Earning Money In The Country

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There is definitely a great interest in working as well as living in the country. We receive many letters from folks who say, "I want a homestead like yours - and I want a job nearby so I don't have to waste any time getting back and forth to work." The fact that moving your job and

setting up a homestead are both major tasks doesn't in the least affect the validity of either. But unless you're "well fixed" to tide you over the transition period, it would be smart not to move your job and start a homestead at the same time. I don't believe it makes any difference which you do first. If you keep your present job and get your homestead

all set up, running and - perhaps -paid for, then you'll have learned a good deal about business opportunities in that area. If, on the other hand, you don't like your present job and want to find another in the country, you can begin looking for a homestead site after you're comfortably settled into your new employment.

Perhaps, if you now live or work in a big city you'll say to yourself, "But how can I earn a living in the country - I'm no farmer!"

Don't let that bother you. You may not have realized it, but most of the people who live in the country aren't farmers any more.

Big business is on the move and small, decentralized manufacturing plants are now widely distributed throughout the country. Wages, of course, are generally lower the further you get from the big cities - but, then, so are living costs.

Even more people are now engaged in the "service" industries than in manufacturing or farming. If you now work in a service industry, you'll find - if you look into the matter - that there is untold opportunity in the rural service field. Remember, one advantage the city man moving to the country has over the country man is his more developed skill at earning a cash income.