102 THE LANDED INTEREST. 



mentions the discussions with which his youth 

 was familiar when visiting his country relations, 

 the comparative merits of " long " and " short " 

 sheep, the reclamation of waste, and the advan- 

 tage in a bare country of sheltering woods. 

 "Aye be sticking in a tree," was the dying 

 advice of an old Scotch laird to his son, " it 

 will be growing when you're sleeping." The 

 " home " farm was always found in the personal 

 occupation of the Scotch landowner, and the 

 Edinburgh University has for many years had 

 a Chair of Agriculture. It is true that among 

 the greater landowners of Scotland the English 

 schools and universities have long had a special 

 attraction, but even their tone has failed to 

 eradicate from the young Scotchman's mind the 

 inborn love of the farms and fields, and the 

 country employments of his fathers. 

 Landown- This knowledge of business is a matter of 



ing the 



only busi- great moment to those who employ so vast a 



ness in 



which capital as the English landowners, a capital far 



special 



training beyond the entire value of our railways, mines, 



is not 



necessar ironworks, canals, and gasworks put together. 

 Men of the highest capacity, with special 



