The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-01-30
mon sense and good judgment in the
management Of their own business"

picture, csPScidiiy ~ eho 1851 P@ta-
graph. But the trend Of the times
leads directly away from the realization
Of most Of bis prophecy. The variety
and amount Of machinery introduced
would swamp small farmer who at
tempted to work single handed, into
bankruptcy. Corporation, union Of
forces and capital, is the order Of the
age. Capital and labor are being COM
bined BY corporate law which leaves
the efforts Of individuals hopelessly in
the rear, and for the better and more
profitable employment Of labor saving
machinery large fields are imperativels
necessary And this is fir more likely
to occur 10 the farming Of the future
than contraction to small areas and
individual effort.
We witness all kinds Of productive
interests uniting their strength under
corporation laws except farmers. And
why should not farmers pursue a sim
liar course? When viewed BY the light
we have on other lines Of business that
are conducted by corporate power, il
would seem that farming might be con-
Quoted on the same plan.
A tract Of country five miles square
would embrace an area Ct 25 square
miles. Suppose the owners of the land
in this area should conclude to form a
corporation and merge the whole 10 one
stock company. Each member Of the
corporation would have stock issued to
him to the appraised value Of his prop
crty. A board Of managers with
president, secretary, etc, as all corpora
.tions are differed and managed,
would conduct the business. The
land would not be worked IN patches
as at present, but would be laid gu. in
large areas devoted to the crops intend
ed to be raised Stock barns, would be
located at points most convenient.
Horses at one, feeding steers at another,
dairy cows at third, pig sites and
sheep folds all arranged and at conven.
lent distances apart. Machinery and
teams Of the best would be kept for
work and animals Of the best breeds
only raised and kept. The orchards
would be cared for by man specially
trained in horticultural work All
manures would be inspected and none
used but what deficiency in the soil
called for. Many hands would be en-.
ployed and boarding and lodging houses
would be centrally located and the
dinner for the men taken to the points
where they were employed. Every
economic arrangement would soon be
provided which cool administrative
brain dictated. The former land
owneis, now joint stock owners, couli
labor as formerly and have credit for
their work on the books OF the company
or receive wages. The dairy could be
run to the best advantage and every.
thing utalized. The families uld
occupy their old homestead with garden
sufficient to supply the table with vege
tables while large quantities of poultry
could be raised, the household being
relieved from thescare Of the farm. A
telephone from each house to tie cen
trail office would order beef, -four, gro
ceries, etc, such as needed. or course
such an establishment would purchase
every thing at wholesale aud supply all
the members at cost with what ever was
needed. A carriage could be orderec
to the door by telephone, all orders
going to and from the central eff &c
where the accounts were kept. There
are numerous details which the reader
can supply. Such system wonld not
be d fficult. Suppose halt dozen or
more similar corporations we're forme
adjoining each other. The crops could
be marketed in bulk if all Joined and
the best prices secured. Everything
could be bought Of first hands and fifty
per cent, sometimes hundred per cent,
saved. All that is necessary to conduc.
.uch corporation farming is education
in that line. Country life would nc
longer be irksomc druJgery and lone
some, but would be sought by denizeDs
u the city, who would flock to the
country 10 the summer, where they
would be able to fad good accommoda
tons and in place Of spending fabulous
sums at watering places and summer
resorts, ten of thousands of dollars
would be exper ded by the urban pop.
ulation among their rural neighbors to
he betterment of both. The Agricul
tural College, the Institute, the Exper