[...]... be paid by the seller—furnish an abstract of title, and insure its validity In smaller places the local lawyers know how to make up an abstract and one should be employed Never trust the search of the inexperienced An abstract of title is a memorandum taken from the records of the office where deeds are recorded, and showing the history of the title from the Government up to the present time The seller... exchange, the balances being settled by money Money is a medium of exchange, and should not be confounded with wealth or capital; the latter is that form of wealth which is used with labor in all production Broadly speaking, wealth is of two kinds, dormant and active The former awaits the development of labor and capital, the latter is the product of both Labor is human effort, in any form, used for the. .. a condition of the sale PARTIES TO A DEED The person selling the land and making the deed is known in law as the Grantor The person buying the property is known as the Grantee A deed is a form of contract, and in order to have its terms and statements binding on the maker, he must be twenty-one years of age, or over, and he must be of sound mind The grantee need not be twenty-one, nor of sound mind... in the United States Farming is the greatest of all industries, as it is the most essential Our Government has wisely made the head of the Department of Agriculture a cabinet officer, and the effect on our farming interest is shown in improved methods and a larger output of better quality The hap-hazard, unskilled methods of the past are disappearing Science is lending her aid to the tiller of the. .. this handy little volume is a condensation of the rules and the laws which every man, from the day laborer to the banker, should be familiar with We have not put in everything about business, for that would require a library, instead of a book that can be read in a short day, and be consulted for its special information at any time It isn't a question of the price of the book to you, or of the profit... nothing with the land either as a grazer, a farmer or a miner From the very first he needed capital, that is, the tools to work the land The first tool may have been a pole, one end hardened in the fire, or a combined hoe and axe, made by fastening with wythes, a suitable stone to the end of a stick; but no matter the kind of tool, or the means of producing it, it represented capital, and the man who... soil, and the wise ones are reaching out their hands in welcome BUSINESS METHODS NEEDED As farming is our principal business, it follows that those who conduct this vast and varied enterprise should be business men The farmer is a producer of goods, and so might be regarded as a manufacturer, the original meaning of the word is one who makes things by hand He is also a seller of his own products, and. .. furnish the buyer with a certificate from the proper county officer, showing whether or not all taxes have been paid up to the last assessment In addition to this, before the money is paid and the deed accepted, the purchaser should be satisfied that there are no mortgages, liens, attachments or other claims against the property If such claims exist and are known to the buyer, he may assume them as... insure the accuracy of the title and thus avoid subsequent complications and perhaps lawsuits, the paper should be submitted to some good lawyer, or other person acquainted with real estate law and the methods by which titles are traced from the first owner to the present possessor TITLE ABSTRACTS In all the great business centers of the United States there are Title Guarantee Companies, who for a consideration—to... not guarantee the title to the property, nor warrant the grantee against any other claims He simply, by the deed, quits his claim to the property The special warranty deed covenants and warrants only against the acts of the grantor and those claiming title under him MAKING A DEED After a deed is properly drawn, it is ready to be signed, sealed, and delivered to the grantee If the wife of the grantor . START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, BUSINESS HINTS FOR MEN AND WOMEN *** Emily Ratliff, Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. BUSINESS HINTS FOR MEN AND. alt="" The Project Gutenberg EBook of Business Hints for Men and Women by Alfred Rochefort Calhoun Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your. is of two kinds, dormant and active. The former awaits the development of labor and capital, the latter is the product of both. Labor is human effort, in any form, used for the production of