The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-08-15
Opportunities for Young Men.

Iu6 lhquli lOo 'h"'
come to the office of The Ranch for
information concerning the opportunl-
ties for starting in business in the
Pacific northwest is one from a cor
respondent in St. Louis. He is
young man who has a little capital
laid by, and wants to know how he
might start in business for himself in
this state. He says he is inclined to
be farmer and fruit grower, but does
not state whether or not he has ever
had any experience in the work that
would be required of him. From the
tone of the letter we assume that he
has not.
To answer his inquiry fully without
danger of giving the wrong advice
would be a hard task, and we will
not undertake it. But we want to
say a few words to the hundreds of
young men just like this one, who are
taking The Ranch and watching the
trend of matters closely as they per-
tain to conditions and opportunities
in the Pacific northwest. 1t has been
repeatedly stated in these columns
that in this grand section there are
plenty of opportunities for the man
or woman who has courage and pluck,
even though he or she be minus big
bank roll. If a man is working in
store or an office back east and wants
to come west and settle on farm
there is nothing to prevent him doing
so, save his own hesitancy or timidity.
He thinks, perhaps, that it will re-
uuire a large amount of money to get
started and that he must have small
fortune in the bank to enable him to
carry on operations.
Such notions are all wrong, so far
as they concern this country. OF
course, it will take a little money to
acquire the land needed and to buy
the machinery to carry on operations
and the live stock for the nucleus OF
the herd, but a man who has the dc.
termination to succeed and who comes
we'll recommended can get very ex-
cellent start for only small amount
of ready cash. The increase in the
value of lands here and the certainty
of a property rising in value as i'm.
prOvements are being made are SO
good that one might acquire property
for a small payment down and ar
range to pay the balance in install
ments from the crops or the returns
from the live stock, as the case may
NC. OuI l1dl hSCO oil = CCl Ccilll 1ho IuOy
are growing; and man with the right
stuff in him can scarcely fail to make
it Ego"
If he wants to go into the horticul-
tural business he should have some
understanding of it, and be prepared
to wait at least seven years before
his orchard comes into bearing. Dur.
ing that time there will be plenty of
other work to attend to, and for money
to pay living expenses he has but to
keep hens and a limited number of
COWS, provided he is not too far from
some good market. Poultry, eggs and
butter find a ready sale at remunera-
tive prices the year round, and many
a successful orchardist of today kept
himself and his family in the necessi-
ties of life the first seven or eight
years through the medium of the hens
and the COWS. At the same time they
raised variety of crops between the
young trees and made many improve.
ments about their farms, thus having
something to sell each year and also
making their properties more valua-
ble
1t is natural for men like our cor
respondent from st. Louis, pent up
in a large city, to long for the fresh
air and independence of the country