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VOL. LIV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., NOV. 4, 1899. NO. 44 _xpzxizutz _zpnxtmtvAt How and Where Can a Young Married Man Who Starts From the Stump Acquire a Farm Heme? lsjtPemlum—If I were a yoang married man to begin from the stump (again) I would hire to, or crop on shares for the moet guo- ceeeful farmer ln the community, and make myself to useful that he would be willing to pay me the highest customary wages, oi give me the beet possible terms. Would work to his Interest and make a etudy of hie work and methods. Would watch to see by what turn he converts his etock and crop into cash. Would gain hie confidence and try to help him form hie plana. Would read his agricultural papers or take eome myeelf. While I wae doing thie I would be gaining tbe information that Is Indispensable to eu;cessful farming. Of course thla preparation would depend largely on what earlier knowledge I had had of farm work. I would live as economically as poeelble and try to give my good wife an opportunity to aeslet in earning an Income if poeelble. Would lay by every red cent I could (pare from our earnlnge, and as soon ae I had a few hundred doUars I would invest ln a home. If I expected to do general farming I would not try to purchase where land was expensive, but would seek more remote regions, and try to get a farm that wae naturally fertile, but had been neglected and run down. Such farms are far more easily reclaimed than poor ones are to be made productive. I would try to pay down enough, so that eome friend would take a mortgage for the balance, and eave a few dollars to buy Btock and farm implements with. Would buy no more of them than I could pay cash for, and aek no man to go my security or allow my credit to ba questioned. With a mortgaged, rundown farm and a few Implements paid for, a cool head and willing hande, I would begin ae a farmer. Would make wife ae comfortable as possible and etill give her a chance to help ln the way of making butter, raising poultry or whatever ehe could do. Would start with the best stock within my reach, from chickens to cattle and horeee, and take euch cara of them that they would surely pay a profit on their keep. Would put out no moro cropa than I could take the best rare of. Work early and late, Pay debts firet, buy Iuxurlee later. The American people are fast falling into the way of living beyond their means. I would keep a strict account with each crop and kind of 'tock, so that I could know what paid me beat. Then with reasonable health and strength, euccese would surely come, and ln a few short, busy years I would have my home Paid for and would then improve itto the best Possible condition. We could then enjoy eome of the luxuries and leisure the faithful Knd industrious eo well deserve. G. 0. Olark Oo. 2d Premium.—The bett place for a young man to go to obtain a home depends on circumstances, disposition of the person and many other thinge. Where one would make a euccese others would fall. What one would like and enjoy himself, others would dislike. Some like prairie country, others timber. Oae may like stock raising,another the growing of grain and another fruitgrowing. It will depend more on the man than on the locality. Oae advantage a comparatively new country Is better for a poor man ls because hie neigh- bora are aa a rule poor like himself, and there Is less temptations to epend money for the Iuxurlee of life, because our neighbors do not <-o eo. In an old settled country a poor man tees hie wealthier neighbors have the luxuries of life and he of course desires the tame. And not being ln a position to afford them he comes as near lt ae he can and thus alwaya remains poor. I have traveled a little, and from what I have eeen I could mention eeveral localities where a poor man could do well. Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and northern Wieconsln have good cheap lands where if a person adapts himself to the locality and don't get discouraged the first two years he will come out all right Most people expect too much, are led to do eo a great deal by the glowing accounts of tbe Immigrant agent, who picks out some exceptional cases and makes you believe you will all do as well. Persons going "on a new prairie farm must expect, but very little of a crop the firet and even the second year, as raw sod turned over ls a viry uncertain eeed bed. He should have enough meana to pay his way at least one year. To go to a timber country does not require eo much money becauee the timber ie available at eomeprlcj to afford a living. Bat lt takes much longer to have a farm ready to cultivate, and lt means lots of hard work. I believe taking all thinge Into cocelderatlon; we have the beet opportunity for a poor man right here ln northern Indiana. What a few yeare ago waa supposed to be worthleee swamp lande. eand rldgei and sloughs has been drained out and the beet of farme are