Commissioner of Agriculture L65 



suggest that those desiring this class of help should visit the office of this 

 department at 23 Park Eow, New York City, where applicants for positions can 

 be seen and all details of the contract settled between them. 



It is practically impossible to secure female help for the country as city 

 wages are much higher than can usually be afforded elsewhere. 



When requests for help are received due diligence in procuring and send- 

 ing them will be exercised. We will endeavor to see that sufficient baggage 

 to cover the transportation is possessed by the party to be sent, which will be 

 checked and the checks sent by mail direct to the employer. When this is 

 done, responsibility, so far as the department is concerned, will cease. 



The department makes no charge for its services in performing this work. 

 In case the party selected has sufficient funds to pay his own traveling 

 expenses the amount advanced by the employer will be refunded. The 

 employer has the privilege of deducting money advanced for this purpose from 

 the wages of the employee. 



The department will take pains to have the employee understand fully the 

 requirements and the wages he is to receive but cannot go to the extent of 

 making contracts, farther than this implies. 



Orders for help should be sent as far in advance of the time they will be 

 needed as possible. 



Wages for single men for the coming year will run from $15 to $25 per 

 month, with board and washing, based upon the knowledge of agricultural 

 work and physical ability to perform the same, possessed by the employee. 

 For married men the Avages asked are from $20 to $35 per month, •jrith 

 house, wood for fuel, garden and usual allowances. 



Very respectfully, 



C. W. LARMON, 



Chief of Bureau of Farm Labor 

 Approved. 



R. A. Pearson, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



ORDER FOR FARM LABORERS 



, N. Y., , 190.. 



Raymond A. Pearson, 



Commissioner of Agriculture, 



Albany, 2V. Y. 

 Dear Sir: 



Find enclosed (postal order or draft, 



personal checks not accepted), payable to V. P. Douw Lee, Chief of Accounts, 



Department of Agriculture, Albany, N. Y., for $ , in payment 



of car fare, for farm laborers, from New York to , 



County of , by (name of railway) Railway 



as follows : 



The applicant should give careful and specific replies to the following 

 questions: 



