The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-04


From the time the decree went forth "Ir
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy
bread" the mighty multitudes that have
come after have been compelled to work fol-
their subsistence.
In primitive times the soil was almost
wholly depended upon for livelihood and ag-
riculture and the chase were practically the
only means of support
AS the years rolled by other occupations
opened up until, at the present time, it is es-
timated that more than 1000 different kinds
of work are followed by people for livelihood,
but more people till the soil and raise their
living from farms than obtain subsistence
: by all other lines of industry combined, and
it is safe to assume that practically every
person engaged in other lines of employment
hopes for and dreams of the time when he
will own a piece of real estate, larger or
smaller, of his own.
In the states of central west Ohio, Indiana,
Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska,
and Minnesota, more than 100000 farmers,
mostly young men, the flower of young
American manhood, stand ready each year to
begin life as agriculturists. Most of these
possess only limited capital, financially
speaking, but are millionaires in youth,
strength, hope and optimism, the most mag
nificient of all resources and of more nation
development value than all the tabled wealth
of Ophir.
Added to these new farmers is mighty
host of tenant farmers renters, who are
homeless servants of others, for rented
holding can never become home and a ten
ant, in law and fact, is the servant of his
landlord, working at least half of his time
for him and subject to his orders and be-
hests. He fertizes the soil for the benefit
of others and plants orchards and others eat
the fruits thereof. Added to the beginners
these form vast army of quarter of a mil
lion of people, exclusive of immigrants, seek
ing our shores, who are annually looking for
new farm locations.
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Fully one-half of this great army of agri-
culturists and embryo agricuturists, in or
der to secure farms of their own, must
change their location. The arcade land in
the territory where they reside is all, or near
ly all, taken up, owned and occupied and if
Offered for sale, is held at such price as to
he beyond the reach of most of them.
The supply of arabic land in the United
States is being rapidly exhausted. Farm land
values have increased by leaps and bounds
during the last rs years, and are still in
,creasing; they will never become less, but
will grow greater in a constantly increasing
ratio as the years pass by, so it behooves
those who are seeking farm homes for them
selves "To Do 1t Now"
The thoughtful man, and this article is adj
dressed to thoughtful men only, for the man
who does not work his thinker as well as his
muscle, is liability instead of an asset in
any community, before changing his farm
residence, will personally make an inspection
of his new location before relocating, taking
into consideration certain things
He will see to it that his new location is
in temperate climate, where they have four
we'll defined seasons: spring, summer, fall
and winter every year. The acme of pros
perity in every line of business, the highest
and most perfect development in every form
of life and the mightiest human accomplish
ing power always has been, now is, and al
ways will be found in those localities where
they have four seasons every calendar year.
The thinking man will not be taken in by
glowing prospects of fabulous returns from
agricultural operations in tropical or semi
tropical regions, issued by irresponsible pro-
motors, or if he is so impressed, for all have
fool spells at times, he will make a careful
personal investigation before investing in