Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-06-07
NAME YOUR FARM.
Many Reasons Why the Farms
Should be Given Attractive
Names.

A. E. Nissen, secretary-treasurer
of the Iowa state auto association has
the following to say on the subject
of farmers giving name to their
farms:
There are many reasonable rea-
sons why every farmer who owns a
farm that is really worthy of being
known by an attractive and appropri-
ate name should select such name and
have the same painted in a conspicu-
Gus manner on his house or barn, or
better still, on an attractive arch over
the gateway. OF course, it would be
a joke if a man would call his farm
the Model Farm" and have the
buildings, fences and lawn in bad
condition, and / certainly would not
recommend any farmer to name his
farm and advertise it by special
name, unless before he did so he
would have the buildings, lawn, fen
ces and premises in such shape that
it would be worthy of name. One
of the main reasons why it will be an
advantage to the farmer to do this
is because it gives his farm distinc-
tiveness that he could secure in no
other way, and no matter if the farm
changes ownership many times the
name always stays with the farm, and
every real estate man out of the
thousands whom l have interviewed
on this subject emphatically state
that a farm that is known by an at
tractive and appropriate name is i'm
mediately increased in selling value
in every instance.
A very strong argument in favor of
naming the farm, especially where
there are grown up sons and daugh-
tiers, is the fact that many farmers
children seem to think it a disgrace
TO be called farmer and live on a
farm, and there is no doubt in my
mind that the naming of a farm and
having same advertised by an attrac-
tive name (also using stationery
with the name printed on same) has
been the means of making many far
mers' sons and daughters proud to
live in the country (instead of
ashamed) and mas thus been the
means of encouraging many of them
TO stay on the farm instead of going
to the city, and thus making the
greatest mistake of their lives.
1t has been noticed by me and a
good many other persons whose at
tention / have called to this matter
that the naming of farm immediate
ly seems to put progressive spirit
into the being of the owner of the
farm and he Immediately proceeds to
paint the buildings and improve the
premises so as to make the farm wor-
thy of the name it bears
My main reason for boosting the
farm naming proposition is because
] have noticed that practically every
farmer who has named his farm is a
good roads booster" as they all
seem to want to have good road il
front of their farm, to which they
are so proud to give name.
Below is partial list of the names
which Mr.. Nissen suggests might be
suitable for your farm: Pleasant
View, Pleasant Hill, Valley View,
Prairie View, South View, River View.
Ridge View, City View, Brookside,
Clearview, Hill Top, Sunnyside,
Mount Joy, Joy Ridge, Maple Ridge,
Oak Dale, Walnut Grove, Elder
Grove, Happy Home Hawkeye, Sun
nyslope, Old Home, Poverty Hill,
transferable, Hard Times, Roseland.
Suburban, Fertile Valley. Crystal
Springs, Spring Brook. Bonny View,
Fancy Free, Oak Knoll, Twin Oaks,
Lone Pine, Rose Corner. Ferndale,
The Oaks, The Naples, The Elms."