The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-18
TO FARMERS.
COOPERATION ADVOCATED
MANY THINGS POSSIBLE AND PRAC
TICABLE.

Nv. !. Northern-Souther Cultivator.)
MANY men are hindere1 in enter
nrises that promise success and pro
fit. for the lack Of means. Many
enterprises, therefore, that would
bring profit to q community, are not
begun, becau Sc no individual citizen
feels able TO undertake them. Co
operation, or union of force. would
secure many good things, ard help
to build up communities.
IN every school district in Geor-
gia, especially the rural districts, The
farmers ought to get together and
build q neat school house, st lnca-
ton to be agreed upon as suitable
and convenient. Then they should
unite their efforts to secure a good
teacher, and all support him. When
this is done, and a good school es-
rablished and kept up, development
will be begun in more ways then one
Children will be properly taught and
prepared for the duties and business
of life. Tue morals Of the comuunl-
ty will be guarded, the virtue of the
people will be streug thened, and the
material interests built up. What
ever accommodates the necessities OF
the people, and tends to improve the
condition of society, will always In
crease the material interests Of tue
locality, and advance the wealth OF
the community.
Again. 10 the absence Of action by
the State, the farmers Of the differ
cnt districts should cooperate IN the
Improvement OF roads. Good roads
in measure annihilate distance, re
duce expense of transportation, and
increase the income of the farm by
saving the outlay otherwise neces'
sarY to supply worn out wagons add
carts, and too early broken down
teams
There is now too much disposition
to comply with the law in working
the required time upon the roads
and not enough effort given to per
manent improvement One of the
greatest drains made upon farme,.
comes from bad roads. Bad roads
bring the heaviest tax our people
suffer, more | must think than comes
to US through any one government
tai evil from which we suffer. A
wagon 9hat ought to last fifteen
years is worn cut in five. A mule
or horse that ought to do good ser
vice until be is twelve years of age
is sent to the bone yard at eight, to
say nothing Of the time TASTED anC
tue expense incurred by the difficult
ties of transportation in drawing
such light loads
The unfortunate fact ia this con
neC.i2n, is our people pay the tax
ana get have The bad roads. Macy
q farmer IN Georgia pays annually
In the WAYS have indicated, one
hundred and fifty dollars in losses
and then has the same bad roads, o.
possibly worse, to begin to the sue
ceeding year. Whereas, if he would
pay fifty dollars under State enact
ment, Or community cooperation, b
would have the pleasure and adva n
tage Of good roads. and a greatly in
creased revenue IN his savings.
The road; Of community can be
greatly improved by CO operation or
the part ofthe farmers. The worl
should be undertaken with a vie,
to pegmanency. and then there viii
be another means TO increase mate
rial wealth as we'll as intellectual an
moral culture, as the roads mark tn
civilization and progress Of people
Again, there are many other place
fol- CO operation on the part of th
farmers. Under our methods a grea
deal of capital on the farm !
idle a good portion of the yea
bringing no i0come and paying n
interest. This Is especially true {
gins and gin houses and cotton pre-
ses. IF we will get good roads, di
lance will be annihilated aad CO
ton can he easily transported to
community gin run on the cooper,
tive plan, at which can be establish
ed a cotton seed oil mill and fertil
Ter factory. By such co-operatio
made by investment in small ,
mounts by each man, the farmers ca
avail themselves of the advantage {
the manufacture of some of the ra,
material grown upon the farms. To
much Of what is made on the farm
Is utilized to advantage by other
and farmers do not receive the fnar
cial benefit from their la5o7s due t,
them. Ia subsequent articles | 20 .
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