The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-09-20
WHEN buying
SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TO
BE CONSIDERED
once bought 1t is Easily Sold If 1t Is a
desirable Piece OF Land-No Evidence to
Show That Nain-Makers Are Not HUM
bugs.
Buying a Farm.

Buying a Farm.
In selecting a farm, especially if
the owner intends to reside upon if.
there are many things to be consid.
cred aside from its actual commercial
value, writes E. r. Flint in the Amer.
lean Agriculturist. Whether he in.
tends to live upon it or not, he should
take into consideration not only the
quality OF the soil and its adapta-
blllty to the proposed pul poses, but
also its nearness to market, the state
Of the roads over which his produce
will have TO he drawn, perhaps in
early spring or late fall, the condition
of the fences, buildings, and the nat
ural drainage. All these 20 far
toward making a desirable or unde-
Slrable purchase, tor a farm is a piece
OF property Of which one cannot dis
pose whenever he may choose. Once
bought, it is much more easily sold
again il it is desira lie piece OF land.
In addition to these, if the farm is
to he the purchasers residence, he
will take into ems deration its dis
lance from school and church privi-
leges. For a family OF small chill
dren, it is very desirable to have the
SchOOlhOuse within a mile at most.
This feature alone would he worth
hundreds of dollars in the value of a
farm to some buyers. Muddy roads
and had weather are unavo. dable for
a portion of the year, and convent
ence to the Schoolhouse is very de-
sirabie.
While the dwelling house and other
buildings are important matters in a
farm home. do not forget that a door
yard shaded with trees cannot be sup
piled to order as they can. Be sure
that at least a few trees are ready to
furnish the ever welcome shade about
the house in summer. However care
fully planted and tended, they will
require years of growth before they
afford much shade. A farmhouse
with shade trees Of good growth in
the front yard is a more desirable
residence than one left to the scorch-
ing rays of a summer sun. 1t is a
common saying that n can buy a
farm with suitable buildings on it
cheaper than the land could be
bought, and the buildings added.
This may be true, but remember no
money a give shade trees within a
year OF two. 1t is much pleasanter
to have a porous soil in the dooryard
than one which holds water like a
sponge. A good orchard is worth a
great deal to a farm. AS with shade
trees. they may be set out. but it
takes ten ears at least for an apple
tree to attain bearing age. No n
can afford 70 wait ten years for apples.
1t is better to buy a farm with even
a few apple trees than without any.
A farm on which there is no waste
lard is to be preferred to n of
which a portion is untiIlable. River
fats or low borders of any smaller
stream are usually wet and fit only
for pasture. Marsh grass and rushes
are the best of their productions. and
tie pasturage even is not equal, acre
for acres, to good upland. Such a
stream is excellent in time OF drouth
to supply water for the stock, but it
makes a good deal of waste land
which might better be under cultiva-
tion. A swamp of swale may be
cleared up, if there is an outlet for
drainage, and often makes the choic-
est land when so treated. A beauti-
full farm home is within the reach Of
many a family who think that be-
cause they have not plenty Of money
to spend in identifying it, they can
not have it. Fixing up and keeping
everything tidy about the place,
fences in good repair and free from
bush S. shade trees scattered about,
a we!l-kept lawn, barns in good re-
pair, whether they are expensive or
not, all these cost nothing but a lit
tie time, and add more to a farm
home than most people realize. One
who rides about the country, where
he is acquainted, can judge pretty
closely Of the ability Of the farmers
by the appearance OF their farms II
one wants to sell, the more attract
i've his farm is the more readily can a
buyer be found. In buying a farm,
as in buying anything else, the best
may be the cheapest in the end. A
few dollars more on an acre may put
the purchaser in possession of a farm
more desirable in every way. In that
case, the best is c -rtainly the cheap.
est. No one ought to buy a farm
that is to be his home without Civ.
ing the matter sufficient thought and
personal observation of all its various
conditions.
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