HOMER FRASEUR

In the case of Homer Fraseur age has seemed no handicap to the successful conduct of agricultural pursuits, for, although he has just attained his majority, he has for the past three years so operated his father’s farm that his efforts have been highly successful and indicate clearly the ability he has displayed in this direction. Born on the farm which is yet his home, he first opened his eyes to the light of day on the 22nd of September, 1889, a son of Fred and Lucy (Schaffer) Fraseur, of Tipton, where they are now living retired. In their family were five children, as follows: William, of Tipton; Clara, keeping house for her brother Homer; Homer, of this review; Edward; and Fred, Jr., still at home.

On the old home farm Homer Fraseur has spent his entire life with the exception of about one year, and here, amid the busy activities of rural life he early became familiar with the best methods of plowing, planting and harvesting, assisting in the work of the fields when not attending the country school near his home. He continued to give his father the benefit of his aid until seventeen years of age, when, eager to enter business life on his own account, he rented a tract of forty acres, which he successfully operated for about a year. He then took charge of the home farm, upon the retirement of his father, and for two years has given his attention to its further development and cultivation. He has just completed a fine new eight-room house which is cared for by his sister Clara, and has, during the two years in which he has conducted the place, made many additional improvements. He has shown an aptitude for successful management, has made a close study of agriculture, and by persistent effort and well directed labors has brought his fields under a fine state of cultivation, so that the farm, consisting on one hundred and fifty acres on section 21, Red Oak township, is one of the attractive and valuable properties of the locality. Ambitious, enterprising and self-reliant, he has brought to this, the beginning of his career, qualities which, when correctly applied, make for success in business life, and with health and youth in his favor, combined with a spirit of industry and progress, the future seems especially bright for Homer Fraseur.