130 BOARD OF AGRICULTtlRE. [Jan., 



not show that he has been exhausted by this extraordinary 

 labor that you call upon him to perform in the harvest season, 

 and the average time of labor upon the farm during the year 

 is not greater than the average in the shop ; and men who 

 are fairly treated in the inclement season of the year, and in 

 bad weather, with regard to short hours and getting things all 

 snug before night, never complain, according to my experi- 

 ence, when, in the harvest field, in the busy season, more is 

 expected of them. 



Mr. Sedgwick. Most of your work is done in summer 

 time, and you hire your men for four, six, or eight months. 

 Taking the year through, I admit that there are no more 

 hours of labor upon the farm than in the factory ; but taking 

 the average time in which the farm labor has to be done, how 

 will it compare then ? 



Mr. Gold. They receive more wages, if they are hired for 

 the busy season of the year. 



Mr. ScoviLLE. Times are very much altered in regard to 

 labor. I did not raise roots years ago, because I could not 

 afford to hire men to do it. Now, since we have got mowing 

 machines, there is nothing for the men to do in the morning. 

 My men have an abundance of time to attend to it, having 

 little to do in the hayfield until ten o'clock, and some- 

 times not until noon. I have been in the habit of paying 

 more than the manufacturers could. I pay my men seventy- 

 five cents a day, for the year, and board, which is equivalent 

 to fifty cents a day. That is $1.25 a day. 



Adjourned to two o'clock. 



