The Landed Interest. 



Landown- 

 ing the 

 only busi- 

 ness in 

 which 

 special 

 training 

 is not 

 deemed 

 necessary. 



the comparative merits of "long" and "short" 

 sheep, the reclamation of waste, and the advan- 

 tage in a bare country of sheltering woods. 

 "Aye be sticking in a tree," was the dying 

 advice of an old Scotch laird to his son, " it 

 will be growing when you're sleeping." The 

 "home" farm was always found in the personal 

 occupation of the Scotch landowner, and the 

 Edinburgh University has for many years had 

 a Chair of Agriculture. It is true that among 

 the greater landowners of Scotland the English 

 schools and universities have long had a special 

 attraction, but even their tone has failed to 

 eradicate from the young ScotchmarHs mind the 

 inborn love of the farms and fields, and the 

 country employments of his fathers. 



This knowledge of business is a matter of 

 great moment to those who employ so vast a 

 capital as the English landowners, a capital far 

 beyond the entire value of our railways, mines, 

 ironworks, canals, and gasworks put together. 

 Men of the highest capacity, with special 

 training and qualifications, are employed in the 

 management of these. Constant watchfulness 



