Show Farm f Lands ands Sell e Briskly a as War ar Creates Creates' Demand MINNEAPOLIS Farms Farms are selling selling sell sell- ing faster than at any time since the depression selling depression selling to tenant farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers who cant can't find satisfactory land I available for rent selling to factory factory factory fac fac- tory workers who want to raise part of their food selling to inflation- inflation minded business men and harried I investors and to city families who want a cushiony retirement spot incase incase in hi case of personal or national economic econom econom- ic troubles Few present owners farmer-owners are adding to their acreage now because the combination of the draft and industrial industrial industrial in in- labor demand is making it difficult for them to get enough help to operate the acres they already own Therefore unimproved farmland farm farmland farmland land generally has not shown the up run-up in sales enjoyed by farms farm complete with buildings according to this study by the Northwestern National L Life e Insurance company Improvement in sales of 01 farms is wide nation-wide over three-fourths three of the farm realty agencies reporting in the survey with sales offices in 32 agricultural states report sales definitely increased compared with preceding years with more cash all-cash deals with adequate down payments easier to get and with dealings active active active ac ac- tive in the better class farms instead instead instead in in- stead of being largely confined to distress properties as in past years the study finds Says the vice president of a aNew New NewYork NewYork York farm realty company with sales agencies from coast to coast April May June and July of this year gave us the largest number of sales we have had during any like period in hi the past nine years Approximately Approximately Approximately Ap Ap- proximately 30 per cent of the sales we are making are cash on delivery of deedA deedA deed A great many people want to purchase purchase purchase pur pur- chase fairly good properties that may be operated by a tenant or manager with the idea that later on they m may y use this farm property proper proper- ty as a so-called so security home II A Florida farm realty concern states We n note te that many city I people who never thought of owning I a farm are arc becoming interested I From a Baltimore real estate I firm We are literally flooded with inquiries for small farms and small country properties and we find the supply to be scarce I |