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education are successively eliminated. On the other hand it is 

 much further reduced if information or business ability are taken 

 out. 



The management-business relation is less affected by the 

 presence of the general education factor than by the informa- 

 tion factor. 



The management-skill relation is little affected by the 

 presence of the physical or the education elements, slightly more 

 by the mechanical element, and still more by the information 

 and intelligence elements. 



The management-information relation is less dependent 

 upon skills and education than upon native intelligence and 

 business ability. 



The management-education relation is low at all times 

 but the elimination of information and general intelligence fac- 

 tors more seriously affect it than the elimination of the business 

 factor. 



These partial correlations substantiate the first impres- 

 sions regarding the importance of the managerial factor in 

 farming. Moreover they enable us to analyze the farm man- 

 agement characteristic into some of its elements. Of most im- 

 portance in good management are those qualities that condition 

 good business power. A quality common to both business 

 power and managerial ability and probably indicative of the 

 necessity of considering original nature in farm-training is na- 

 tive intelligence. At all times this characteristic maintains its 

 importance. This is noticeable even when business ability and 

 information are eliminated and it is probable that such reduc- 

 tions as are indicated by the series r(mi)=772; r(mi) :n=.475 

 and r(mi) :b=.428 are due to common elements rather than elim- 

 inations. Another important factor in good management is tech- 

 nical information. The lowest partials computed in this relation 

 r(mn) :i=.475 and r(mn) :b=.454 point to the same interpre- 

 tations as suggested by the management-intelligence correlations. 

 Field and chore skills and management also hold their tendency 

 to keep together regardless of eliminations. 



