Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1905-02-04
Michigan Farms and Far
mefS.

With the steady agricultural de'ei-
opment of our State, and with the
Conditions which always obtain In an
o,d aud settled agricultural section.
he you men who are casting about
for future location are apt To thinK
that other soils and other secti )ns
hold out 10 them better opportunities =
FOR success in their chosen calling
than is offered In their own state
Thus may are lnduced TO Leave the
State of their birth aud seek their Tor
tunes elsewhere While many such
drift 10 the cities to engage In some
other occupation than farming. yet
theirs 70 into some other State or ter
rt,ry or cOultry, To wrest from the
strange soil the competence WHO
| they feel unable 10 obtain AT nome
aud under conditions With which hey
acquainted. Often the STIMULUS
of a new field OF effort aud new respoh-
sibiities mny i,cite man to grea"
efforts ana thus win for him grea er
success. and the experience and cont
deuce which Will thus be gained
through hustling for himssl without
prospect of succor from Others may
make him stronger and more capaoie
man, and white he may thus achieve
greater succrss than his brothers wh"
have remained at home, it is far more
apt to be because Of thu beneficial
effect Of tho new experience han b.
cause of the greater opportunities
offer, d In some 81 ifr SCI ZION. In far'
it would Sc m paiuVo a tlose observer
that tn yer, q fficuNies of PROPOSE :
ion become incentivks which add "a
the certainty OF succ%s. provided The
MIN who meets them Ms made or the
right kind OF siutf'to overcome them
It. is often remarked thN the SOILS ol
; s,me Of our sister states are more rich
ly stored with virgin fertility than are
those OF Michigan. Ihey are, perhaps
e orth more money and under goot
e cultivat ion yield better crops, vet TIT
D farmers OF Michigan have bette
J. bull lings, are more progressive an'
= exhioit greater prosperity than d'
those of some of these apparently NOR
y favored localities. Look where he Will
s. whether in the unc' rtaln climes or Tn
a a. d plains; in the well watered praiI
s. issat our southern door: among tn
X hills and plateaus Of the great mort b
west. or The more tropical climes
L. the south, and you will lind no bette
locations. no better vaues, no MOI
advantageous openings, for the yeun
man who wishes to pursue the bus
| ness OF farming than can be found
our own State of Michigan. 1t de
ponds upon the man, NOR" than upo
the natural resources II the country
which he is located how wSll he wi
succe d. There issno bet tFr place
which to win success. thanhn Mich
~ gan. and there is no better lime to x
into The high road to that destinatit
than right now. The sntsrprisin
industrious and business young man
certain TO have opportunities whi'
will brig others and letter ones
well improved. Indeed. AZ the your
man OF energy and ability wishes
follow the business OF farming he G.
. make hia own opportunity In Micf
NJ gon and by the sheer force OF robust
and thrift he can get ahead much me
ar rapidly than his father did before h
aud at the same time he can erjoy I
privileges and blessings of life viii
art immeasurabl, greater Besides
is the opinion of many compete
judges that. price and imDroveme'
consider d. our Michigan farms OF
the best bargains and the most fav'
Ter able locations for ou Nj h'gaD far
erS of any In the country -Nich'e
Farmer