The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18

About COllectivizatiOn OF Farms
There are many farmers in Sheridan county and all !
over the United States who are opposed afraid of
Communism for reason; they have heard that the Coh
the small farmers and make them into big FARMS This
they don't like they don't want to have their homes taken
away from them when Communists get into power II
few days ago several farmers had long discussion
about this particular problem in The Producers News office
at conclusion Of which they demanded that we give our
opinion on this subject. So here is
Farmers have good reason to be opposed TO move
that tends to take their homes and away from them
Bankers machine companies and mortgage sharks i'll COOP
raon with the government are doing this today trying TO
a atemp HT S to emmate S6ooOo0 small farmers
Now there certainly cannot be much difference OF
opinion regarding the TACT that the everywhere
and middle farmers Communists in the first ranks
fighting evctons and foreclosures
Why should they change this policy after they get into
power?
They don't. They did not disown any small or middle
farmer when they got into power Russia and they
not going to do it in other country.
True in Russia all big landlords, the nobility who owned
huge landed estates with thousands of peasants working
slaves, dsowned. Their land taken away from
them and distributed among the peasants who really worked
the SOIL Similar action taken in the of the rich
farmers the kuaks when they sabotaged and fought the
new regime OF the workers and peasants.
But collective farms established you say
Yes and more and are being established every
year. And by the great majority of farmers in Russia
are owning and living and working OH collective farms
But these coectves not established by force OF
Peasants joined
wheI they found thai that kind Of farming was more Eft
cen than their way of farming small Individual strips of
9d were many s VINO bea~s f ev OF cd d
get used to it. They back however, when they
found that the of farming brought bigger and
better crops
Now you ask why is it the policy of the Communists
in the first place, to establish colectives?
The answer is simple. Farming a big scale is more
efficient. Bigger and better machinery can be used
5000 farm than farm of 100 plots of
acres, as they had them in Russia. Combines and big
tractors cannot be operated small plots of land but make
work much easier large farms. And when consider
that combines and all the new agricultural machinery mean
big investment it be easily that it is much
economical and much efficient to work a combine
10000 acres than to work it on only 800 acres and let it
stand idle for the rest of the year.
Efficiency to get the greatest amount of work done
with the least amount OF labor is OF the economic poll
ces of Communism. Communists hold that farmers and
workers had enough leisure to enjoy all what life
to offer With greater efficiency leisure can be OBJ
tanned so that all those work may given the oppor
uny to enjoy all the pleasures there are travel arts play
sports, dance books, etc.
Farming in this country is already done on pretty
efficient scale but the farmers don't get the benefits The
fruits of the farmers labor are reaped by the SPECTATORS by
Under Communism these conditions will not continue
In country where workers and farmers rule only those whc
work with hand brain will eat and enjoy the pleasures
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But let us look at farming this country and let's fine
out whether reached the last degree of efficiency
In the first place, there is reason why people shouC
live at all in places where the climatic conditions unfav
Orabe where dust storms raging where there is
treme cold and extreme heat where there is little water
little social life There much better places thai
praes and pustas and steppe and deserts for human
to live.
But have to raise wheat.
Yes but can't do that without spending all our if
time at those places? There is not much to do on tn
prares during fall and winter matter of the work
ing is rather short in wheat growing country
At the present very few combines used in this terri
tory because farmers in need of the straw for thei
livestock that is wasted by combine operation Under
efficient SYSTEM farmers in this part of the country wou
not need to keep any cattle Dairy products meat and
other food stus can be produced in abundance in othe
parts of the country that suitable pro
ducton than the praires and be easily shipped here
Furthermore is it necessary to have a combine and
complete set of farm machinery for every 300 acres land
To many people it seems utterly senseess, and waste
effort, time and energy.
There hundreds of other features concerning tn
raising of food that be handled more efficiently ur
fortunately there is not enough space to enumerat
them all
One thing is sure Communism will never force farmer
IN this or In any other country to give up his farm or hi
home However it is the policy of the Communists to RI
things sensiby and efficiently as is humanity possb
for the benefit of all who work ~