Morris tribune., 1914-01-23
CHILDREN CAN BE
KEPT AT FARMING
JOHN McCALLUM OFFERS
EXAMPLE
Whole Family is Organized Into
Corporation, With Father Pre-
sident.- Each One of Children
Got Stock and is Purchasing
More From Parent. Everyone
Taking Deep Interest in Work
-Blooded Stock Raised.

Minneapolis Tribune AT the break
of dawn almost any morning. the pre-
sident of the United States, the
secretary of agriculture, the governors
of the 48 states Or others who have
been seeking means to keep the
boys and girls on the American farm
might find the answer if they threw
open the kitchen door of the farm
house of John McCallum. Big Stone
county. Minnesota, and stepped in
side.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
At the head of the big kitchen
table sits John McCallum, president
of the Lismore Stock Farm, incor-
porated About the table sit the
directors and other officers of the
Isismore Stock Farm, incorporated.
They are, each and everyone of them.
the children of John McCallum. They
all hold stock and have their vote in
the farm management.
BATTING AVERAGE HIGH.
''I am not much of hand" says
John McCalIum, Scotch. bewhiskered
and brawny, ''to keep the boys and
girls on the farm, but when it comes
to making the farm so ALFRED in
teresting that they can't be driven
yay. my batting average is close to
perfect.
Pretty near perfect is Just claim
on the part of John McCallum, for
of nine living children, eight are on
the farm and wouldn't t swap their lot
for city mansion. In baseball talk
this is batting average of 1888.
Although JoFn McCallum is force.
full member of the West Central Min
nesota Development association, he
has never made any speeches that the
world may know how he has solved
this problem which bothers nation.
The McCallum farm lies in Big
Stone county, just few miles from
the Dakota hills. Clinton is 9 miles
away. Barry is IL. There are l..
800 acres owned and operated by this
odd corporation, possibly the only
actual farm corporation in the nation.
sMr. McCalIum is pioneer of the
west Minnesota prairies.
ONCE VERY LONESOME.
"When l came out here in the
seventies / was so cussed lonesome
that I'd get out of my rig and throw
clods of prairie at my dogs just SO
they'd bark and let me know / still
had company" says Mr.. McCallum.
Mrs. McCalIum died two years ago,
4, and left to her husband the problem
of raising family of ten, six boys
and four girls. One of the boys is
dead. AS the boys and girls grew up
the father looked around for means
of keeping both family and farm to-
gether. He saw riches in sight. for
he had taken over many acres when
no one though they would be of value.
''It's only human nature that the
bows and girls will be interested in
something they have an interest in, 7"
was his conclusion. Straightaway he
set about giving every boy and every
efrl definite interest.
''I Incorporated and called it the
Lismore Stock Farm after the island
in Scotland on which was born. he
q,said. 'The papers of incorporation
place the capital at $100. 600. We
make annual reports to the state and
United States, just like railroad. :
Then he called his FIVE sons and
four daughters to him and presented
each with block of stock.
ST want you to know. each of you.
Just what interest you have in this
farm he said. 81 have reserved
EconsiderabIe stock for myself and it is
up to you to make the farm profit SC
that each year you may use your
dividends to purchase of my stock.
About the time am ready to die you
should have all nv holdings.
This vaccination" took in eight
out of the nine cases.
ONE BOY A LAWYER.
Zone of the boys just naturally
wasn't laid ont for farmer. says
tie father. He was for law. he
took law course and now he is up ir
Canada.
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