The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-10-03

improved cultivation LndC cOmtS
from the application of science to
agriculture. The same thing may
be seen in our country, and justlfies
all the expenditures made in support
of agricultural scientific schools. and
especially of the science Of chemistry,
as applied to agriculture.
THE ANCIENT FARMERS.
Some good maxims were also taught
by the ancients. The Greeks and the
Romans had many works upon agrl-
culture. Among the Greeks, OF
those that have come down to US.
one of the best is a treatise by Zen
ophOn, the historian and general.
The Romans not only had works OF
their own. but borrowed from the
Carthegenians They caused to be
translated into their language twenty
eight books of Mayo on agriculture.
Among the Romans farming was the
most honorable of all callings. The
famous Cincinnattus, who was called
from his farm to lead the armies OF
the republic in time of war, was
practical farmer.
But how many acres do you think
he had in MS farm! Only seven. BE
not surprised at that. for IN that early
dav only seven acres OF the public
domain was assigned to each citizen
for cultivation. He could have no
more. Each citizen cultivated his
farm with his own hands and those OF
his children.
But in the latter times, when they
made slaves of their captlves IN wal,
and conquered other territory, they
cultivated their lands with slaves.
But for a long time after that even.
no citizen was allowed to have over
fifty acres. But, at last. when
slavery and the love of money had
completely undermined the old re-
publican ideas; when they were
enervated by luxury and could no
longer work with their own hands.
and when the love of liberty had
given place to avarice, the love OF
power. they were allowed to hold
estates Of five acres.
You have all read of old caro-. the
Roman senator. He was only sena-
tor, a true rupublica, but also a
farmer. He wrote a book upon
farming. '.Our ancestors. sad
Cato, regarded it as a grand point OF
! husbandry not to have too much lana
in one farm. for they considered that
more benefit came by holding little
and tilling it WE'LL Virgil says. and
that was after the empire had begun:
THE farmer may praise large estates,
but let him cultivate small one.
And GURUS the Roman orator. went
so far as TO say: He was not to be
counted good citizen, but rather a
dangerous man to the state. who could
not content himself with seven acres
of land But that was IN the warm
climate of Italy; any such small laho
limitation would not be applicable to
more northern ATTITUDES, and to a
people like ours. And yet the time
will come, if it has not already come.
when monopoly of the public lands
must be prohibited, not only to rail-
way corporations. but to all assocla-
tions and individuals. Let me call
attention to one or two instances OF
the monopoly of the public lands by
individuals to arrest public attention.
THE DALRYMPLE FARM
| in the Red river valley of the north,
embraces one hundred thousand acres,
on which over thirteen thousand acres
of wheat were harvested this year.
There is something to admire. some
thing grand in such vast tract Ct
land with force of four hundred
men. five hundred horses and mules
eighty broadcast seed sewers, nun
dred and sixty fourteen-inch plows
two hundred steel pointed harrows
eighty self-binding reapers. hfteel
forty-inch thrashers and cleaners. al
in movement under the control OF ont
man, who commands and organize
the whole like an army. Just think
of man turning off $4,000 bushel
of wheat from single farm. in sin
. gle year, and promising soon to raIs'
} that to ZOO 900. But what is thl
after all but vast land monopoly
+ 4 monopoly of the soil whose dIrec
| tendency in the end is to produc
) great landlords on the one hand. an
2 practical serfs on the other.
MAywELL's RANCH.
In 1925. was chairman Of a join
2 committee Of the two houses of cor
t gress to examine into the Indian al
g fairs. We went to New Mexico. "