New Britain herald., 1915-12-24
Capitalizing Farmers Children.


 The old problem of keeping the boys and girls on the farm has been solved in a novel and interesting man. ner by John McCallum, a middle west farmer whose plan is described by Charles Francis Reed in Farm and Home.
 John McCallum was born in Scot- land, and it was only by hard work that he had made a fortune for him. self and possessed a stock fram which covered 1900 acres. He was a breed CT of Percheron horses, Shorthorn cattle, Duroc Jersey hogs and Oxford down sheep, and he was justly proud of the products of his farm. His land and stock business must remain tn- tact, and yet he knew that his nine growing sons and daughters were be- coming restless-they would soon be wanting their own-and he must sup ply it for them. McCallum thought it over for several days, and then one afternoon paid a visit to his lawyer in nearby town. 1t was @ most satis- factory visit, and he came home with smiling face-for he was sure that he had found the way for which he had searched. The very fact that he wished to keep the farm intact had given him an answer.
 The following morning after break fast the whole family assembled in the front room and the father laid before them the plans of a scheme which would give them all a share in the farm-and which created at once a spirit that meant success. Each one of the children had a definite activity to be responsible for, either the buying of supplies. the care of stock or the running of the home. They knew that they would have a full share of the profit of their labors.
 John McCallum had incorporated his stock farm, dividing it into shares and giving each child a portion. The capital was $10O,O00 divided into | blocks of stock of which MT. Mccall lum kept enough to give himself the controlling interest. MT. McCallum was elected president of the corpora tion, his oldest son was appointed gen. | era1 manager, the second was voted the position of vice-president while one of the other boys was made sec. retary and treasurer. When these posts were filled the work was as. signed to the different members of the corporation. The girls were assigned to the different departments abou the house, the buying, the overseeing of the cooking, and the other house hold duties and the boys were mad 1 superintendents of the different divi l sions of the farm work. - One boy took over the care of th cattle, another the horses, one thu hogs, and the fourth the sheep. Eacl person has supreme authority over hi or her portion of the work, and tn others are powerless to interfere un less as a board they should find tha a certain department was doing dam age to the general welfare of the cor poration.
 The plan as the president of tn | corporation outlined it was that eacl year the sons and daughters woul l buy some of his stock, so that in tim | they will have purchased all Of MIG 1 CalIum's stock and be absolute own l CTS of the farm. ---'.
 The children set to work with a will l and it was a new: zeal that helped l them, for they were working for thef l own benefit. The breakfast tabl grew to be the meeting place of tn board of directors, and inside of l month many of the small leakage that had been eating into the profit of the place had been stopped b ideas which originated with the diff l ferent superintendents.