The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-12
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
A Golden Fra Coming when Farming VIII
BE Done not Extensively but Intensiveiy
Apple Raising m Illinois Making Farm
Life Attractive.
Cattle Raising for The Small Farmer.

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Cattle Raising for The Small Farmer.
The present tendency Of all enter
prise seems to he toward centraliZa-
tion ana monopoly. driving the small
producers out OF the business, says
an Iowa correspondent OF the Amer
lean Agriculturist. Must this be the
fate Of the cattle raising business:
Must the market in the future he so
controlled by the large producers that
the business will be wholly unprotita.
ble to the small farmer: or are his
pospects encouraging, The industry
is one that can not be monOpOlized.
Buyers may corner the markets and
packers may influence the prices, but
no individual Or organization can
regulate the prod action of the sup.
ply; whether 1t is to be produced
upon the large ranch or small farm,
the condition Of the country must
largely detc mine.
Heretofo e Weste n pasturage has
been very cheap and as a con-
sequence tie markets have been glut-
ted with stock so cncaply p Oduced
that the ordinary farmer could not
successfully ente' into competition.
But with the rapid settlement Of the
West, this condition is passing out of
existence. Cctemporancous with
this decrease there is an actual in
crease in the market demand. The
population of Our cities and towns,
enlarging We y rapidly, creates an
ever.growing demand for food sup
plies that can only comc f0m the
farm. The fact that the inc ease in
GU urban population is out of all
proportion to that of tie u al is all
the more encouraging to the small
farmer.
An era of small farming seems
likely to dawn upon the Cent. al West.
1t Will he in reality a golden ca in
farming when fa ms will have f.om
70 ty to eighty &C es, and farming
will be done not extensively but in
tensivcly. This is being brought on
not so much by al awakening intelli-
gence and a knowledge Of better
methods among farmers, As by the
increase of population and the de-
mand Tor county homes which are
leading TO a division Of our hitherto
large farms and compelling the adop-
ton Of mo c intensive and, thereto G,
more intelligent methods Of farming.
In this. as in all other industries,
~"nccessity Il the mOthe" of inven-
ton" 1t is t. ON these small farms
that the produce supplies Of our
county in the near futu c will come.
The stock raised will be OF the finest
quality, expenses OF production will
be reduced to the minimum. and the
profits enhanced by the growing city
demands.
The small farm will reduce the
ia ming industry to d business
science. LaXness in business methods
j. one OF the chief characteristics of
the ordinary large farm. The small
farm is inaugurating the employment
OF better methods. The farmer has
a better understanding of his debit
and credit accounts, as more system
attic bookkeeping is followed. lie is
better acquainted with the best
methods Of culture. the cost of pro.
ductiOn, and the superior varieties.
Thus are we coming to learn that it
Is lo>slble to make more money on
ten head OF cattle, properly cared for
and prepared for the market, than
was formerly made OF one hundred
head. The outlook for the small
sale cattle grower is encouraging.