George W. Darling spent his early boyhood days in the city of his nativity and was then brought to Iowa by his parents. He was reared upon the old home farm and worked in field and meadow, assisting in the task of plowing, planting and harvesting. His educational privileges were those afforded by the common schools, and thus he was prepared for the practical duties of life. At the age of eighteen he started out on his own account, being employed as a farm hand, and when twenty years of age he began renting land, which he cultivated for several years. When twenty-six years of age he made his first purchase, becoming the owner of eighty acres of partially improved land in Rawles township, and thereon made his home until 1884, when he purchased the old Hobbs farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is situated in the valley in White Cloud township and is a rich tract of land, yielding a good return for the care and labor bestowed upon it. The verdant pastures furnish an excellent opportunity for stock-raising and Mr. Darling feeds and sells large numbers of cattle and hogs. He has a stock farm and his annual shipments are extensive and bring to him a good financial return, for his fine grades of stock command high market prices. Many unsuccessful men indulge in theorizing as to the causes of prosperity and claim that it results from fortunate circumstances and environments, but in an analyzation of the history of the most successful men we find that what they have acquired has come as the direct result of their own efforts; and such is the case in the history of Mr. Darling.
History of Mills and Fremont Counties, page 595,
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1901
George W. Darling spent his early boyhood days in the city of his nativity and was then brought to Iowa by his parents. He was reared upon the old home farm and worked in field and meadow, assisting in the task of plowing, planting and harvesting. His educational privileges were those afforded by the common schools, and thus he was prepared for the practical duties of life. At the age of eighteen he started out on his own account, being employed as a farm hand, and when twenty years of age he began renting land, which he cultivated for several years. When twenty-six years of age he made his first purchase, becoming the owner of eighty acres of partially improved land in Rawles township, and thereon made his home until 1884, when he purchased the old Hobbs farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is situated in the valley in White Cloud township and is a rich tract of land, yielding a good return for the care and labor bestowed upon it. The verdant pastures furnish an excellent opportunity for stock-raising and Mr. Darling feeds and sells large numbers of cattle and hogs. He has a stock farm and his annual shipments are extensive and bring to him a good financial return, for his fine grades of stock command high market prices. Many unsuccessful men indulge in theorizing as to the causes of prosperity and claim that it results from fortunate circumstances and environments, but in an analyzation of the history of the most successful men we find that what they have acquired has come as the direct result of their own efforts; and such is the case in the history of Mr. Darling.
History of Mills and Fremont Counties, page 595,
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1901
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