Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-12-22
faralers lepatnarlt.
ASSOCIATED HUSBANDRY.

nC- 1oltOWiHg ltOm euO hui a
New Yorker may incite Thought to
ward profitable results:
go The, observing thoughtful person
+ cannet shut his eyes to the rapid
revolution taking place in the
business of the country MARKED even
now in the production. Associated
capital and associated, systematized
llaber are working and viii continue
to-! work radical changes in the
character and results of our hus-
bandries As an example, witness
the working of the Associated Dairy
System: Scarce grazing neighbor-
hood in New. York State that has
not got its central dairy house. or
acBsese mandatory. And look at
the results. Let them teach their
lesson. Capital invested in the
manufaetory, simply for manufac-
turing purposes, the manufacturer
Payinga compensating price to the
producer for his milk or doing the
work for fraction of what it would
cost each farmer to do his own
manufacturing pays-is. considered
good investment. Is there any
less?o Not saz bit of it. Labor is
saved to the farmer and his house
h old. The annual expense for dairy
implements is saved to him. The
fuel he used in manufacturing is
saved And he actually gets more
for his cheese besides. For Associ-
ated Dairy cheese bring nearly or
quite enough more than the insola-
ted private dairies, to pay the entire
expense ofmanufacturingi And yet
this great business Is in infancy.
Again, the influence Of this organi-
cation is felt ia the enhanced price
of butter. For it cannot be estab-
lished, we think that the high price
of that article is altogether due to
speculative ventures of capitalists
A great deal-a vast quantity of
milk, in this State, has been diverted
from the ehurn by the facility with
which it could be made into cheese,
yielding the farmor a greater profit,
at least as great, and saving the
wife and daughters the labor of sta
king care of the milk, But this is
not the only phase which the infln-
ence- Of these associations has as
sumed. 1t is consolidating and uni
ting the interests of farmers. 1t is
giving them power they never had
before. Now, each dairyman does
not-aet Independent of his neighbor
hood in selling his produce. The
twenty or fifty men interested act
jointly, by agreement-control the
cheese product of neighborheo
as by one voice. This gives them
influence and power they could not
gain otherwise. In some cases. the
men associated in the dairy choose
three trustees or directors, 10 whom
is committed the management of the
business, the responsibility of ma
king sales. OF course men largely
interested in the product and men of
intelligence, business talent and
shrewdness are chosen; and they do
far better for the whole association
than each man could possibly do for
himself. l
Such is the remarkable result of
association in one branch of hus-
bandry, which hss been so recently
developed. The end is not vet. /
Other experiments will be made in
other branches of business. In
England, the work of cultivating
land is rapidly becoming systema-
tized. It's done not only at less
expense, but more rapidly and eff
ciently by associations of men who
purchase steam plows jointly, with
which to do their work Our Wes-
tern farmers should also act upon
this hint, if the steam apparatus in
use in England may be proftably
used here. Indeed, the demands
upon the producers of the country
are SUCH, with the scarcity of labor
and the increased demand for their
products, that association is becom-
ing an absolute necessity-as well to
economize labor and diminish the
cost of production as to meet the
organization of tradesmen and com
mercial men with organizations. We
commend this subject to the attention
of farmers.