Cl4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 20,1980
A Farm, FINALLY
Have you ever been
haunted by a comment you
made in passing at
sometime or another’
Well, it seems I’ve adopted
a ghost because in the past
several months I’ve gotten
more mail from Lancaster
Farming readers in
Brooklyn than anywhere
else.
My surprise at the first
letter, as you recall I wrote
about in an earlier column,
has not been diminished
every tune I see a Brooklyn
post mark, I blink (1 just had
my glasses changed, so it
can’t be my eyes playing
tricks)
This tune I received a post
card from Paul Jacobs, 2825
W. 12th Street, Brooklyn,
N.Y. 11224. He wrote
Believe it, believe it I’m
another subscriber to
Lancaster Farming. I’m
very interested in your corn
fields, etc., etc.
Can you please get real
estate agents to send me
listings on a small
retirement borne in a small
rural community? 1 would
Idle a small two-bedroom
home with about 3 to 5 acres
of land something to keep
me busy in my retirement.
Mr. Jacobs, let me
recommend you take a look
at our classified ads in
Section B. On those four or
five pages, you’ll find one of
the largest listings of rural
real estate published every
week take it from
someone who has scoured
those tiny boxes of ads for
years
Like anyone else who is
looking for a small farm or a
large one for that matter,
Brief answers
to short questions
Sheila's
Shorts
BySheifa Miller
you’ll have to get in touch
with someone who is in
terested m selling a property
either an individual land
owner or a broker
Then, based on where you
would like to settle down and
liow much you can afford to
spend on your ideal pastoral
Shangri-la, you’ll get to look
at dozens and perhaps
hundreds of possibilities
However, take it from one
who has learned the lessons
of farm-hunting over the
past several years, BE
SPECIFIC when you
describe your dream home
to a broker. You’ll be saving
yourself and the broker a lot
of time.
Instead of them showing
you a house on a quarter
acre lot with four bedrooms
smack in the middle of the
local speedway, you’ll spend
your tune looking at homes
that meet your needs Of
course it always seems you
find some brokers who are so
starved for a sale they try to
sell you the latest listing a
250-acre dairy complex with
a massive limestone house
(just what you need for
retirement)
The mam thing to keep in
mind is “Don’t get
discouraged ” If you are
patient and persistant, you’ll
find just what you’re looking
for
But then won’t I be
losing one of my Brooklyn
readers’
After three years of
searching, we’ve finally
found our farm Good luck
with your endeavors Once
you find a place you’ll agree
with me it’s a thrill that
can’t be matched.
Secretary defers
WASHINGTON, D.C -
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland has deferred
calling the farmer-owned
reserve for corn, using new
regulations put in place last
Monday.
Bergland said even though
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the five-day moving average
price has been above the
$3.26 call level for corn for
five consecutive days, the
farm price for corn fell
below the call point last
Thursday, December 4, and
remained below on Friday,
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