being made of them. The unimproved lande are cheap yet, ranging ln price from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per acre, on long time,and right now at very low interest. Aside from the land being unimproved you can have all the advantages of churches, echools and markete, things you do not have ln tbe cheap western lands. Another advantage is the coet to move, which Is very little compared with moving west Another thing le new land in thie wet district is as eure to raise a crop on first plowing as on any other. Any crop can be grown that will grow in any other part of the State; and fruit, melons, potatoes or onions grown here, can not be beat anywhere ln the State. Men are making lots of money on them alone. In my ebservatlons of the cheap lands of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Wisconeln, I belle va northern Indiana le the best place for a poor man to go to, and if he makes up his mind to work and work hard and be economical he ls sure to own a good home ln a very ehort time. Oae thing more, don't buy too much. Buy only what you can handle, then buy more as you get able, even if you do have to pay more for it. Buying too much because it is cheap may cause you to lose all. I epeak from experience. Carroll Oo. Wm. PinxmY. a new, strange placo. There was a time when lt would have been advisable for euch a ono to go Weet. But to-day, the deeirable placee are all taken and muet be purchased by tolj and eelf-denlal wherever the man may go, and can be had right here at homo ae well ae elsewhere, better it may be, If the man le eo determined. Under normal conditione there le beyond a doubt, much more ln the man than ln the locality. An Ouhebyek 3d Premium.—The young man ought to have made eome little etart before marrying, and he doubtless hae, if he be the kind that le to make a success ln life. He can have acquired a name for honeety and Industry which is capital In itself, and of a kind that never loses Its facj value. Given good health, industrious habits, and a good character, and blessed with a wife similarly endowed, a young man may win a home for himself in any good farming community that he bap- pens to call home. Here in Tippecanoe county where land sells from $50 to $80 dollars per acre young men who have started with very small capital are paying out, slowly, perhaps, but surely, on good farm property, and while doing eo are able to enjoy many of the privileges of advanced civilization, in the line of good echoole, churches, markets, etc. While it may be an easier thing to acquire a farm home in tome of the newer States, eelf- denlal la needed there as here, and property once acquired in our own State, must long be of greater value, and the advantages of life greater than the newer countries afford. Moreover, a young man of sterling character will have made friende In hie own neighborhood that will often be able to give him euch financial help as he could not hope to get ln It may be from the rock Instead of the stump, but I will tell you what a young man may do In Georgia without a dollar of capital. He may rent a farm and complete farming outfit, including mules and all wagons and implements, on terms by which with cloee economy he may come out ln two yeare' time with money enough to buy a complete outfit and a email home. Ae to the where—anywhere in the etate above the plney woode belt, and lt may be done there, though I would advise all northerners to etop ln the highlands. Farming above the sandy, plney woods may be carried on practically ln the eame manner ae ln your etate, cotton being tbe only new crop necessary to take up. And ln most localities the water ls plentiful, pure and coot. I fear I am too far out of your range to go into further detail, but any quetslons accompanied by stamp will be cheerfully anewered. Warm Springs, Ga. Ohas. Stout. kkviiw. Of couree eome men have natural tact for money making. Thoee that have not had better be careful about going ln debt. Again no one will hereafter buy a farm and make it pay for Itself on the clodhopper plan. A man used to buy a yearling eteer for $18 and eell lt at three yeare old for $115. Wheat wae over a dollar, and earn 10 to 60 cents. Potatoes were the eame ae corn. But competition hae pulled down prices, so there is no margin to a careless, wasteful farmer. I stood on the street a while yesterday and aeked a number of farmers if a young man can etart with nothing nowadays and own a farm. Everyone eaid promptly that he knew eeveral cases where lt had beon done, and several were cited that are now gettlngon well paying out. It le truo that most of the cases I have in mind are where the man Inherited a little start say $1000 and then went in debt and payed out. But that ls only a quicker process. Mr. Pcflley tells one way to get that $1000. One of the quickest pay outs that I have known wae where he had a team and toole and began renting at once. A man close to Os rmel bought an 80 