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the receipts or other definite rental system is usually the 

 only satisfactory profit-sharing plan. 



218. Farm managers. --On nearly all farms in 

 America, the one who directs the work does as much labor 

 as any of the men. The owner or manager usually works 

 with his men, unless there are 10 to 20 men employed. 

 When only 3 or 4 men arc working, the cost of supervision 



FIG. 73. Enough workers to justify the farmer in spending most of his 

 time directing the work. The farmer raised the crop with his own work. 

 He becomes a non-worker in the picking season only. 



is altogether too heavy if the manager does nothing but 

 direct work. No industry that does not have a monopoly 

 can afford a no n- working manager for so few men. The 

 man who works with his men usually gets them to take an 

 interest in the work and to accomplish much more. 



Business men who own farms often make mistakes in 

 this matter. They often employ farm managers who feel 

 too important to work. But what else is a farm manager 

 to do, if he has only two or three men to direct ? With so 

 few men, he should be the best worker of the lot. Sup- 

 pose that the manager is paid $1000 a year, as is frequently 



