308 FARM MANAGEMENT 



No matter what pay one gets, part of it should be saved. 

 A young man who gets $20 a month as a farm hand and 

 who cannot save part of it is not likely to save if he gets 

 $200 a month. The writer has seen many just such 

 changes in salary and has rarely seen a person who could 

 possibly save a cent on $2400 a year who had not been 

 able to save something on $20 a month. Saving is a 

 habit. It is independent of the wages received. If one 

 has the " spend-it-all " habit, better pay will make no dif- 

 ference. If he has the saving habit, he will save more as 

 the pay increases, but may or may not save a larger per 

 centage of the pay. 



If a man has not had a good farm experience on a well- 

 managed farm, he should find one of the most successful 

 farmers in a region where farmers are prosperous and hire 

 out for a year or more. 



A graduate of an agricultural college who has grown up 

 on a farm and who has no money can usually start best by 

 teaching, in experiment station work, or as a farm manager. 

 By taking the best position available, when experience, op- 

 portunity, and salary are all considered, he should be able 

 to save more in a year than the farm hand receives. 



A position that calls for travel and study on farms is 

 very desirable for one or two years. A place as farm man- 

 ager on a real farm is good both because of the experience 

 and the low expenses. Some of the best paying positions 

 are as managers of country places. The experience gained 

 on such places is often harmful. If any ideas are gained, 

 they are likely to be extravagant notions that are adapted 

 to spending money not to making money. 



The college graduate usually skips the tenant stage. 

 In such cases, the farm should be bought as soon as one has 

 money enough to secure the place on contract or by part 



