AGRICULTURE 



should be a female in the shop to do such 

 work as is constantly done by women- 

 taking the cash, booking orders from lady 

 callers, weighing up and arranging the lighter 

 goods, helping to keep the place tidy, etc., 

 etc. The man's work would mainly consist 

 in buying, on the wholesale markets, such 

 goods as the producers themselves could not 

 supply, and, as much would depend on this 

 individual's honesty in buying, his wages 

 should be so arranged as in part to depend 

 on the satisfactory results he is able to show. 

 The rent of a good suburban shop would 

 probably be about ^50 to 60 per annum ; 

 the total wages of a couple of strong boys or 

 youths would be (at the most), 80 to ^100 

 (one boy would be sufficient at first) ; the 

 manager could be obtained for another 100 

 a year, plus a commission of 2-J-% to 5% on 

 the turnover ; and the female assistant should 

 preferably be the wife of the manager, both 

 of whom should live on the premises. In 

 return for her assistance in the shop, the 



