Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-09
FARM MANAGERS WANTED,

There Is = grand opening for young
men, who have some natural adapted.
ness for the work and will at themselves
for it, as farm managers. There has
been great difficulty In securing compe-
tent men for these positions, and with
improved business conditions will come
q still greater demand for men capable
OF managing farms owned by people en-
gsged In other business. There Is also
quite demand for such men to manage
farms connected with public institutions,
and occasionally farmer, who has been
successful and desires TO retire bat no,
70 sell his farm, wants q man 10 carry II
on while he either lives upon Il or re-
moves to the nelghboring city or village.
We have heard more demands for per-
sons TO I'LL such places as these than for
any other position.
The natural qualifications for such
employment are taste and love for
farming, and disposition TO work, TAX
ing an interest in the farm and pride in
making things successful, and ability To
handle farm help 10 good advantage.
In fact, q taste for the work, industry
and loyalty are essential for success In
any employment, and when we add good
business Judgment we have about all the
elements OF success anywhere In any
line OF work. la most Of the places
where farm managers are wanted IL will
be found essential TO have wife who Is
also willing TO work and able to board
more or less farm help. A man and
wife who can meet these requirements
need not wait very long for position
that will bring them more pay than
would come from owning good farm
and operating IL themselves. There are
scores OF such plsees open and few sp-
plicants to fisl them.
There IL another class OF positions
where farm managers are needed and
which paw higher salaries than the ordi-
nary places TO which we have referred.
There are less of them and they require
special training In order to occupy them
successfully. We refer 10 farms owned
by individuals or corporations where
some form Of gilt edge farming is car
ried on and where the manager must not
only have natural ability for the place
but must have studied the principles Of
agriculture and understand chemistry,
botany, animal husbandry, composition
Of soils, chemical composition Of feeds
one or all OF them according 10 the kind
OF farming carried on. We have Ia
mind a milk farm in neighboring state,
where sanitary milk Is produced for =
near by market, and a farmers boy,
educated st an agricultural college, Is
the manager and drawing ss good salary
as large proportion Of the graduates OF
classical colleges. Another place comes
TO our mind where farm manager gets
great price but he hsd 10 know all
about gardening and the management of
the lawn and propsgsting rare plants
and the care Of rare flowers, all Of which
he learned In an agricultural college A
college cannot make q successful man In
these positions unless he has the uatnrsl
requirements TO succeed, but with these
ana an agricultural college training
there is grand opportunity for securing
good positions and good pay.
The pay that people receive for labor
Is in proportion TO the mental rather
thsn the physical power applied. The
person who only exerts physical force
must work for the prices established for
unskilled labor. When 9 farm hand
manifests sufficient mental capacity 10
make this physical exertion more vsiu-
able he gets more pay. When he Is
sufficiently intelligent 10 work without
the constant oversight Of his employer
and knows what to do when anything
out Of the ordinary course happens, he
gets still more pay. When he becomes
competent 20 be farm manager and 70
hire and direct fsrm help, buy and sell
farm stock, and Is skillful In selling
farm products, his services become still
more valuable. when he has q college
training and can trest diseases OF plants
and animals and intelligently msnipu-
late soils and feeds, he Is able TO CON-
mand still higher salary. When We
add 10 these latter qualifications superior
executive ability be is able TO commsnd
q price that would seem fabulous TO the
average farmer. There are places 10 be
filed requiring these various quslifica-
tions and the pay depends upon the quail
ity OF work the person 10 able 10 perform.
We believe in the next few years there
will be an increased demand for farm
managers who have the education and
natural qualities, and there can be no
doubt about the wisdom Of preparing 10
ill these positions. and Farmer.