the farm for money rent.
and gives up the care of it. he soon
finds the fences, building, and farm,
getting out Of repair, and in many
cases his tenant will abuse the farm
by allowing the cattle to trample
the meadows and pasture during the
soft weather of spring. Then living
In town, where one has not the
farm garden and truck patch, the
poultry-yard and dairy to furnish the
luxuries of life and help pay the
store bills, means large addition to
expenses, as we'll as a decreased in
come, and there are few farmers who
can cheerfully accept the situation
when this state Of affairs confronts
them.
A wise coarse to pursue in most
cases is for the farmer to stay on his
farm and control the rotation, and
crops to be grown, but either rent to
neighbOr who lives near enough to
attend to the work. or to put up a
tenant house On the farm, and have
the man who cultivates the land live
in it and take charge of the farm and
live stock. In making the change to
tenant farming one must make up
his mind to accept reduced income,
and be willing to deal fairly by q
tenant and treat him with hberality,
and when a tenant is found who
will do his work we'll, and look after
the interests of the farm, the longer
he can be kept the better. BY re.
naming on the farm and renting by
fields, and usually for grain rent it
will be easier to keep control of the
farm and to maintain fertility than
II you are away ffom it. You can
give up all field work and look after
the garden and poultry, and greatly
tighten the labor of yourself and wife.
You should keep good driving
horse, and you and your wife take
frequent rides together, and have an
arrangement with your tenant by
which he can take care Of your COW
and other animals when you wish to
leave home for day or more. Have
q "AIoVCu COuUtoCU uIdWu up UcJWccu
yourself and tenant in which you
specify just what he is to do and
what privileges he is to have. There
should be no loop-holes left, or
chances for MISUNDERSTANDING but
all expressed plainly in writing. and
each one furnished copy, with the
understanding that all differences
are to be settled by this article. A
fair understanding to begin with,
and this reduced to writing. will 70
far toward preventing misunderstand-
ings and trouble in the future.
In making such a change in ones
plans, it must not be expected that
everything will move along without a
jar. There are trials incident in
every life and calling, and We eau
never hope to escape them, but it
seems to me that every farmer earns
relief from hard work and care In his
old age, and that in most cases he
will find it more certainly by remain.
ing on the farm and giving the work
to a tenant, than by leaving the
farm and trying town life. -Country
Gentleman.