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tivation. The want of co-operation among farmers has been a serious evil. An effort 
_is now being made to organize “farmers’ unions” throughout the. State; with what 
success remains to be seen; if successful, it may result in great benefit to our farmers. 
‘ HOME MARKET AND MANUFACTURES. 
A few extracts from correspondence will suffice to show the tone of 
their communications, as the subject is one upon which there can 
scarcely be a division of opinion: 
Pickens, Ga.—We have one of the finest counties in the State, abounding in iron ore, 
marble, inexhaustible, never-failing water-power. All we need is to have our resources 
developed, But we are left too poor, and capital follows the line of travel westward, 
while untold millions lie embosomed in our own soil. ( 
Jackson, N. C.—Our present want is a home market for heavy products, such as hay, 
potatoes, apples, cabbage, &c. Transportation lines of railway, the opening of our 
rich veins of copper and mica, or the development of manufacturing industries at the 
falls of our rivers, would give to agriculture a great impulse. 
Union, Tenn.—Our farmers are discouraged for the want of home markets. We need 
railways. We are rich in mineral, timber, marble-quarries, and also have a considera- 
ble surplus of farm products. 
Humboldt, Iowa.—We need a home market for surplus products. Stock-raising should 
be increased. We should have more mills, more factories, more machine-shops, and a 
more diversified industry to remedy the evil. 
Union, Pa.—The cause of discouragement is the small yield of wheat, the low 
prices of corn and oats, and the high prices for labor and agricultural implements, and 
what the farmer has to buy generally. Remedies would be, more enterprising men to 
start up factories, furnaces, &c., for we have plenty of iron ore in this county; a 
cheese factory and canning establishment, which would give an opportunity to raise 
more fruit and garden truck, and afford a market for the same. 
Fayetie, W. Vai—We want energetic capitalists to build factories and develop the re- 
sources of our county. We have five timber, gcod water-power, coal, and other min- 
als in abundance. We can produce nearly all the fruits and vegetables suited to our 
atitude. ' 
Washington, Wis——The farmers of this county are very little affected by the high 
charges for freights of railroad companies, as is the case further west and south of us. 
We live near the best markets of this State, and make but little use of the rail. 
Clark, Ill.—My only hope of remedy is for the eastern manufacturers to move to the 
West where their bread and meat are raised, and divide what is now paid for freight 
both ways between themselves ahd the farmers. They can get their cotton delivered, 
just as cheap in Illinois as at New York or Boston; they can get their wool much lower, 
and the hides for their boots and shoes for about one-half, and save 100 per cent. on 
their bread and meat, and still give the farmer much more for his products than he 
gets now. 
Sangamon, Ili.—The establishment in our midst of manufactories to work up raw 
material, thus increasing population and creating markets at home, and resulting 
eventually in a greater diversity of farm products, is our great want. 
Ford, Til.—Although cheap freights would help us, the building of factories is what 
we most need, and the farmers hail them with joy wherever they spring up. 
Putnam, [ll.—Increased facilities for getting our products to markets by means of 
water and railroad communications are needed, and a home market created by diver- 
sity of industries, particularly by building up manufactories among us. Combinations 
at present suggested are farmers’ clubs and granges for discussion of the situation, and 
taking action on the results arrived at thereby. And one of the results will be that 
farmers will not long submit to being oppressed by the moneyed monopolies of the 
country. 
Peoria, Ill.—We need more population and more capital, and we need to have them 
devoted to manufactures, mining, ship-building, and navigation. This will give us 
not only an American market, but, throughout a large part of the country, eventu- 
ally, a home market, thus solving effectually the question of transportation, and doing 
away with the necessity for combination. For the purpose of fostering these interests 
we must have a liberal, uniform governmental policy. 
Cherokee, Iowa.—I think that home manufactories are needed. If we had woolen 
factories it would pay to raise sheep, as the country is well adapted to that purpose, 
it being dry and healthy, and we have good water-power for manufacturing purposes. 
Jefferson, Iowa.—Let the farmers of each county encourage the establishment of 
manufactories of all kinds at the county-seats, and for which they can supply a large 
proportion of the raw material. These will give them a home market for the raw 
material and an increased home demand for their produce. Instead of forming granges 
