The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-12
OWN FARM BETTER
THAN $1,000 JOB
MORE SATISFACTION IN a SMALL
PLOT IF 1T is YOURS, IS IDEA or
DEAN WOODS or MINNESOTA A.
c.-coMPETENT MANAGERS ARE
SCARCE.

St. Paul Pioneer Press: Although
Dean Woods OF the college OF agricul-
ture, University of Minnesota. agrees
with J. g. Williams, part owner of the
Jean Duluth farm at Duluth, and with
Henry Wallace Of Des Moines that
there Is a larger demand for $4,000
men to work on farms than can be
supplied, Dean Woods thinks farm
boys will do just as well by learning to
run small farm and acquiring one Of
their own. II win bring just as good
returns and more pleasure, the dean
says.
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. wallace had
commented on the difficulty OF getting
competent men to manage the big
farms, and they said spending $4,000
for well-trained manager is a paying
investment.
Cannot Find the 5000 Men.
I'VE have calls nearly every day for
$4,000 and $4,000 men to take charge
of large farms, but we are unable TO
find them,' said Dean Woods. "These
men have to be made. and it takes
some time to make them. First they
must take three years instruction in
the farm school, then post year in
that institution, followed by four
years at the college and at least three
years post work in farm management.
Then your man must be turned loose
on a farm for three Or four years.
where he can put into practical appli-
cation what he has learned and where
he can work out his own destiny.
Even then, il the man was not Of
hov
started this training, he win not be
able to keep firm grasp on a large
farm, with many branches and varied
interests. But IL he did have more
than ordinary ability at the beginning
and has pursued his study faithfully
at the end Of fourteen years of train
ing we have our $4,000 man, and there
win always be a job waiting for him.
Big Man Required.
"The manager OF a large farm, where
many kinds of pure bred stock are
kept, where all kinds Of grain is rails
ed and where the marketing is done on
a large scale, must have a knowledge
or economies and OF business which
the average business man need not
possess. He must be broad minded.
highly educated, rapid thinker and
a man of action.
ut is hard for us to hold our teach
ing staff on account of the higher SAL
aries offered for managing these farms
The demand comes to certain extent
from wealthy men owning estates, but
in large measure from land compan-
les that have large tracts they wish
developed along modern lines OF agri-
culture. These companies if they get
the man they want with the techni-
cal requirements, do not let any SAL
airy matter stop them, and thus many
of our best teachers are taken.
Family Size Farm the Ideal.
But what can we call the family
sized farm, the farm where the mama
ger is the owner, always win be the
ideal place While the larger owner is
enabled to buy large and better ma
chinery, and his expenses per acre for
machinery will not be so high. vet this
same advantage may be had by the
smaller farmer through cooperation.
If a man with 1000 acres can AFFORD
to buy a threshing outfit there is no
reason why ten men with 100 acres
could not afford to.
Advises Man With Farm to Keep II.
IT would not advise any man who
has farm where he can settle, to
train for the managership Of some
large estate, for by using scientific
management he will be able to make
more money and CLEAN much more
pleasure from his own place For this
work the training given at the school
Of agriculture is sufficient as there we
try to teach everything that is essen
tial to the carrying on Of farm of
that character.
Even the eight weeks training in
tn short course gives the essentials.
and for elderly men this is the best
way to acquire the necessary knowl-
edge. Last year at the short course
we had millionaires there to learn how
to run their farms SO they could keep
an eve on their managers. Others were
men who had been farmers for fifty
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