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Over eacih group of farms will be a local siij)erintendoiit to be 

 paid one-half by the owners and oner-half by the farmers who will 

 have supervision of the work, raising the standard of quality, 

 changing and improving methods and altogether making the 

 group more profitable for owners and farmers. 



Each group of farms will breed the same live stock and if 

 deemed wise all of the groups oould do likewise. In otlier words 

 community breeding would at onoe become established. To illus- 

 trate: Upon each farm a pair of pure-bred Percheron mares would 

 total a big breeding establishment of 200 and in each instance 

 earning their daily feed. This plan is practically without limit 

 along these lines. 



Adaptability of tenants would largely control tlio extent of 

 special development such as certified milk, trucking, pure-bred 

 stock, etc. 



The possibilities of wholesale purchase of all supplies for farm 

 and home 'are limited only by the ability to organize for it in the 

 central office. 



Each group of farmers will elect a spokesman who will repre- 

 sent them at the central office when any adjustment is necessary, 

 not satisfied by the local superintendent. This central office will 

 be located if possible upon a central group of farms. It will be 

 equipped with necessary stenographic outfit, bookkeeper and gen- 

 eral manager. 



Local managers will meet quarterly at the office of the gen- 

 eral manager to discuss the business of improving methods and 

 decreasing cost of production, the eft'ort being to stimulate all 

 to the effi'ciency of the best and to encourage the same improve- 

 ment among the grou2>s of farmers. 



This plan of purchase does not take any single fann or group 

 of farais out of the market. They can be bought and sold as 

 formerly without disturbing in any way the integrity of the plan. 

 Not changing the size of the original units or farms is also a part 

 of the same advantage. One can imagine that such a corporation 

 would find itself not only farming but doing a general real estate 

 business. 



To conclude : We have taken supervision and spread it out over 

 sufficient business to make it profitable. We have almost entirely 



