Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-23

YOUNG FARMER ON HIS WAY TO MARKET
WITH A LOAD OF SHEEP.
for a business opening finds it on the
farm. The farm offers him the oppor-
tunity to exercise his executive ability
by managing broad acres and herds
that number in the thousands. If his
taste runs to quality rather than guam
tity it offers him chances in the pure
bred stock business for the broadcast
use of his money and talents. There is
no occupation more fascinating than
the molding Of living animals to make
them conform to an ideal of perfec-
ton. There is opportunity for long
continued study of blood lines; there
are months and years of anxious wait
ing to see the results of the union of
certain families; there are moments of
disappointment when an animal fails
to develop as we'll as expected But
greatest of all is the JOY of success
when the breeders efforts are crowned
with an animal a little nearer perfec
ton than has been produced before.
The man who can see such an animal
march out of a crowded show ring
with the purple ribbon without feel
ing that at least in a measure he has
achieved success has ambitions that
are indeed hard to satisfy. The pure
bred business has some pitfalls. but to
the man who enters it with good judg-
ment and an ambition to succeed it
offers financial returns that can be ex-
ceeded in few other occupations.
To the young man starting without
capital the farm offers unequaled Op-
portunities. The young man with
few friends and a reputation for in
dustry and honesty finds it easy to
rent a farm and borrow enough capt.
tai to equip it. There is a risk to run.
Of course. But what is risk to a
young man with strength and ambi-
ton? Well considered risks are essen
tial to success in almost any line. and
to the young farmer they are an incen-
tive to greater effort. Now that prices
Of farm products have reached a prof
liable level paying off the debt is d
matter of but q few years. Buying the
farm itself is by no means impossible,
even in the most fertile sections of the
corn belt
Hundreds of farmers are looking for
managers for farms that vary in size
and equipment to suit the fancy of
any one This line offers some of the
greatest opportunities to the young
man without capital. The salaries at
first may seem small as compared with
some of those offered in the city. Usu-
ally they include board and inciden-
tails, however There is better
chance to lay up money on the farm
at $50 month than in the city at
twice that amount For the man who
can make good" the first years salary
is hardly an indication of what is to
follow Most landowners are willing
to advance the salary as fast as the
manager shows his ability. Better yet,
they are willing TO intrust more Of the
responsibility to his hands and TO give
him more capital. so that he can
achieve greater results. In most cases
after n man has shown what he is
worth it is easy for him to get a share
of the net profits in addition to his
salary. Ia many cases it is easy to get
in on a partnership basis. In either
case the manager is as independent as
If he owned the farm. and the chances
for financial success are nearly as
great.
The great advantage of position of
this kind or. in fact. of any kind of
farm work is that there are so many
chances to invest money as fast as Ii
Is made
The man on the farm has a dozen
places to invest every dollar. This in
itself is big incentive to saving. and
saving means prosperity for both the
individual and the nation. The invest
ment which offers the greatest returns
Is farm land Even in those localities
where land is now worth considerably
more than 500 an acre the price limit
is yet far from being reached. There
is little chance 10 lose money on land
provided il is wisely Invested II is the
lack of knowledge of what constitutes
a good farIn that makes land an TN
safe investment for the city man
There may Ue some honest l;lnu
agents. but unfortunately they nave no
Trademarks to distinguish them from
the other variety To buy hnh with
out seeing it is Il painless way az part
ing with hard earned money A. tM
the promised profits. they usually ir.i
their wax to the pockets OF tie Iand
agent. leaving the investor II s;ldpr
and wiser man
Between 1860 and 1906 the average
increase in the value of the farm and
in the United States .w;ls 80 per cent.
Between 1880 aud 1910 much Of the
land in the western part of tile Missis-
sippi valley doubled in value With ii
system of farming that keeps III, the
fertility prices will go higher rather
than lower
The man who owns a farm has con-
tinual opportunities to put his money
into better fences. better stork and
better buildings lie has opportunities
to invest in more land at home or far
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