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harassed by an indifferent manager, will soon 

 lose patience and leave to go to perhaps 

 a friendly, but none the less a rival, estate 

 without any sentimental considerations. 



Nothing but the extreme welfare of the 

 estate entrusted to him should have the 

 slightest influence on any of the manager's 

 actions. The man to be selected should not 

 only know personally every individual under 

 him, his likes and prejudices, how he fares and 

 how he conducts himself, even to the cares 

 and little worries of his family, but he should 

 have in his mind, like the doctor in the hos- 

 pital, a note of each tree and its progress, as 

 well as a shrewd idea of what produce, stores, 

 and implements are on the estate, and how it 

 goes with the animals and live stock generally. 



For these reasons, those who want a respon- 

 sible and able manager must see to it that he is 

 not unduly pestered with petty and nerve- 

 racking worries of lesser importance that can 

 well be attended to by his assistants, such small 

 things being outside his province ; avoid also 

 too frequent official reports and investigations 

 which are irrelevant to the matter in hand, but 

 which may be demanded by a nervous Board 

 of Directors not well up to the work person- 

 ally, and therefore at the mercy of some over- 

 zealous shareholder or scientific faddist at home. 



As far, therefore, as the housing of the 

 manager and staff goes, it is unwise to stint in 

 this respect and to provide an unhealthy or 



