FARM MANAGERS 



am considering the remuneration for man- 

 agers. 



Outlook of students on the question 



In order to ascertain the expectations of 

 students themselves as to their value to an 

 employer, I addressed a letter of inquiry 

 to the several hundred students in the Col- 

 lege of Agriculture at Cornell University. 

 I asked what kind of position or employ- 

 ment the student desired on graduation, 

 what wages or salary he thought he would 

 be fairly worth, and why he put the value 

 of his services at such figure. I had 135 

 replies, coming from regular four-year 

 men, one-year or two-year specials, and 

 three-months' winter-course students. 



Of this number, forty-two desired to be- 

 come farm managers, eighteen of them 

 being four-year men, thirteen of them spe- 

 cials, and eleven winter-course students. 

 Most of the men, in all classes, were 

 brought up on the farm, and the others had 

 had more or less farm experience. The 

 sums that they specify in every case are 

 for the first year of service, with expecta- 

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