has only one acre can buy the al lotment of three or four other farmers and have a profitable op eration. One of the necessary safe guards of this law would be to pre vent the "big fellow" from growing even larger-at the expense of the small producer. Another possibility is the soil bank, said the farm-wise dairy and tobacco farmer. Use the soil bank and then get into something else. "Use tobacco as a sideline. Add other crops and diversify." he sug gested . "Produce cheaper and better." said Green. To help do this he urged better attendance at agricul tural meetings. When county agents, or other professional workers hold meetings in the neighborhood, make an effort to attend, he said. And if these- suggestions don’t woik, there is tiie final possibility, he said. "Quit the farm and get into something else." History Repeats Itself Drawing a comparison with an cient Rome. Green said in the year 301, Rrrat was in a depression. A socialist put in a program, and fixed everything with a definite price on it. A man’s labor for a day had a fixed price, a pair of sandals had a tixed price, bread had a definite price, etc. "It worked lor a while”. Green pointed out. Then the supervisors got a little lazy, and they put in supervisors to supervise the super visors. They kept on until more than half the people were on the government payroll. Taxes soared. Businessmen left their businesses and farmers left the farm. "That's what is going to happen if we continued at the rate we are
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“has only one acre can buy the al lotment.” Farmville Herald, March 1957.
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