Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-06-25
"BONANZA" FARMING.
D, faculties Liable TO Attend the Man.
agement Of Large Farms Devote d

to SpeCiaItieS.
Chicago Times
During the past few years there has
been disposition on the part of many
persons to engage in different branches
Of farming on very extensive scale. II
some instances splendid success has
been obtained and very large profits
realized. Almost without exception
these very large farms have been de
voted to some speciality. In few
cases cotton or hops has been the cror
raised, but in a great majority of in
stances exclusive attention has been
given to wheat. California and Oak ota
furnishes numerous examples of laI ge
farms devoted to this simple crop
These farms, from the novelty that at
tends them, have attracted great at
tention. They have been described in
neatly every paper in this country and
in Europe. They have been visited by
travellers, tourists and persons in quest
OF reliable information in regard to the
methods of management and the prof.
its realized. They have been seen at
their best, and the stories about them
have been told for all they are worth
There is the same desire to obtain
fame and reputation in fal ming that
there is in any other occupation. The
ambition that induces one man to con.
troll "A railroad stretching across the
continent, or to own all the cotton
mills on a river, prompts another to
manage wheat field that embraces
fifty thousand acres of land. Men of
enterprise and capital seek large gains
in producing crops, as in msnufactur.
Ing pig-i,on, plows, or furniture. To
make much money in farming it is
necessary to carry on business on a
very extensive scale. A fortune can
only be realized in few years when
several thousand acres are under culti-
walton. Or course great executive
ability and close attention to business
are required to conduct operations of
this kind.
There are good reasons for believing
that very large farms will be numerous
in a near future. There is a dispos.
tion to concentrate capital in other
kinds Of business, and it has been
demonstrated that there is great econo-
my in placing large numbers of men
under the direction Of one individual
Of superior ability. The larger farm
is the greater saving that can be eff
fected in the erection of fences and
buildings. Manufacturing establish.
ments have found out that the larger
engines and machines are The more
work they will accomplish according
to their cost. Large merchants and
manufacturers can obtain better rates
OF transportation companies thar small
ones can. They can also procure sup
plies on more favorable terms. All
these advantages will accrue to farmers
who conduct very extensive opera
tiOns. The man who owns or controls
the use of several thousand acres of
land will be able to purchase all his
machines, implements, fencing, and
building materials and general supplies
ut wholesale rates, and will also be
enabled to secure favorable terms of
credit. The owner of few acres,
however, will be compelled to buy the
same articles at retail prices and gen
orally have to pay cash for them. Men
can be boarded much cheaper when a
large number is kept on the same
place. 1t is popular idea that small
farms are better managed and are cor
respondingly more remunerative than
large ones are. Careful observation,
however. shows that the contrary is
generally the case. The poorest speci-
mems Of farming to be seen in any part
of the country are ordinarily found in
connection with small places. The
like ia aIihataptially frue in avary oou,