COLLEGE MEN AS FARM MANAGERS 



1HAVE a farm of about two hundred 

 acres near that came to me from 



my father. It has fairly good buildings, 

 is near a good local market, and should be 

 a good dairy farm. The present tenant, 

 who is honest and faithful, runs it in the 

 old way; and although it is no expense to 

 me, and sometimes turns a fair profit, the 

 place is not my ideal of what a farm should 

 be. It seems to me that I ought to change 

 superintendents, and I thought that among 

 the graduates from your college there 

 might be some good young man whom you 

 could recommend. I pay my man $30 per 

 month the year round, and he has a small 

 garden plot and a cow, and gets his fire- 

 wood on the place. I would be willing to 

 pay a little more than this for a man who 

 was scientifically trained and has had ex- 

 perience, or I might let him work the place 

 on shares. ' 9 



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