The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-12-18

More and more the value Of farm
J land, as a means of investment ID be-
coming apparent. Men who are wise
In the world of commerce and indus
try, men who have piled up millions
and millions Of dollars and, therefore.
know what is good business, are turn
ing to farm lands with their super
fuous money. In Chicago today, the big
men of wealth own farms and are
proud Of them. Many of them live In
the country and are as much tillers OF
the soil as your Indiana or Kansas
farmer. The same is true In New
York, Pittsburgh, St Louis, lndianap-
oils, Omaha, and, in fact, all the great
cities of the nation. The point Is that
these men are experts In invest
ment-who know how how to place
their money where 1t is safe and
where it will yield the best returns
AS Is we'll known, John ID. Rockefeller
spends most of his time In the country.
He loves the outdoor life and, though
often alluded to by the uniformed as
| ~ III anu hO 10 hhlC anu hSoi ~
Rockefeller is living on borrowed time
and mis- propensity for outof-door ex-
lstence accounts for his ruggedness
after a long life fraught with strenu-
GUS experiences.
Packers Are Farmers.
Samuel Insul, president Of the Com
monwealth Edison Company and mas
ter Of the elevated railways and sur
face lines of Chicago, lives on farm
northwest OF the city. He hurries
away from his office each day and
devotes an hour or two OF his
time to the details of his great coun-
try estate. He keeps himself familiar
with every department of activity on
the farm and there is no agriculturist
In America who knows his farm better
than Insul knows his. Most of the
big packers live on farms.
Many Of the railroad presidents and
heads of the city's banking institutions
are also practical farmers. John j.
Mitchell. president of the Illinois
Trust & Savings bank and a power in
the financial affairs Of America, Is a
farmer. At Lake Forest and Lake
Geneva there are vast colonies OF city
farmers-hundreds Of them in fact
colonies OF farm homes owned and &C.
cupied by Chicago's leading business
men.
One Of the millionaires Of the city
ut AL
liOnaires in Chicago as some peo-
pie would think-made the boast the
other day to some of his business
friends that he had picked the three
best investments in America.
What are they?" asked friend
Three farms" he replied.
ANY time man buys farm he is
making the best investment that 1t is
possible to get"
The speaker was H. w. Gossard,
president of H. W. Gossard Company
Farm at MartInsville, Ind.
Il have one farm at Martinsville,
Ind, another at Pratt, Kan, and an
other at Craig, Colo, and 1t is going
to be the ambition Of my life to make
them as fine as any three farms can
be made. And | am going to make
them profitable as we'll as pleasurable
You know a farm is simply a manu-.
featuring business. You manufacture
products of all kinds. Your problems
are to get your stun manufactured as
cheap as possible and then sell 1t to
the best advantage. You must see that
there are no waste places, that every
field and, In fact, every acre of ground
must bring forth its proportion OF
profits"
Mr.. Gossard's farm at Martinsville
Ind, has already attracted widespread
attention. He recently erected there
barn costing $4,000. On this farm
he is planning a new strain OF Eng,
lish hogs, and he has imported six
sows from England and prize-winnins
boar. Lord Bromley Manly, one Of the
best-knOwn animals In this country
among Berkshire breeders. He also
has an original flock of Rhode Island
White chickens that have won many
prizes, and he is building up a baby
chick business in which twenty-four
hour-old chicks are sold at rs cents
each, and shipped to all parts of the
country, In addition, the place has on IL
some fine blooded horses which have
taken several ribbons.
Kansas, and Colorado Farms.
Mr.. Gossard has OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
farm at Pratt, Kan. 1t is in the grea,
wheat belt and he says he considers IL
one OF the best investments he ever
made in his life.
At Craig, Colo, he has recently pur
chased 1000 acres of land. This prop
erty contains wonderful coal deposits,
and MIR. Gossard says that it is In
creasing in value so rapidly that he
cannot keep up with 1t. He is plan
ming to put it in stock and ship to the
Denver market
And what has been said OF Mr.. Cos
sard can be said of many wealthy and
successful business men. Rapidly they
are learning the value of farms, and
they take genuine pleasure In develop
ing them.