The idea was that each family would agree to share their labor, their tools, and their draft animals with the other team members. The families at this point would still technically retain title to their parcel of land. And as these more moderate steps towards collectivization proved to be pretty effective, by 1955 they wanted to move on to the more significant next part.
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