Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-07


way to be a success. In almost all lines
of business the management is the
most important thirg. The good man.
ager makes the business profitable and
if the manager is the owner he some
day becomes wealthy.
With some, management of affairs
comes as second nature They seem to
be born with the precious gift of handl-
ing things properly. They are persons
who can see and act. With others,
managing comes with more difficulty;
they must learn it. Some persons are
good workers under the direction OF a
good leader, but poor leaders them
selves. They are at a loss as to what
to do unless somebody who can lead is
near to direct and plan.
The art of good management, ike
other arts, is learned through study
and practice. Experience makes per-
feet in this line as in other lines. II
YOU have never had chance to man
age affairs you will find it difficult IN
the start. Perhaps you will make some
mistakes and find somn difficult PROB
lens to solve and work out. But by
and by, with experience and an open
mind to see and learn, things will be-
gin to come easier, and management
will become easier and more effective.
Learning to see what should be done is
as important as doing the thing after
it is seen and understood. The boy or
girl, who early in life learns to keep his
or her eyes open for seeing things ana
understanding them, is on the sure
road to success. In the very nature OF
the case such a person can scarcely
fail of making very great success In
life in almost any kind Of work.
Learning to see, then, is one OF the
first requirements Of a managers edu-
cation. Many farmers and many per-
sons go through life poor and depen-
dent because they can not manage
their affairs An example may Illus
trate this point: Two boys completed
the country school course few years
ago in the same class. Both in school
were counted good, bright and we'll
meaning boys. They married and be-
gan farming on a small scale with
meager capital and equipment. One of
these young men is now rich, while the
other is worth no more than when he
began. The secret of the matter is that
the one who has made money and
climbed fast is a good observer, While
the other is a poor observer. He sim
ply can't see things about him that are
to his interest to be seen. l was at the
poor young mans farm the second year
after he began farming. On going TO
the barn in the evening to milk the
cows we could not find the COWS. They
were not in the barnyard. The young
man hunted around few minutes and
found that they had broken through
the fence and were in the corn field
gorging themselves with new corn and
spelling the crop. A rotten fence post
in the fence was the cause Of the COWS
breaking into the field and destroying
the valuable crop. He should have seen
the defect and repaired it, but he could
not see, and he is poor and always will
be poor for that reason.
This young man, who is not progress
sing financially, calls himself and farm
ing "unlucky," while he calls his friend
who is growing rich, a very lucky"
man. 1t is unlucky, truly, to be short
sight, but there is no excuse for any
sight, but there is no excuse for any
young man or woman to start out in
life half asleep and with not enough
ambition and self-esteem to keep the
eyes open. Many good dollar is lost
by not being able to see little things,
which are easy to see by any one with
eyes only half open. 1t is easier to
learn to see things than to work hard
to earn and repair; the one is really
brain work, while the other is coarse
hand work Keeping the eyes open for
little things means keeping the mind
active. Mind work is more valuable
than hand work, although the two must
go together. Learning to manage
means learning to use the mind.
Right here l may say that the SER
great demand at present, and the de-
mand will increase with time, as our
country develops and industries are
extended There is a large opening in
this field, while there is opportunity for
all talented girls who may care to take
up such work. The demand already
for skillful young men to manage
farms, ranches, orchards, dairies,
creameries and numerous other SINH
lar institutions is greater than the sup
ply. The salaries paid are also very
good. 1t is needless to point out what
positions boys can fill, but as an in
stance of what girls may do, a young
woman is the landscape gardner for
one OF the leading railroads Of this
country. She plans and plants all the
lawns shrubbery and flower beds at
and nearr railroad depOts. She merely
does the planning and manages the
work, laborers being furnished to do
all the actual excavation, digging, fer
tiliZing and planting. Her skill as a
planter and manager is what makes
her valuable
In the common schools. high schools
and agricultural colleges farm boys
and girls acquire knowledge of various
kinds for farm, orchard, live stock,
poultry and garden work. But in the
schools are practically no opportunities
for the learning of management except
only in a general way, through Obser-
walton. Planning and management are
done by older heads, the boys and girls
attending the schools only learning book
lessons and assisting in the experiment
tai work. Boys and girls from towns
and cities securing an agricultural
education have no chance to learn
management through actual practice
because their parents have no farms on
which they can work during vacations
a few students are hired to work on or
manage small farms or plants during
their summer vacations.
Young folks living on the farm have
a good chance to learn the art of farm