THE YOUNG FARMER 



of the fields and the place of the farm build- 

 ings become an extremely important mat- 

 ter. Sometimes satisfactory rearrangements 

 are easily made, at other times they are quite 

 impossible. No attempt will be made to 

 discuss this subject in detail here, but the 

 young farmer should bring to this question 

 all the experience and study possible. 



When the young farmer goes to inspect 

 a farm it is to be assumed that he will be 

 conducted over the farm by the owner or his 

 authorized agent. It is proper to give 

 respectful attention to everything that is 

 told him, provided he follows carefully the 

 California adage to "believe nothing you 

 hear and only one-half what you see." 



If a farm consists of 200 or 300 acres of 

 land, it is possible for the agent to convey 

 the purchaser over the farm in such a way 

 as to prevent the least desirable portions be- 

 ing seen. If the farm has attracted the 

 seeker of land, he should not purchase until 

 he has made another visit, preferably some 

 days or weeks after the first one. He may 

 then very properly visit the farm alone, pass- 

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