_Possible combinations for farming._—It is proper to close this chapter with suggestions as to the possibility of gaining the advantages of combination for farming communities without disturbing the present condition of ownership of land. When our farmers generally shall have outgrown the disposition to make money by emigration, so that each farming community is made up of farm homes with a stable population, more intimate associations for farm operations than now are possible ought to become the rule. Suggestions have already been made as to the possibilities of greater division of labor, but other advantages of combination in the way of labor saving can certainly be secured. More definite business methods and mutual confidence in a neighborhood of farmers make possible enormous economies in the way of mutual protection and advantage. The removal of fences, with possible combination in seeding and tillage, a universal method of dealing with insects, blights, rusts and similar plant diseases, the handling of products in company, and above all a perfect sympathy in all methods of improvement, education and development of enterprise, will accomplish wonders. Chapter XV. Special Incentives To Production. _Good government chief._—The productive energy of any country is encouraged chiefly by what we call good government. This means especially security of property rights by prevention of frauds and robbery of every kind, and free interchange of ideas, as well as of products of industry, and general public intelligence. It is not enough that individuals throughout a community be fairly intelligent, but they must have sufficiently mutual ground of intelligence in common purposes and common interests in everyday work to bring without effort a perfectly mutual confidence. Where these essentials are absent no devices can operate extensively for the encouragement of energy in production. Where they are present it is always possible to add extra incentives, to give direction at least to the energies of the people, and perhaps to increase those energies. Some of these incentives are too important to be overlooked.