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education they could often succeed in settling disputes by 

 compromise. In many cases it might be possible to have 

 disputes settled by private arbitration, calling in the agent 

 of a neighboring estate as arbitrator. 



The training of agents, such as I have described, must 

 evidently be undertaken along comprehensive lines. The 

 two years' diploma course for the agents themselvesl will 

 need to cover a general knowledge of improved methods 

 of agriculture, dealt with in an essentially practical spirit : 

 a knowledge of simple civil engineering so as to design and 

 lay out ordinary farm buildings and irrigation works ; and 

 especially :i knowledge and interest in the general develop- 

 ment of the resources of the estate. He should also have 

 some mechanical knowledge, sufficient to be able to supervise 

 the trained mistri, who must be kept on the estate for the 

 repair of the modern agricultural implements belonging both 

 to landlord and tenants. The agent must also understand 

 the proper keeping of accounts and the finance of investing 

 capital. He must also have a little training in orderly* 

 business methods so as to be prompt and systematic in his 

 dealings with the tenants, and so that he may keep all papers 

 properly filed, and be able to conduct correspondence and 

 give proper instructions to the mitkhtar. 



