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I may state, incidentally, that a complete system of 

 management necessitates the whole of the stock being 

 under the absolute control of the estanciero. Either all 

 his shepherds would have to be on a fixed wage, or those 

 who had the charge of the ewe flocks (composed wholly 

 of ewes), might be on a capitation wage, receiving a sum 

 of money for every lamb counted out of these flocks, by 

 which means they would be interested in the preservation 

 of the lambs, and would earn an extra wage by extra 

 care. 



The following is a draft of a central farm, which might 

 in many cases prove a convenient arrangement, and at all 

 events will serve the purpose of facilitating explanation. 



In this draft I place the ram, corrals, and sheds in a 

 position sheltered from the south and west by the house 

 and montes ; in front of these, with a wide, well-levelled, 

 and cleared road intervening, I indicate convenient 



