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Average paid farm labor, with board, month $17 07 



Average paid farm labor, without board, month 28 24 



Highest paid farm labor, with board, month 30 00 



Lowest paid farm labor, with board, month 8 00 



Highest paid farm labor, without board, month 50 00 



Lowest paid farm labor, without board, month 17 00 



Average paid tenants, with rent, cow and garden, month 21 45 



Highest paid tenants, with rent, cow and garden, month 40 00 



Lowest paid tenants, with rent, cow and garden, month 10 00 



Average paid harvest hands, with board, day 1 50 



Average paid harvest hands, without board, day 1 92 



Highest paid harvest hands, with board, day 2 50 



Lowest paid harvest hands, with board, day 1 00 



Highest paid harvest hands, without board, day 3 00 



Lowest paid harvest hands, without board, day 1 25 



Average time regular labor is employed, 7 months 2 days. 



Time will not permit my giviug you in detail the wages of each county, or 

 even Congressional District. The report referred to will give carefully pre^^ar- 

 ed tables showing a complete anyalysis of the wages paid for farm labor as 

 gathered from the several counties. Should any present desire to inquire as to 

 the wages paid in any town or county, I will answer such questions at the close 

 of this talk. The above figures show the average wage paid, with board, to be 

 117.07 for the State. The average by Congressional Districts is as follows: 



First district $15 82 



Second district 16 68 



Third district 16 85 



Fourth district 16 63 



Fifth district 15 94 



Sixth district 16 49 



Seventh district 15 28 



Eighth district 16 20 



Ninth district 16 78 



Tenth district 18 59 



Eleventh district 18 34 



The first, tenth and eleventh districts, in 1880, raised 760,795 bushels of 

 wheat and owned 30,309 sheep. The eight remaining districts raised 29,314,- 

 170 busliels of wheat and owned 1,910,434 sheep. It is plainly shown where 

 the bulk of the producing farms are located. To come nearer home, let me 

 give you a few figures pertaining to this, the third. Congressional District, com- 

 prising the counties of Branch, Barry, Calhoun, Eaton and Jackson. In 1880 

 these counties produced the largest amount of wheat raised in any Congres- 

 sional District in the State — 5,570,350 bushels — and they owned 379,670 sheep. 

 The average wage paid for farm labor in the district in 1885 was: 



With board, per month _ _ _ $16 85 



Without board, per month . . 22 90 



Highest with board, per month. 22 00 



Lowest with board, per month 8 00 



Highest without board, per month 33 00 



Lowest without board, per month 16 00 



Tenants, average per month _ 20 97 



Harvest, with board, per day 1 97 



Harvest, without board, per day 2 35 



Average months' work for 7 months — 22 days. 



That you may not feel that the figures given prove a payment that cannot 

 be improved upon, let me say that for harvest hands, with board, of the towns 

 in the district that was reported, there were five paying $1.50 per day; one 

 paying $1.62 ; two paying $1.75 ; 49 paid $2.00, and one paid $2.50. Of those 