acre farm of black land just before the panic, paying $1000 on It and payed steadily through and out. But ln all cases where I have seen good successes they bought good land. And lt is conspicuous tbat lt ls nearly alwaye wet black land. At Mr Cjvert saye, sometimes a rundown, rich farm. I know one caee where a etout young man tried hard to make money on a rundown, poor rolling farm, and after a hard pull with lots of eacrifice he had to give It up. It was not in lt. Ba sure and not try impossibilities. Make the effort where natural conditions are etrong backing. It ls also generally better to buy a cleared farm with fences and buildings. Some, yeara ago I bought 80 acres near Oarmel ln the big woods. Think of the miles of fencing, the heavy coet of clearing, on the stumpy land, I paid $100 for ditching, and a thousand for buildings. And for a few years I had no cropa on most of lt to help even pay Interest, or taxes, to eay nothing of a living. I paid a hundred dollars for dynamite, and clearing etumpe off. Of couree one can't start that way. I epeak of lt to emphaelze the thought the farm ehould be at once productive and naturally rich. One caee near here had a good houee and barn and fences and ditching, and all he bad to do was to move ln and etick hie plow in rich black land and grow 70 buehels of corn per acre, the firet eix monthe. He turned three good eowe on tho epring pasture and had an Income Inside of a week. Thie man put all hie land but a little pasture ln corn year after year and crowded hoge. He told me that the eowe and chickene kept down all expeneee, and that when he eold a bunch of hogs the money all went to pay debts. As soon as out of debt he Is going to rotate crops. Some farms will bear that, llko straining a race horee a step or two, but hilly clay land won't. Let's note this man ,'a little farther. He grew no other crops but corn. It required no expensive tools. A breaking plow and cultivator. In wheat harvest he worked for wages, aleo threshing. Allow me to emphaelze the practice of some to conetantly have a "penelon" to draw from. My firet experience of this kind was ln cutting 60 cents of four foot wood out of old tops ln a clearing, and burning 200.000 brick. These sold out at about $200 a year. "Penelon" No. 2 wae keeping an old man for city people, at $15 a month. He wae little trouble, and a very light eater. After two years he got feeble and required lots of attention, and we got $40 a month for caring for him. No. 3 was writing for the prew, which after years of practice now became profittble. Our fourth "pension" wbb the gravel pit which more than paid my taxes every year. The fifth was the institutes which helped in lessons learned and made a little pin money. I know some men who put in spare time hauling logs; some taking stock to market for others or any handy jub; some get contracts for hauling gravel; one buys stock and sells; ono hucksters during idle weather. When one'e farm ie rather email he can find time for these, but when he has plenty of stock and feeding he may better find business at home. The thought ie to be ehifty. Will Olark, near Westfield, bought a thlckety, woodsy farm and cut lota of wood ln clearing and would not buy anything without trading wood for lt. The groceryman knew he could not have hie trade without taking wood. He now hae a fine home. I remember one time we had one slop bucket that would not keep the one hog. We had occasion to hire a girl, and ehe did not prove economical ln using up scraps. So we had to use two buckets and bring on two more hogs. If cither party is waeteful lt ls no uee to try to come up in life. I once knew a man who refused an inheritance from hie father for ten yeare becauee he wanted to prove that he could make a home living without any help. Surely euch a victory le worth tbe eacrlfica. Motto: "No church hae any etrong bold on the lojalty of the people, eo long as it ls on the defensive." No. 192, Nov. 11—What ls the best farm fence you eaw at the fair, and coet? Are you using rod oedar posts? What do they coet and where do you get them? No. 193. Nov 18—Name eome of the faults and ideals of girls you know. Suggest improvement. (A future topic will be the same for boys.) No 194, Nov, 25—Comment on Thanksgiving Day as a Harvest Home Festival. Premiums of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents will be given to let, 2d and 3d beet articles each week. Let copy be ae practical as possible and forwarded 10 daye before publication to Oarmel, Ind. E. H. Ooixms. Editors Indian.. Faemie. Will you give the names and address of all the eteam elder mllla in America, through the PaPer. W. H. McO. —We can not give all, but here are a few: P. P. MaBt A Oo , Springfield, O., Keystone M'f'g. Co., Sterling, 111., Superior Drill Oo., Springfield, O., Hocking Valley M'f'g. Co., Lancaster, O., Boomer & Boschert, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1899, v. 54, no. 44 (Nov. 4) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA5444 |
