Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1913 — The Ideal Farm. [ARTICLE]

The Ideal Farm.

In buying a farm three things should be high, the house, the orchard and th* spring; three should be low, the hay barn, the taxes and the price of the farm. Three thing* should be thick, the top soil, the mowings and the woodlot; three thin, the Insects, peats and foul plants. Three things should be near, the neighbors, the markets and the schools; three should be distent, saloons, tramps and borrowers; three should be scanty, rooks, droughts and early frosts; three should be infrequent, mud, mosquitoes and meddlers; three should be abundant, wood, water and labor. Three things should be deep, the well, the cellar and the purse. Three things should be wide, the fields, the tool shed and the roads. Three things should be light, the grades, the living room and the mortgage. /