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Show A NAME FOR EVERY FARM The custom of naming the farm is spreading all over the United States. ' Iowa is probably ahead of other states at present but its lead is threatened. Farmers are not naming their places for mere sentiment's sake, although that has a lot to do with the choice of names. The farmer recognizes the advertising ad-vertising value that a good farm name creates. Charles Dillon, of the Kansas Agricultural College, pointed to this feature when he said: "Why don't you advertise, Mr. Farmer? Get a name for your farm and then advertise your farm by that name. Suppose you choose the name Fairview. Then buy under the name Fairview, sell under the name of Fair-view, Fair-view, have your butter marked Fair-view, Fair-view, print Fairview on your berry boxes and have eggs marked Fairview, paint Fairview on your wagon boxes and have Fairview printed on your letter heads and envelopes. It won't be long before the name of your farm is known and the people will be calling for your products. The town merchant mer-chant advertises and the farmer can just as well advertise his butter, eggs and produce." Let the progressive farmers of this neighborhood name their farms. Pick out a good name and let us know. We will publish it and that will pre-empt the title for your sole use. Just for a starter we will suggest a fev names: Brooklield, Brookside, Blue Grass, Brushville, Buckeye, Cedar Ridge, Clover Dale, Clover Wave, Country Maze, Cedrhurst, Crow's Nest, Cherry Grove Elmhurst, Forest Lawn, Fruit Hill, Gladbrook, Glendale, Green Hills, Gold Sheaf, Golden Rule, Highland, Homeville, Honeycomb, Homeagain, Hillcrest, Hoosier Hall, Honeysuckle Lodge, Jersey Fruit Farm, Lonetree, Liberty Hall, Locust Grove, Maple Lane, Maple Lawn, Maplehurst, Meadow Mea-dow Brook. Maple Crest, Manhattan, New Era, Oak Grove, Pinehurst, Poplars, Pop-lars, Prospect Place, Ravenwood, River View, Riverdale, Roseland, Sycamore, Syca-more, Shorthorn, Shadyside, Sleepy Hollow, Shepherd's Retreat, Shady Valley, The Elms, The Maples, The Locusts, The Meadows. Walnut Line, Water Edge, Weeping Willow, Wood-crest, Wood-crest, Woodeaves. |