Aspects and Outcomes of the Management of a New England Pastoral Station, 1839-c.1907

<p>A man of keen intelligence, great knowledge of stock, commercial shrewdness and a military tactician's power of combination … He forgets nothing and superintends everything. He trusts nobody" he coerces, persuades and manipulates everybody. He has the terms of all contracts. He keeps the various parties in hand. Toiling every day and half the night, he does the work of two or ten men [so] that in a comparatively few years, out of a salary of £300, he saves as much as £2,000 or sometimes £3,000. He is usually rewarded by being taken into partnership or by becoming a runholder himself.</p>

此人兼具敏锐的洞察力与精深的商业库存知识，更拥有军事家般的统筹谋划能力。他过目不忘，事无巨细亲自督办，从不轻信他人，反以胁迫、游说与操控手段驾驭周遭所有人。他掌握所有合同条款，牢牢掌控各方利害关系主体。每日辛劳且时常伏案至深夜，可胜任两至十人份的工作，因此在短短数年内，仅凭每年300英镑的薪资，便能攒下高达2000英镑，有时甚至可达3000英镑。这类从业者通常会被吸纳为企业合伙人，或是自身成为牧场经营者。