1 14 The State and the Farmer 



neglected type of individual farm management 

 must be reduced to orderliness and effective- 

 ness. The problem will arise here as it has 

 arisen in Denmark, Ireland and other coun- 

 tries, unless we profit by their example and 

 meet it in advance. 



The necessity for working together. 



A widespread system of cooperation must 

 come for the open country. When I write the 

 word cooperation, I use it in its true sense. I 

 do not mean on the one hand a mere factitious 

 business organization for buying and selling 

 alone, or, on the other hand, so-called "coop- 

 erative work" of an educational or investiga- 

 tional nature with individuals here and there. 

 Individuals pass; their influence mostly passes 

 with them. Two individuals acting in unison 

 or in coordination are more effective than the 

 same two persons acting separately. If these 

 two combine with another two, the effect 

 is more than twice increased. True cooperat- 

 ive work with the Department of Agriculture 

 or with an agricultural college operates with 



