The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-08
LOOKING AHEAD.
Providing for the Future of the YounJ
People.

Providing for the Future of the YOUNG
People.
Evary child has right TO have It's
future looked after, and as carly as pos.
sible it should be taught to help as IL
can in carrying out this idea. Even the
children of parents in very moderate
circumstances should have some trifling
Investment made for them. Almost
every family could raise five dollars TO
put in trust for the newcomer. This
should be provided for as much as the
wardrobe of the expected.
Put five dollars in a good savings
bank or invest the money in some pay
ing security.
A dozen years ago a provident woman,
upon the advent of her first daughter,
gathered together some little savings
and invested them for the baby in Fl ne
calf Soon the calf became a COW, and
the milk, butter and proceeds generally
were credited to the little one. Against
this was charged the cost of keeping
and the like; the surplus was carefully
kept track of and the next year was in
vested in another calf of equal promise.
When baby number one was two
years old, there was another addition
to the family, and the third calf was
bought. From this time on, the profits
grew larger in proportion. None Of the
cows or their calves were sold except
those that were considered not worth
while or profitable to keep. The pro-
ceeds from the sale of the unavaila BILE
ones were invested in the same way.
The parents had considerable land at
their disposal and an abundance of pls-
ture. The husband was not specially
provident, and to the wife fell the care
Of the stock.
To make a long story short, by the
time the oldest daughter had arrived
at the age when her assistance was inn
portant there was fine herd of good
cows and n valuable dairying interest
we'll established. OF course, the longer
the herd was kept the more rapidly II
increased and the more valuable it
grew. The least profitable animals
were weeded out and sold, and better
ones took their places
After while the girl developed very
high ambitions in an educational sense,
and both she and her brother went
through college and graduated on tho
proceeds of the one little calf bought
when she was baby.
The only difficulty in undertakings
of this sort is that people do not realize
the need of patience and quiet, steady
perseverance in a single line. If this
woman had bought the COW one year
and sold it the next and invested the
money in half dozen different things,
there would have been probably no ap.
preciable result, but beginning with
the steadfast purpose to do one single
thing and do it thoroughly, she was
able to keep herself in comfort and lay
up against the time of need the means
to educate her children.
The same experience has repeatedly
been tried in sheep-raising and other
stock. Sheep and pigs give the quickest
of any animals, and, if cared
for by competent persons, are the most
profitable to raise. A few dollars in
vested in this way for each child will
yield wonderfully satisfactory results
later in life.
The child should also be taught to
put away a certain amount of its
pocket-money to add to it's future prop
erty. When it is old enough to do SO it
should be encouraged to earn money
and also add this to the accumulated
fund. Five dollars is but small
amount to invest for each child, but if
parents could be satisfied to invest it
and let it alone, the problem of educa-
tion would be very easily solved. Y.
Ledger