FARM MANAGERS 



low. Another student writes that when he 

 took charge of his creamery, just after 

 finishing his twelve weeks' course, the pa- 

 trons were badly discouraged. They were 

 not making as good payments as other 

 creameries in the vicinity. In a single 

 season this creamery gained steadily, 

 month after month, until in August the 

 patrons were receiving the leading price 

 for butter-fat. Another student writes 

 that his wages is $13 per month more than 

 before he took the winter dairy-course. 

 Another student has had his wages in- 

 creased one third within a year. Another 

 receives $20 more per month. In another 

 case the salary was more than doubled. 



Managers are not "hired men" 



These various cases, chosen as represen- 

 tative of many, are given only for the pur- 

 pose of establishing the fact in the mind 

 of employers that well-trained men com- 

 mand more than ordinary farm wages, 

 whether in the region of superintendents 

 and managers or in that of factory-men. 

 It is not to be expected that college men can 

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