The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-28
VILLAGE FARMING.
RIGH FARMING ON SNAIL AREAS n
PROFITABLE SYSTEM.
The Third of the Series of DIR. Whites Valu-
able Suggestions OF This Type-The
Farm Village, Socially.
Editor Constitution: / shall assume as

l. That high farming upon small areas
is IL profitable system of agriculture.
.. That such a system is practicable in
Georgia. and may be adopted by the bulk of
our farmers without serious difficulty.
>. That the farm village is q desirable
community, furnishing conditions of rural
life which are economic and enjoyable.
There remains to be considered the I,rac-
ticable means by which such communities
may be established. Let it be understood
that by village do not mean IL COMMUNE
ty of any special or particular SIZE. j in
tend it to mean Il conSregateu "settlement'
of farming people. Ii MAY contain twenty
families or 2UU. Circumstances will deter
NINE. SO soon us Il Sulllclent number of
families are brought together To support
full-term school and regular church ser
vice. we might consider the community us
established. Eeyond that, its Size and
growth might be indefinite.
Ii appears to me that there are TWO yS
in winch such consultations OF our as,ri-
cultural population may be elected. The
practlcabIlity OF either depends upon one con
ditiou, which / wish to emphasize at the
outset, namely: That our people shall prove
for themselves by their own trial and their
own experience, what l have assumed as
capable of profit and, indeed, as already
proven, that extensive farming Ill Georgia
is profitable, and thereby, create Il demand
for small farms. SO soon as TINS demand
is created the way is clear 10 the building
OF the villages.
/. Ii would be no difficult matter Tor
the owner of large plantation to select the
100 acres or SO which ne decides TO cultivate
as his own farm and divide the remainder
of his land into tracts OF an appropriate
sizc-suy of eighty or 100 acres These
tracts could be laid out with the special de-
sign OF grouping the dwellings, OF the flu
tuYe owners OF cultlVatorS about some
common point Ihe village in embryo
would thus he projected, opportunities
would be afforded f0r the exercise Of judg
ment, skill and taste III this planning for
the future Settlements, and the sagaciOus,
far-seelnS man Would reserve appropriate
parcels of land for the village common,
the school, the church, the store, the forge,
the ginnery, etc. The expense of such di-
vision Of q large estate would be trihing
practically nothing. The boundaries of the
tracts could be for The time, merely imagin-
AIRY lines with stakes TO mark their tcrmi-
nation. Amy man may, therefore, lay
cut farm village on his own plantation
The important question then arises, Wheth
er such q projected village would tipd in
babitanrs to build its dwellings, and luld
vate its farms, If there exists mand
for small farms, why not? large aiori
ty of our people must always ctice
farming, whether they will or 10, f, there
will be nothing else for them to do, They
will be glad to practice farming when
assured thaI IL !lt!uH P'""' an" t'HttnI
ment. And when this assurance is afford
ed by the village farm, the village farm be-
comes staple, marketable commodity.
The owner of the land could do much to IN
duce desirable tamilleS to become members
OF MS community by example, ol MS own
success III hlgn farming, ny hperal terms
TO those who wish to purchase, by skill II
arranging for cooperative industries which
may benent me community. an' many
UJher ways. one Important pc. = ne
horne m m!iia' Inc aovahl 10
community me are so many
that men VII prefer li4C
WISE In pre1er!r,Hlg) 70 uie'
Natton OF N4i,age lar
even very poor i"'lu' ~
'ract OF lhuC I.lc my
poverty or olH'
Oh d gwen pa''t
par TO the Efoqptus
IaSt- ,ihcIudil:.
course. nc 'SS"E"IHo"
the price Ii,p uIdtIcIi.
'1hIeWu ioiA "Uo ne IN
are aware o! tne pronlS that
by the DIVISION OF large estate aaH
Saleapic lotS' III theSe DAYS OF rare
booms we are no strangers To- lotS
III coThned' me olSaStFoqS COZ" >1Se OF
many OF 'ueSe poom towns mas oteh que
to the neSlect OF the ehteIpfShg promo
ters to provide opportunities to earn n
livelihood Tor those whom they solicit 10
become jewellers in their towns. This would
not be the case III the farm village. Along
with the home III the village Woul' the
land of the farm, from the Guilty; n OF
which the support of The home ID be
assured
The building up or farm VILLAGES this
method would, most probably, be slow
process, but yet, IT seems to me tc en-
tirely practlcablH.
= There IS another way III w the
building of the villages may be acco lish-
ed more speedily and with more pro .. OF
success. Organized effort is more tive
than individual zeal; consolidated tai
than small individual means. 1t gould
not be difficult to estimate approximately
how much 1t would cost 10 purchaSe-3ay
10000 acres Of ordinary good land IN any
county in Georgia; TO divide it into farms OF
lU acres each; to erect dwellings for 100
1aniIes: TO proVlde IehcinG' fafn DulloinsS'
"A SchoolhouSe' church ana other Einase
apPuitehahccs' 10 sow HoWn the laho ior q
year Or Two In soil!ng crops ana bfhe IL III.
mo coluluoh Iof pfohCaDle culture ana 30
nave 'hc Iarm village READY 10 hahd ioT
occupancy one hundred thousand doi
IafS hlEht 40 u thlS amount, OF 4 iitt!6
more pf0pdoN' WouIq. cannot oeHcIe
tnat sdch an aSsPihoiase OF homes WIN
an they promise OF happheSS ana coh'th'
menu, would long lack for occupants ape
ana VIKING 10 return lar interest OH ille
money invested IN rent chafgeS OF III put-
chase ihStithmehtS. Au9 superior adVant