The New York herald., 1922-06-25
FARMS SOLD WITH
CROPS INCLUDED
Plan Stimulates Spring Mar.
ket for Properties All
Over the Country.

Unusually heavy sales of farm prop
critics were reported last spring by lead
ing dealers in that Kind of real estate.
Several reasons are given for this in
crease in business. but the most notable
is an extraordinary change that has
taken place within the farm business
itself.
Formerly there were few transfers Of
farm property in the spring after the
season had become too late to do any
spring planting Men who wanted
farms would not buy them because they
could not get their crops started in
time to provide themselves with either
winters supply for themselves and
their families or assure themselves of
an income from their products In the
harvesting season.
These handicaps have been overcome
by including growing crops with farm
properties sold in the spring and sum-
mer and harvested crops with farms
sold in the winter.
The result has been that this year
the r.. A, Strout Farm Agency, Inc,
reports its sales for May have exceeded
those of any other May in its history
Of more than twenty years The total
number of farms transferred by this
agency in May was 474 and indications
thus far in June point to another heavy
month
"Growing crops included with the
farms account for this big increase in
our business" said a representative of
the Strout Agency
"We are now selling the farms with
growing crops, buildings and all equip
rnent necessary to operate them. I'M
der the new system the buyer gets not
only land and buildings, but all the
tools, stock, cattle, poultry, swine and
horses and also tho growing crops, and
instead of facing the prospect of n win
ter in which he would have to kuy his
food he sees the crops in sight which
will furnish food for his family. feed
for his stock and even grain for his
poultry" e.-
New York continues to be the banner
State for the transfer OF farms, accord
inc to the Strout Agency, which sold
eighty-six farms in this state in May.
True to it's usual form. New Jersey ran
in second position with fory-eight sales
for the month and the big State of Penn
sylvania reported forty-one.
Massachusetts and Maine continued to
be the best farm selling States in New
England, thirty -four sales being recorded
in each of chose two States, while YER
mont ran third with twenty-three sales
and New Hampshire fourth with twenty
two.
Ohio. where farm values are much
higher than in New England, was tied
with Vermont's number of sales. aggre-
eating twenty-three in May. while Mich
igan duplicated the record Of New
Hampshire with twenty-five sales,
Florida. the leading citrus fruit State
which appeals to farm buyers all the
year round and is growing in attract
iveness owing 10 the development OF
diversified farming as well as fruit,
early truck and vegetables. exceeded
with twenty-four sales either Vermont.
Ohio or New Hampshire.
Michigan. whore great efforts are be-
ing made to develop the Upper Penin-
sular or "Cloverland" section, reported
the same business as New Hampshire
| twenty-five sales for the month.
Missouri, Arkansas, Delaware and
Maryland still remain strong favorltes
with farm buyers. The movement toward
Missouri and Arkansas is particularly
active, according TO the Strout Agency
which records sales in Missouri In May
of twenty farms and I'm Arkansas oi
fourteen. Delaware sales were eighteen
and Maryland fourteen.