Date of Original | 1899 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | VOL. LIV. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., NOV. 4, 1899. NO. 44 _xpzxizutz _zpnxtmtvAt How and Where Can a Young Married Man Who Starts From the Stump Acquire a Farm Heme? lsjtPemlum—If I were a yoang married man to begin from the stump (again) I would hire to, or crop on shares for the moet guo- ceeeful farmer ln the community, and make myself to useful that he would be willing to pay me the highest customary wages, oi give me the beet possible terms. Would work to his Interest and make a etudy of hie work and methods. Would watch to see by what turn he converts his etock and crop into cash. Would gain hie confidence and try to help him form hie plana. Would read his agricultural papers or take eome myeelf. While I wae doing thie I would be gaining tbe information that Is Indispensable to eu;cessful farming. Of course thla preparation would depend largely on what earlier knowledge I had had of farm work. I would live as economically as poeelble and try to give my good wife an opportunity to aeslet in earning an Income if poeelble. Would lay by every red cent I could (pare from our earnlnge, and as soon ae I had a few hundred doUars I would invest ln a home. If I expected to do general farming I would not try to purchase where land was expensive, but would seek more remote regions, and try to get a farm that wae naturally fertile, but had been neglected and run down. Such farms are far more easily reclaimed than poor ones are to be made productive. I would try to pay down enough, so that eome friend would take a mortgage for the balance, and eave a few dollars to buy Btock and farm implements with. Would buy no more of them than I could pay cash for, and aek no man to go my security or allow my credit to ba questioned. With a mortgaged, rundown farm and a few Implements paid for, a cool head and willing hande, I would begin ae a farmer. Would make wife ae comfortable as possible and etill give her a chance to help ln the way of making butter, raising poultry or whatever ehe could do. Would start with the best stock within my reach, from chickens to cattle and horeee, and take euch cara of them that they would surely pay a profit on their keep. Would put out no moro cropa than I could take the best rare of. Work early and late, Pay debts firet, buy Iuxurlee later. The American people are fast falling into the way of living beyond their means. I would keep a strict account with each crop and kind of 'tock, so that I could know what paid me beat. Then with reasonable health and strength, euccese would surely come, and ln a few short, busy years I would have my home Paid for and would then improve itto the best Possible condition. We could then enjoy eome of the luxuries and leisure the faithful Knd industrious eo well deserve. G. 0. Olark Oo. 2d Premium.—The bett place for a young man to go to obtain a home depends on circumstances, disposition of the person and many other thinge. Where one would make a euccese others would fall. What one would like and enjoy himself, others would dislike. Some like prairie country, others timber. Oae may like stock raising,another the growing of grain and another fruitgrowing. It will depend more on the man than on the locality. Oae advantage a comparatively new country Is better for a poor man ls because hie neigh- bora are aa a rule poor like himself, and there Is less temptations to epend money for the Iuxurlee of life, because our neighbors do not <-o eo. In an old settled country a poor man tees hie wealthier neighbors have the luxuries of life and he of course desires the tame. And not being ln a position to afford them he comes as near lt ae he can and thus alwaya remains poor. I have traveled a little, and from what I have eeen I could mention eeveral localities where a poor man could do well. Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas and northern Wieconsln have good cheap lands where if a person adapts himself to the locality and don't get discouraged the first two years he will come out all right Most people expect too much, are led to do eo a great deal by the glowing accounts of tbe Immigrant agent, who picks out some exceptional cases and makes you believe you will all do as well. Persons going "on a new prairie farm must expect, but very little of a crop the firet and even the second year, as raw sod turned over ls a viry uncertain eeed bed. He should have enough meana to pay his way at least one year. To go to a timber country does not require eo much money becauee the timber ie available at eomeprlcj to afford a living. Bat lt takes much longer to have a farm ready to cultivate, and lt means lots of hard work. I believe taking all thinge Into cocelderatlon; we have the beet opportunity for a poor man right here ln northern Indiana. What a few yeare ago waa supposed to be worthleee swamp