The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1865-08-29
&lrw and Aunsrhuld.
Associated Earning.

Such has been the progress OF the conn.
Try in the development 0f agricultural
fnIWbmcry, that snml lEinrincfs should begin
M inquirc rs 10 The means by which they
may svail themselves OF its benefits.
Machinery ls0yes Alvast amount Of bard
work aud greatly hastcns operations IN
hurrying times. We cannot say that all the
various machines actually diminish the eX
rpense OF culture, harvestins, &c. but they
are of incalculable value in performing in u
short time the labor of many men when men
are not to bo had. Grain was threshed
with the aah thirty years ago about as
cheaply as now with machine, but farm.
ere are not new compelled TO keep lot OF
hands al tle year round TO do this work,
ta an I besides twould bc under present cir.
cumstances Impossible to get men TO do
that kind of hard work. IN planting, IL is
probable, taking everything into the ao-
count that tho plalit6r is nearly rs expens.
., i've rs hand planting wonld be, though il
farmers woul1 take the proper care of the
planter 30 that it would not like other
machines become speedily ruined by cx
posure ~ the weather il might bo very
economically used We refer to the use OF
machinery NY small farmers l,rge farmers
can of coruse make machinery largely
profitable mdecdthey could not gct long
without it,
~ Tho question is, seeng thrce-!ourths of
opr farmers have limited larms--and 30 one
should have What is callfda large fnrm-
how they can probably avail themselves OF
the great help 'aFordcd by machinery. We
.thiut this can be. effected 10y associations.
s"One set OF machinery can DO the work OF
,uten or more huhdred-acrc farmers. For
each farmeF to owna set for his owu use
alone would require IN outlay OF near two
hrttotIsNhd dollars, while this samouht would
bo ample to supply ten farmers. The inter-
est on the capital invested would be moro
tIiah ooe h0udted doIbus nor yonr besiles
the cost of repairs, hundred more. This
would be heavy draft en- small farmer.
Indeed il is doubtful If more than QUE in
twenty of such farmers would ever have
the use of full set of machinery Without
association with others Tic ninutl cost
of q society OF ten, wpuhlrIot be- more than
twenty dollars each, aud less than that if
the proper care was taken in housing Tho
machines. We undertake to say that each
farmer wohd save by their use two hundred
dollars a year indheing able to do his work
at the right time, It is often the case that
elgrcat damage results from dolIy In plaut
.ling, havv esGlnF, fhrcshiug, sc. at. 'ra'
Let ten or more small mrmrra, livngras
ncighbors, form society for this purpose
elect each yoar tIe necessary officers, Presi-
dent Treasurer, Secretary and Oyersccr Of
Machines. Let shed of suJliuitutaucmno-
dation be constructed ina, conirgt spoil, in
which under the'eye OF The Oyetseer each
machine shall he properly storcd cared for,
&c. He should be responsibie'fof the good
order aud rcpeGuQ Of tho machines so that
they would, pe at 9ll tmes ready for use.
- * slight Compensation would be required
10 secure his,Peryice. When corn is to be
planted, a few hours of easy work will
enable him to get IN his corn. Then the
Inext ono, can take it. aud SO il loan go nic
round in q SHORTER time than nie farmer
could get in his corn with hoe. so of tho
thresher, mower &c. There are many
other machines That could thus bo owned
and used. Some implements such as plows,
Cultivators, &c, must be in supply on each
farm, ~ kiJtiW ~
We commend this idea to all small lnrm-
era. THIS is the way to make small farms
comfortable aud profitable aud to discourage
Ithepeghess and injurious policy of getting
large farms TO be half cultivated, anti to
damage the society of the ncighborhood by
keeping out independent people and intro.
duce the dependent ignorant and vicious.