The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-03-18
PRACTICAL CO.OPERATION.


concerning the beauty and efficacy OF
co ooPeration, which in theoretical and
visionary way confcrs but little benefit
upon those towards whom IL il direct
ed. To the vast majority Of mankind
the question Of bread and butter. of re.
muneratlve employment Or Of daily
support, is the mort important problem
presented for immediate solution.
Many Of the wri.ers and speakers who
would tbcorize upon the problem Of
daily life are well fed gentlemen, with
good hank accounts, who have bat lit.
tie personal knowledge Of the trials and
tribnlations which daily Leset the hard
working farmer or mechanic. MANY q
line-spun theory, which looks we'll on
paper may lose all its efficacy in it's
application To the daily life of a man
struggling for the mere support # him
self and family
Schemes Of practical cooperation are
the demand Of the hour. II is Of no
a'aiI TO suppose an impossibility, and
then base suggestion OF a column Of
advice thereon. We must take the
world rs We find it, and endeavor to
| show the laboring man how his condi-
ton may be improved by cooperation
with bis neIghLor. The man Of large
means can generally take care Of him
SELF. How men Of moderate mcans
may combine and render the labors Of
the day easier and more remuneratiye.
are the important questions W have to
deal with. Especially would we call
attention 10 the many practical ways Of
bettering the condition Of our average
farmers, through such systems or coop
crations Is are within their reach. No
man should live for himself alone, since
far more may be accomplished by sim
pie plans of mutual effort and consider
alton.
Acisbborhood gatherings, farmers
cinhs, and grange meetings, ali furnish
invaluablc opportunities for mutual dis
cna'i"ns, comparison of methods, rela-
ton Of experience, and tho planning Of
ft-.. ,a,.t..r.st.. -. - 49, -
ti'" az sad' gatherings are invariably
a. one intelligent and progressive than
;Lose "bO is,'-i- themselves from the
Dcueh,iAl Influence, of mutual confer
rmces Almost e,ers fai mer has work ed
yut ao.ur ieN method of culture or i'm
proved practice ia farm cneonomy that
would be % great aid 10 bis neighbors
Il impaired ~ practical way There
IS no patent uPDn agricultural progress
no monopoly ~ farm products, and 1t
should be = pleasure for all engaged III
the noble art Of husbaudry 10 lend
helping hand in aiding each other in
the iaarch of Improvement, in diminish
ing the laJors ahd increasing the profits
OF farming. ia this direction practical
cooperation may find useful and le-
gitimate field.
The Importance Of cooperation in
dairying, in the joint use of thorough
bred stock, and in improved and expen-
sit . labor saving machinery, has never
been fully considered Or practiced.
Modern agriculture will yet demand
cooperation in extended and compre-
hensive systems Of drainage or irnga-
CATION, in cooperative beet-sugar facto-
ries, systems of drying aud evaporating
apples and other fruit, in securing seeds,
implements and fertilizers. French
and German farming communities have
joined in marketing special neighbor-
hood products under some well known
brand or trade mark, giving to the
whole production better and more re-
munerative market. In many sections
in other countries a system of cOopera-
tion exists in cultivating or harvesting
certain crops, in grinding or preparing
grkin, even in baking bread or washing
clothes at common center.
Practical cooperation will suggest
itself in many ways to those who will
give the meter that thought which the
Importance of the subject demands.
Sentiment and buncomke are perhaps
Well enough in their places, yet let it
be the aim of every farmers gathering
to consider and determine how individ-
ual burdens may be lightened through
Joint efforts how the welfare of each
member of the community may be
promoted by simple yet practical meas
ures of cooperation, and hew whole
neighborhoods may be made happier
and more comfortable through the un-
selishness of those composing the popu-
lation. One well considered and well
directed act of practical cooperation,
quite within the react of the most hum
ble csmmunity, is of greater value than
strings of resolutions by the most pre-
tentious gatherings.
i GAnA(h Can't be made by every agent every
| I'D DaD 81 sB month in the business furnish, but
those willing 10 work easily earn dozen dollars