| Show WARNING CITY-BRED CITY FARMER They Will Be Unwise to Make Ventura Without Capital Enough to Support Family a Year The Tho government land land offices and andreal andreal real estate dealers In the west generally genera gener ally report that more farm lands are arc being sold Bold to the city cly men at this time than ever before The development of Irrigation In tho far fer west seems to have a peculiar attraction tot for city men and the vast areas of ot cheap lands In the southwest which are being cut cutup cutup cutup up Into small tracts and sold on tho the Installment plan are finding thousands of or buyers But there aro are many dangers confronting con fronting the resident non-resident land owner Farming Is a business which requires requires requires re re- re- re quires as much knowledge and application application cation as any other business Farming Farming Farm ing cannot be successfully carried on at long range and too often Is a failure tall fall ure at short range with the owner on the Job every day The city man who buys Irrigated land at from to per acre and who has had no previous knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of farming must not expect to become a successful farmer or fruit grower and make male enough money out of ot his farm tarm to support his f family at atthe atthe atthe the start start It requires not only good knowledge of farming but capital as aswell aswell aswell well to make a profit on priced high-priced land and the Inexperienced city man who has been led to believe that he ha can wrest a living from the soil at the start Is almost sure to be doomed to disappointment If It city men are determined to engage engage en en- gage In farming let them buy small tracts close to a good market well wen watered with rich soil soU and In a kindly kind kind- ly climate and start on a small scale They will be unwise to make the venture venture venture ven ven- ture without enough money to support their for at least the first year and even with that they will find other other oth oth- I Ier er erean bean Vean years stretching out between their experiments and success For the man and ancI his wife thoroughly thorough thorough- ly In love with farm work who are not deceived by the of the country and who have ambition and I determination to study modern methods methods meth meth- of ot farming and can start with sufficient sufficient suf sut suf- suf capital there are many opportunities opportunities opportunities awaiting them In every state of the Union today |
