The National tribune., 1911-04-27
Give Your Fsrm Homo a Name.
By Sallic NJ Moses. in the North
western Agriculturist.

! "'C lVuf bdfu IsVfuC a -NdutS.
By sallic NJ Moses. in the North
! western Agriculturist.
! The old English custom OF giving
to the homo place. especially In the
country. a name by which IL may be
known through long line of heirs 10
the estates, is most commcndabie
ono, which We would be glad to see
more universally adopted in this couu-
try. It is true that We Americans
have but little OF that pride. in our
ancestors or their possessions that dis
Itinguishes our British cousins, but We
are such new people and our laws
of Inheritance are so different from
theirs that VIC can hardly be expected
20 share their feelings in this respect.
In England, on the death OF the
father the estate pa sses into the hands
of the eldest SON Here, the proper
| ty may be left to any one the testator
| wishes, and the eldest son may be cut
off with a dollar IL the father so Wills.
The law of primagcniturc may work
evils, as when the heir is dissipsted
or incompetent to manage, and where
there are a number OF other sons who
feel that the only avenues open to
them are 20 enter the army or the
church, for neither of which they have
any liking or aptitude. The usual oc-
equations which our young men take
up arc barred from them by tradi-
tional pride, and they drift some
times into very undesirable situa-
tions
know, personally, case in Illus
tration of this. The second son of a
well-known and wealthy family who
own and carry on one of the cele-
brated establishments OF England. was
educated at oxford, and on arriving
at his majority his father died and all
the property and business passed intoi
the hands OF the eldest son. This boy
entered the army, but after few
years tired of that life. He then came
trained to work of any kind, he found
il hard to get along. lie had a mag
nificent voice and fine physique, and
finally bccano u member Of travel
ing opera company and the last time
| saw him was in the production of a
comic opera. Should his brother die
he would be the heir to that great
property, with no practical knowledge
of how the business should be carried
on, and untitled by his rowing life
from settling down to a steady occu-
patton. And We sec the same story
repeated so often and written up in
our papers of today.
Another reason why ve Americans
take so little interest in our home
steads is that we seem to have no idea
Of permancncy. Here today and
gone tomorrow" very aptly describes
the majority of our people. We are
are always looking for pastures
new" In the early settled portion of
the States we occasionally find home
steads and fields which have belonged
to the same family for a hundred or
more years, and in the cities old
houses are still to be found. I vis-
tied in one in Boston some years ago.
which was over hundred years old,
and though the interior had been
vidual features had been retained and
1t looked very quaint to my Western
eyes.
In this wonderful West and North
west of ours We are OF the newest,
but We are not trying to establish, as
rule, n local habitation and name
for ourselves" We are always open
to an offer of something better. Wei
arc always looking ahead, ready toi
pick up our belongings and seek an
other home. if We think we can make
money by il. Sentiment does not play
any part in the makeup OF the hust-
ling, progrcssi1e pioneer. who is al
ways seeking new fields to conquer.
And SO IL comes about that many |
farmers, altho they have large pos
sessions and beautiful homes, do not |
should. 1t is the feeling of unrest
which is 50 pronounced a feature in |
the American character.
Every farmer, every small holding. |
every country seat, should have a
name of its own, by which it may be
known throughout its neighborhood.
This name may be in a way descrip-
tt.-r, a.,
particular crops raised. or merely a
fancy of the owner. In Scotland. a
small farm, or holding" is called a
croft, and this in combination with
some descriptive word makes a prettyi
name. as Highcroft, Hazelcroft. or
MeadoTcroft. Then there are many
other suggestive titles Meadow
Brook. Sunnyside. Robins Nest.
Willow Hedge. Oatlands, /
Belle View, Seek-no-Farther, Hazel
Copsc, Bonny Dell, etc.
If a printer man owned the farm
to which the beautiful lane in our
leads, he might call it the
Line O. Trees" instead OF the Line
o'-type." II an artist owned it, he
would call 1t Vista" IL common
sense. practical man, it might be
Shady Lane
Give your home name. Have it
painted on your gate posts with the
owners name beneath, or put up at
the roadside. If your house is some
distance from the highway. so that
passers-by may know it and connect II
thereafter with you. If you send
any special product to market. as but
ter. eggs, honey, syrup. apples. etc,
have the name of the farm and your
OWN name stamped on your packages.
1t gives character and standing and
The impression that you stand back Of
the quality of what YOU offer for sale. /,
What's in a pame?" says Shaks-
pere: "a rose by any other name
would smell as sweet" Perhaps-butl
ne contend there is much in name,
IS many a man and woman SO un-
fortunate as to be the victim of their !,
parents lack of judgment in giving ]
hem A name, will tell you. Christen
;our farm home and then YOU will
i've up to its name. You will keep
.hings tidy about house and barn, I
rour approaches will be free from
weeds, your bacliyards will be full Of
lowers aud shrubs instead of ash bar
els and broken crockery. and you will
PASS the place on to your children
With the consciousness that You have
lone your part TO make it homelike .
md attractive. If YOU have done this
-ou will never have to reproach your