L72 Seventeenth Annual Report of the 



New York 



North Carolina . . 

 North Dakota . . . 



Ohio 



( tklahoma 



Oregon 



Pennsylvania. . . 

 Philippine Islands 



Porto Rico 



Rhode Island 

 South ( 'arolina . . 

 South Dakota . . . 



Tennessee 



Texas 



Utah 



Vermont 



Virginia 



Washington 



West Virginia . . . 



Wisconsin 



Wyoming 



Grand total 



Many of the mosl intelligent farm laborers complain of the long 



hours required in farm work, rising as they are obliged to, espe- 

 cially upon dairy farms, at or before sunrise and often not finish- 

 ing the day's work until sunset; and for this reason more than for 

 any other, men who have been upon the dairy farms of this country 

 leave that work for some more congenial occupation at their first 

 opportunity. With modern implements the average farm hand is 

 capable of accomplishing a much greater amount of work than two 

 or three men could do formerly; and with the farm work properly 

 organized by the farmer it would seem that this complaint could 

 be largely overcome. The work of the farm hand must be made 

 more attractive, and it is to the interest of the agriculturists of 

 this state to unite their efforts in accomplishing this result. More 

 hours for reading and recreation, an occasional half holiday, more 

 books and papers available to him, as high wages as can be con- 

 sistently paid and some consultation with him concerning the 

 vork in hand and the proper care of the farm would go a long 

 vay toward obviating the difficulty now existing in obtaining 

 idequate and competent farm laborers. 



