The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-06-03
Small Farming and Cooperation.

The tendency Of the present phase in
agriculture is toward the working of
larger tracts OF land under one business
management. This must prove proiita.
BILE when directed by great business
talent. A single capable mind direct
ing the working energy Of n thousand
men, will accomplish much more than
those thousand men working each on
his W planning. The business talent
Is not distributed in equal portion to
all, and when many willing hands are
moved under one expert, they will be-
come a unit Of tremendous force.
Bonanza farming commands all tho
l~abor-saying machinery for each spe-
ciiic operation, and can use it with the
greatest economy, since the profit in the
use of machinery depends upon the
amount of work TO be performed. A
moving machine will do as much, and
better work than eight men; but II there
be only m or two days work TO he
done with II In q year. then the interest
on its cost would hire tho labor done,
and II becomes Improbable. The small
farms are, therefore, Mt a disadvantage
in the use Of machinery, and. for this
reason, are sold to the larger proprie-
tors, while the small, independent
farmers are becoming relatively fewer
year by year. The result is not favor
able to education or the advancement in
civilization OF this class. Large farms
lessen the population on n given area OF
land, and, therefore. render Il more diff.
licult to maintain schools. But this Is
only a part Of the injury inflicted upon
the population. Instead OF being made up
Of independent proprietors, with a small
class OF temporary laborcrs, the popu-
lation consists Of n few prJprietors and
a much larger class Of permanently de-
pendent laborers.
The aggregation Of small farms into
large ones Is to be dcplored. and the
effective means 10 prevent this result is
an intelligent cooperation among small
farmers in the purchase Of such labor
saving implements and machines as
are necessary TO perform every
callv ia far,nar "a 400 =. kon "nnn.
ran afford ~ nnrch,sa CHI ~,
cheapcn farm labor. then eight farmers
II 80 acres, or five farmers Of so. and
,crc, m.de nm II snY' vi ~ ~
mite "a ,yc,l afrarJ y nse, Is a"
hcse m,ch,nos rL.so g.. "aa'Iv'
con,i.r,ons ara n.an,,. =. oa'u oo
40 ale iasson ,ha IVY
Whon ,h,s Il ~ 49, y. aanoh
eos, No moro nor s,alra, @ man,nes
each farmer ,ates : shara T. anu rs
10 his a,roaoo 10 a .asasi piopy,''on
mon an ao,,sl,,, ,s,,h H. pIHcca
lrr,, sarr,ars "a nnoss .a'o,e.
,hnT ~ H. ,saa.s oo,npeeo WIN
rrons Tha'a asn ssa y, .h. same
nish .,,nia -. ns Usually iur-
ia hla 's a'os 20 occupy INC owner
90 onar.,,an L,sa aa Wv ~o o, ,ne
L.v;na : T,,ia IN nea " might
aa,tap .a.sL aass 1sn IN hs occu
u nsniao.,aa ,h.m n,ene' pfopoE''on
=, ~ snnna sna. ~. a.e Arg Iarmer.
r,n,,i,,,rsi uaa. .nc c~Npens''e NJ
I'M w.. NM r,lulreu 70 wo,s
WI cose sI,Vvv, 'nis Won
siss "s u hs ona m'.y-aere iaru
,,s.,.,.. .aa, VIZ "en.w9fkea iarn
WY si.c svaiu Weh a"oiu. u may
p',ss.su mas sly y. c'gn. farmer,
ha ao' Ptv .. use .ne saine sc, o.
am 'u' .nis wou," seem 70 y
k.ouluI - ono SCI o. lmpsemenu
"s IN ',A sh snesv 's'Ins IN
.,Lsa . ,s" 'aan. ,arms we're wei
wo,aeu' ,nesc ,a'm macn'nes wouio
ps.naps 10 ra.ns, o service. and
a,,, I, aa. Guy "ia .he,r proht ~
WIZ. aus o',cn occur ,na' more ,han
.ne ~. lne,e farmers "oulu var 70 use
= sa a AZ" a oa nv s".nc uay' = ten
70 n,'eeh uays would usually be snfi-