The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-11-01
Buying Your Farm as You Go

inc land owners conference at Fargo, November 7-3.
"Ei represent one Of the constructive efforts Of the
Create North Dakota association to give perina.ency
% farm settlement IN this state. Recognizing that the
tendency Of the tenant farmer is TO yield 10 wa.1dcrlnst
At tImcs, which, when the malady attacks many such
at the came tlnc, leads % instability of the industry and
II population. the association has set about desising a
plan tor the retention OF farmers made Disseminated
hp tenancr-csen making them better citizens. II III this
plan which vii! be i leading topic at the Fargo con-
ference.
The plan which Inc 6. y. D. a. has devised il to turn
the tenant farmer INTO farm owner. To MAKE tGs plan
attractive, q new sgs.efn Of annual payments has been
proposed and contract forms cmbodying it have been
drawn up PayInent would be made IN yearly crop po.-
tlG.!s. not IL capital Otherwise derived b. the purchasing
tenant. Inr tenant thus would pay as the property
produced The landlord owner would share with the
t1nan. just what his farm made II possible TO pay.
This would 2iv1 the tenant an incentive ID farm better
and II would tend ~ inspire IN him tho contclIt,nent that
acquiring q property eiycs. He would stic. 70 the place,
ard North Dakota farming would be stabilized III its
human element.
1hi5 form OF farm purchase ought TO be a big incentive
also for outside tenant farmers to come TO H;ortn Dakota
and settle on purchasablc farms. The state thus would
gain IN population and skilled farmers. Il is not dif-
f.clit TO see what a gain this would be TO. North Dakota.
WITH diversified farming applied 10 such farm pur-
chascs Il should not be difficult for the buyers to make
MA @'A~@%1f VI i.'H s@t-Ili1 = ey.I5 ~LJtLii ~ II IAD-
euc.icn ol the properties puts no strain On the buyer.
The farm automatically takes the responsibility OF the
Transaction from his shoulder.
THIS Is the feature Of the new plan, which has a lot
OF detail. Of course. protecting both the buyer ami the
seller End ooiigatirg correct farming on the part Of the
purchaser. while take and insurance also are given a
definite provision in the standard form OF contract which
has been formulated to apply solely to this type Of buy
Ing land.
The conference should prove an important event from
the standpoint OF the farmer and the business men who
haze q kinilsip with agriculture. Special attention Is to
b. Givsn y tie weed and doc..agc problem. Increase Of
livestock On rented farms and supervision Of such farms
also viii be discussed from all angles. The Greater as
ecclation viii outline it, immigration ana advertising
work. representatives Of the farm schools, the banks,
the railroads, the federal land bank. the Agricultural
Credit corporation and the receiver OF closed banks vii,
be represented.
Tac government very thoughtfully has provided that
W. J. Sp!liman, the noted agricultural economist from
the Agricultural department. shall be in attendance. He
Is an authority whose advice on many OF the problems to
be discusacd ought to make 1t q highly educational con-
ference and productive Of much good to the larmcra OF
North Dakota.