lande. eand rldgei and sloughs has been drained out and the beet of farme are being made of them. The unimproved lande are cheap yet, ranging ln price from fifteen to twenty-five dollars per acre, on long time,and right now at very low interest. Aside from the land being unimproved you can have all the advantages of churches, echools and markete, things you do not have ln tbe cheap western lands. Another advantage is the coet to move, which Is very little compared with moving west Another thing le new land in thie wet district is as eure to raise a crop on first plowing as on any other. Any crop can be grown that will grow in any other part of the State; and fruit, melons, potatoes or onions grown here, can not be beat anywhere ln the State. Men are making lots of money on them alone. In my ebservatlons of the cheap lands of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Wisconeln, I belle va northern Indiana le the best place for a poor man to go to, and if he makes up his mind to work and work hard and be economical he ls sure to own a good home ln a very ehort time. Oae thing more, don't buy too much. Buy only what you can handle, then buy more as you get able, even if you do have to pay more for it. Buying too much because it is cheap may cause you to lose all. I epeak from experience. Carroll Oo. Wm. PinxmY. a new, strange placo. There was a time when lt would have been advisable for euch a ono to go Weet. But to-day, the deeirable placee are all taken and muet be purchased by tolj and eelf-denlal wherever the man may go, and can be had right here at homo ae well ae elsewhere, better it may be, If the man le eo determined. Under normal conditione there le beyond a doubt, much more ln the man than ln the locality. An Ouhebyek 3d Premium.—The young man ought to have made eome little etart before marrying, and he doubtless hae, if he be the kind that le to make a success ln life. He can have acquired a name for honeety and Industry which is capital In itself, and of a kind that never loses Its facj value. Given good health, industrious habits, and a good character, and blessed with a wife similarly endowed, a young man may win a home for himself in any good farming community that he bap- pens to call home. Here in Tippecanoe county where land sells from $50 to $80 dollars per acre young men who have started with very small capital are paying out, slowly, perhaps, but surely, on good farm property, and while doing eo are able to enjoy many of the privileges of advanced civilization, in the line of good echoole, churches, markets, etc. While it may be an easier thing to acquire a farm home in tome of the newer States, eelf- denlal la needed there as here, and property once acquired in our own State, must long be of greater value, and the advantages of life greater than the newer countries afford. Moreover, a young man of sterling character will have made friende In hie own neighborhood that will often be able to give him euch financial help as he could not hope to get ln It may be from the rock Instead of the stump, but I will tell you what a young man may do In Georgia without a dollar of capital. He may rent a farm and complete farming outfit, including mules and all wagons and implements, on terms by which with cloee economy he may come out ln two yeare' time with money enough to buy a complete outfit and a email home. Ae to the where—anywhere in the etate above the plney woode belt, and lt may be done there, though I would advise all northerners to etop ln the highlands. Farming above the sandy, plney woods may be carried on practically ln the eame manner ae ln your etate, cotton being tbe only new crop necessary to take up. And ln most localities the water ls plentiful, pure and coot. I fear I am too far out of your range to go into further detail, but any quetslons accompanied by stamp will be cheerfully anewered. Warm Springs, Ga. Ohas. Stout. kkviiw. Of couree eome men have natural tact for money making. Thoee that have not had better be careful about going ln debt. Again no one will hereafter buy a farm and make it pay for Itself on the clodhopper plan. A man used to buy a yearling eteer for $18 and eell lt at three yeare old for $115. Wheat wae over a dollar, and earn 10 to 60 cents. Potatoes were the eame ae corn. But competition hae pulled down prices, so there is no margin to a careless, wasteful farmer. I stood on the street a while yesterday and aeked a number of farmers if a young man can etart with nothing nowadays and own a farm. Everyone eaid promptly that he knew eeveral cases where lt had beon done, and several were cited that are now gettlngon well paying out. It le truo that most of the cases I have in mind are where the man Inherited a little start say $1000 and then went in debt and payed out. But that ls only a quicker process. Mr. Pcflley tells one way to get that $1000. One of the quickest pay outs that I have known wae where he had a team and toole and began