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TABLE v.— AVERAGE MONTHLY LABOR REQUIREMENT PER COW AT WEBBERVILLE. 



Three bottom lines of the table show the labor requirement for winter and summer seasons and yearly 



total. 



*Includee time spent in cleaning utensils. 



The price of common labor was based ou what was actually paid 

 the farm laborer each month throughout the j'ear. 



The cost of common labor rose steadily during the period which was 

 covered by these studies, increasing from ^0.17 to |0.202 in two years at 

 Webberville, and from $0,178 to §0.232 per hour during the three years 

 at Howell. 



TABLE VI.— AVERAGE HOURLY LABOR PRICE FOR EACH YEAR STUDIED AT HOWELL 



AND WEBBERVILLE. 



The owner or operator is allowed a higher rate of pay than that of the 

 common laborer because of greater efficiency in performing the same class 

 of work, or in other words, he is a higher paid hired man. The kind 

 of labor performed by the owner or operator is of the same sort as that 

 done by the common laborer and this extra compensation does not 



