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grain-producing States, but much more in Ohio than in Pennsylvania, 

 where prices were sustained by the prosperity of the iron interest and 

 other manufacturing enterprises. 



Table showing the average rate of wages of agricnltiiral labor per month, when employed 



either by the year or season. 



States and Territories. 



1875. 



By the year, 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts 



Khode Island 



Connecticnt 



Xew York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



riorida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Lonisiaua 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Ohio 



Michigan 



Indiana 



Illinois 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



California 



Oregon 



Nevada 



Colorado 



Utah 



Washington 



Dakota 



New Mexico 



Montana 



Wyoming 



mo 40iS15 

 •28 

 29 

 31 

 30 

 28 



By the sea- 

 son. 



21 14 

 25 33 

 24 83 

 20 50: 

 14 25 

 30 00 

 32 50 



1869. 



By the year 



24 64 

 33 00 

 32 50 

 24 50 

 15 00 

 41 00 

 44 75 



126 25 

 32 

 32 

 35 

 32 

 33 

 29 

 32 

 28 

 22 

 21 

 15 

 12 

 11 

 14 

 16 

 15 

 17 

 21 

 18 

 25 

 16 

 21 

 18 

 26 

 31 

 25 



30 

 28 

 28 

 24 

 28 

 33 

 46 



$16 



21 

 22 

 20 

 20 

 18 

 19 

 18 

 13 

 12 

 9 

 7 

 7 

 9 

 10 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 16 

 11 

 13 

 12 

 16 

 20 

 421 17 



By the sea- 

 son. 



S31 00 

 39 83 

 39 00 

 41 00 

 38 00 

 38 50 

 34 29 

 34 38 



33 00 

 25 00 



24 70 

 17 83 

 14 98 

 13 47 

 17 66 

 21 25 

 17 5 



20 08 

 27 08 



21 16 

 27 14 

 19 52 



25 83 

 21 34 

 31 78 



34 01 



30 47 



31 04 

 34 00 

 34 84 

 33 64 

 29 75 

 33 46 

 38 33 

 57 08 



mi 44 



29 13 

 27 28 

 27 75 

 25 50 

 25 50 



23 05 

 22 47 

 22 21 



17 50 



15 29 

 12 55 

 10 05 



9 81 

 12 75 

 14 00 



12 70| 



16 8ti 



18 46 



16 97 

 18 66 



13 95 



17 62 



14 89 

 21 72 



24 35 



20 81 



21 28 



22 S3 



23 54 

 22 44 



21 31 



22 75 



By theyear. 



$17 44 

 22 48 



21 00 



22 36 



20 50 



21 54 



19 3 

 18 98 

 18 84 

 13 25 

 12 76 



9 36 



8 15 

 7 66 



9 67 

 12 12 



9 80 



11 58 



12 42 

 12 72 

 15 80 

 12 58 

 10 47 



65 

 96 



20 48 

 18 72 



18 72 



19 87 



21 10 



18 87 



15 08 



19 81 

 24 64 

 30 35 



22 53 

 60 00 

 42 12 

 26 32 

 36 25 



20 00 



16 50 



^ 



By the sea- 

 son. 



S3 1 76 



39 12 

 37 44 

 41 61 



40 00 

 39 66 

 34 88 



33 13 



34 10 

 26 25 

 23 83 



17 21 



15 18 

 14 00 



18 45 

 20 55 



16 39 

 22 58 



22 25 



23 73 

 29 61 



22 00 



29 34 



23 80 



32 45 



34 95 



31 50 



33 09 



35 65 

 33 40 

 33 24 



30 84 



36 40 

 46 42 

 50 00 



41 60 

 85 00 

 79 16 

 58 22 

 60 50 



32 00 

 30 00 



«23 07 

 28 43 



25 72 



27 83 



26 33 



28 30 

 24 26 

 23 78 



22 87 

 15 25 



15 58 

 12 09 



10 00 

 9 46 



12 07 

 14 46 



11 00 



16 80 



18 34 

 16 76 



19 46 



16 61 



21 20 



17 06 



23 15 



24 15 



22 50 



23 30 



24 60 



27 17 

 23 82 



21 66 



25 46 

 31 36 

 34 39 



29 00 

 70 00 

 50 00 

 38 41 

 44 50 



22 00 

 25 00 



The average price of " farm -labor, with board,^' in the United States, 

 according to these tables, is 81:3.4:0 at the present time. This would 

 make a decline of nearly 22 per cent, since 1869. A part of this differ- 

 ence, however, is found in the disproportion in numbers of laborers 

 of the higher and lower classes in efficiency and money -value. The 

 calculations are based on the numbers given resi)ectively in the cen- 

 suses of 1860 and 1870 ; and in the latter the slaves of the former 

 period, who had no place in that enumeration, are included as farm- 

 laborers, increasing the proportion of low-priced labor and consequently 



