Gunnison news-champion., 1921-06-17

l remember a neighbor Of ours who
called his farm the Walnut Valley
Farm, and another one who named
his place Meadow Brook Farm, and
both farmers were better known as
good farmers bcause of their farm
names Once in while il seems as
though = farmer even tines q little
harder just TO keep up with 4 good
farm name.
A farm is q little bit different from
other sorts Of business enterprises. A
farm Is both a business and a home
Therefore, II IS best to choose a name
that Is good, both for a business name
and home name. For example, you
would hardly say 'Idlewild- is a good
business name, but IL wouldn't be
half bad for a pretty little summer
home way up in q forested mountain
glen, or on a wooded lake shore. Bu;
a. farm name, who would imagine
he would find hustling up-to-the-
minute farmer on "Idlewild ?" On
the other hard. just because a mans
name Is Smith or Jones or johnson is
no sign that his farm ought 70 be
named for him. The John Smith
Stock farm would no doubt be bust
nesslike, but the big trouble is that
I Il isn't attractive as the name of a
farm should be. II isn't exactly
permanent sounding either. When
you call 4 place the "Jones place
this year OF the Jones place." next
year, IN four or FIVE years you may
nave TO call it the johnson place" !" be-
cause the ownership has changed.
How different it is in the case of
some of our historical American
farms There is MI Vernon, lust TO
name one We have all heard Of, and
Monticello, the home of Jefferson.
/ heSe old places were real homes and
real farms and their owners loved
them. Yet with whatever name you
choose for your place, let it be known
you are there too, that it is your home
and your business.
But II isn't alone from h sentimental
standpoint that we should name
! the farm. II is worth while from Just
the advertising standpoint that per-
haps we should choose a name that
will be easily remembered, even by
on who runs and reads.
II you should be driving past a place
with three great, tall, spire-like Lom-
hardy poplars standing like giant
sentinels beside the gate, and you
read the sign Three Poplars" above
the gate, would you remember it? It's
safe wager you would So il was
with another farm ! knw, where the
house was not far from a waterfall
known all over the country. This
farm owner called his place "Falling
Water, and his place was known all
round for its fine mules and Hereford
cattle. Its name located it twice as
quickly as the owner could have locat-
2 sNgl a.. k- =
! Another farmer in another state had
! beside his place great hill, sort of
a dome topped hill that could be seen
for miles, so he called his farm "Knob
/ Hill' and when his mail comes to him
Z it doesn't have to have a rural route
I or box number at all when it is ad-
dressed TO Knob Hill. There is only
one place that could be called Knob
| Hill in the whole community.
l 1t is not very hard as rule to give
a farm some name or other, but when
IT comes to choosing a particular name
for particular farm, that is another
+ matter. Once in while a name Just
fastens itself onto place and sticks.
Sometimes better name could have
been found. Names like Beacon Hill,
Old Mill, Council Rock, etc may have
a historical meaning and they are
/ valuable for that account. But if they
are not names like those, surely names
will be suggested by the lay of the
land, by creeks, draws, trees, or even
by birds or animals. There may be
local stories and legends told about
a locality that will suggest a good
name. There is almost no end to the
possibilities in the way of names for
a place.
As to using a name after it is
chosen, that must depend very much
upon the sort Of farming done. But
any sort of farming where the writ