OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE 



education or practice. Not only must the 

 farm manager be able to manage workmen, 

 but oftentimes he must manage his em- 

 ployer, who may have little knowledge of 

 farming but still insists upon having his 

 own ideas executed, as he, of course, has a 

 perfect right to do. 



Another danger is the fact that where the 

 farm is owned by a man engaged in other 

 business, many circumstances may arise to 

 cause the owner to change his plans or sell 

 his property. There is often, therefore, a 

 lack of permanency in these positions. 



The United States Department of Agri- 

 culture employs upward of 5,000 people. 

 There is a constant demand for young men 

 to recruit this service, including experts in 

 soils, plant production, animal husbandry, 

 dairying, chemistry and forestry. Beginners 

 receive from $800 to $1,000 a year. When 

 they are sent out of Washington into field 

 service, as many of them are, they receive 

 their expenses, including subsistence in 

 addition. Young men may rise rather 

 rapidly by promotion to $1,600 a year, then 