renting at once. A man close to Os rmel bought an 80 acre farm of black land just before the panic, paying $1000 on It and payed steadily through and out. But ln all cases where I have seen good successes they bought good land. And lt is conspicuous tbat lt ls nearly alwaye wet black land. At Mr Cjvert saye, sometimes a rundown, rich farm. I know one caee where a etout young man tried hard to make money on a rundown, poor rolling farm, and after a hard pull with lots of eacrifice he had to give It up. It was not in lt. Ba sure and not try impossibilities. Make the effort where natural conditions are etrong backing. It ls also generally better to buy a cleared farm with fences and buildings. Some, yeara ago I bought 80 acres near Oarmel ln the big woods. Think of the miles of fencing, the heavy coet of clearing, on the stumpy land, I paid $100 for ditching, and a thousand for buildings. And for a few years I had no cropa on most of lt to help even pay Interest, or taxes, to eay nothing of a living. I paid a hundred dollars for dynamite, and clearing etumpe off. Of couree one can't start that way. I epeak of lt to emphaelze the thought the farm ehould be at once productive and naturally rich. One caee near here had a good houee and barn and fences and ditching, and all he bad to do was to move ln and etick hie plow in rich black land and grow 70 buehels of corn per acre, the firet eix monthe. He turned three good eowe on tho epring pasture and had an Income Inside of a week. Thie man put all hie land but a little pasture ln corn year after year and crowded hoge. He told me that the eowe and chickene kept down all expeneee, and that when he eold a bunch of hogs the money all went to pay debts. As soon as out of debt he Is going to rotate crops. Some farms will bear that, llko straining a race horee a step or two, but hilly clay land won't. Let's note this man ,'a little farther. He grew no other crops but corn. It required no expensive tools. A breaking plow and cultivator. In wheat harvest he worked for wages, aleo threshing. Allow me to emphaelze the practice of some to conetantly have a "penelon" to draw from. My firet experience of this kind was ln cutting 60 cents of four foot wood out of old tops ln a clearing, and burning 200.000 brick. These sold out at about $200 a year. "Penelon" No. 2 wae keeping an old man for city people, at $15 a month. He wae little trouble, and a very light eater. After two years he got feeble and required lots of attention, and we got $40 a month for caring for him. No. 3 was writing for the prew, which after years of practice now became profittble. Our fourth "pension" wbb the gravel pit which more than paid my taxes every year. The fifth was the institutes which helped in lessons learned and made a little pin money. I know some men who put in spare time hauling logs; some taking stock to market for others or any handy jub; some get contracts for hauling gravel; one buys stock and sells; ono hucksters during idle weather. When one'e farm ie rather email he can find time for these, but when he has plenty of stock and feeding he may better find business at home. The thought ie to be ehifty. Will Olark, near Westfield, bought a thlckety, woodsy farm and cut lota of wood ln clearing and would not buy anything without trading wood for lt. The groceryman knew he could not have hie trade without taking wood. He now hae a fine home. I remember one time we had one slop bucket that would not keep the one hog. We had occasion to hire a girl, and ehe did not prove economical ln using up scraps. So we had to use two buckets and bring on two more hogs. If cither party is waeteful lt ls no uee to try to come up in life. I once knew a man who refused an inheritance from hie father for ten yeare becauee he wanted to prove that he could make a home living without any help. Surely euch a victory le worth tbe eacrlfica. Motto: "No church hae any etrong bold on the lojalty of the people, eo long as it ls on the defensive." No. 192, Nov. 11—What ls the best farm fence you eaw at the fair, and coet? Are you using rod oedar posts? What do they coet and where do you get them? No. 193. Nov 18—Name eome of the faults and ideals of girls you know. Suggest improvement. (A future topic will be the same for boys.) No 194, Nov, 25—Comment on Thanksgiving Day as a Harvest Home Festival. Premiums of $1, 75 cents and 50 cents will be given to let, 2d and 3d beet articles each week. Let copy be ae practical as possible and forwarded 10 daye before publication to Oarmel, Ind. E. H. Ooixms. Editors Indian.. Faemie. Will you give the names and address of all the eteam elder mllla in America, through the PaPer. W. H. McO. —We can not give all, but here are a few: P. P. MaBt A Oo , Springfield, O., Keystone M'f'g. Co., Sterling, 111., Superior Drill Oo., Springfield, O., Hocking Valley M'f'g. Co., Lancaster, O., Boomer & Boschert, Syracuse, N.Y. |
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