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reducing the average. The average price of labor, with board, in the 

 Southern States, is $10.17; in the Western, $13.60; in the Middle, $10.81 ; 

 in the Eastern, $18.58 ; on the Pacific coast, $28.12 ; iu the Territories, 



$18.25. 



Table sliowing the rate of wages of agricultural labor per dag in transient service. 



States and Territories. 



1675. 



Maine 



New Hampsliire 



Vermont 



Massachusetts 



Ilhode Island 



Connecticut 



!New York 



New Jersey 



Pennsylvania 



Delaware 



Maryland 



Virginia 



North Carolina 



South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Arkansas 



Tennessee 



West Virginia 



Kentucky 



Ohio..... 



Michigan , 



Indiana 



Illinois 



"Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Missouri 



Kansas 



Nebraska 



California 



Oresion 



Nevada 



Colorado 



Utah 



"Washington ! 2 



Dakota t 3 



New Mexico | 1 



Montana j 3 



"Wyoming. 



|1 49 

 1 64 

 1 85 

 1 50 

 1 50 

 1 53 



1 75 



2 03 

 1 51 

 1 41 

 1 34 

 1 21 

 1 00 

 1 01 



99 

 72 

 1 15 

 1 00 

 1 05 

 1 20 

 1 25 

 1 20 

 1 20 

 1 46 



1 60 



2 00 

 1 75 

 1 83 



1 92 



2 30 

 2 10 

 1 43 

 1 46 



1 98 



2 00 

 1 72 



11 46 



5^-5 



1 50 



1 75 



2 00 



1 90 

 90 



2 20 



3 62 



50 



51 



44 



62 



50 



4S 



45 



37 



04 



06 



76 



72 



71 



83 



93 



75 



1 07 



1 00 



1 14 



1 10 



95 



1 05 



1 03 



1 35 



1 55 



1 30 



1 37 



1 42 



1 50 



1 38 



1 07 



J 30 



1 43 



1 84 



1 47 



?1 05 



1 75 

 1 80 

 1 66 



1 62 

 §5 



2 16 



3 08 



5^ 



5'^ 

 Ok 



12 



11 



12 



18 



16 



06 



00 



95 



70 



71 



51 



51 



55 



60 



70 



53 



80 



74 



84 



80 



60 



75 



72 



1 00 



1 10 



95 



1 01 



1 00 



1 07 



1 01 



73 



90 



1 00 



1 30 



1 15 



£5 t_ 



i2 17 

 2 37 

 2 46 

 2 37 



2 37 



3 00 

 2 53 

 2 63 

 2 23 



1 87 



2 16 



48 



37 



15 



24 



25 



24 



1 56 



1 54 



1 58 



1 67 



2 10 



1 16 

 1 40 

 1 31 

 1 08 

 50 



1 75 



2 36 



78 



83 



15 



76 



16 



34 



2 45 



2 90 



2 85 



2 30 



2 08 



2 41 



2 82 



§1 65 



1 95 



2 00 

 1 95 



1 75 



2 37 



1 99 



2 09 

 1 73 

 1 50 

 1 67 

 1 13 

 1 04 



90 

 90 

 87 

 95 

 27 

 13 



-3 r-: 



$1 48 

 1 79 

 1 76 

 1 92 

 1 73 



1 

 1 



1 26 

 1 40 

 1 59 

 1 29 



1 38 



1 72 



2 25 



1 77 

 1 94 



1 96 



2 36 

 2 24 

 1 84 



1 63 



2 00 

 2 04 



$1 05 

 1 41 



44 

 1 56 



1 62 



2 13 





O > 



26 



37 



18 



37 



19 



15 



1 04 



95 



77 



55 



49 



50 



CO 



72 



61 



90 



63 



84 



1 02 



66 



79 



77 



1 05 



1 17 



1 01 



1 13 



] 15 



#2 02 



1 96 



2 32 

 2 41 

 2 23 

 2 43 

 2 41 

 2 66 

 2 32 

 2 09 

 2 00 

 1 46 

 1 .53 

 1 25 

 1 48 

 1 12 

 1 27 

 1 65 

 1 66 



1 65 



2 07 

 2 01 



1 78 



2 10 

 2 20 

 2 62 

 2 23 

 2 41 

 2 06 

 2 66 

 2 38 

 2 15 

 2 31 

 2 65 

 2 56 



2 40 



3 50 



4 17 

 3 42 

 3 00 

 2 50 

 1 50 



$1 56 

 1 52 

 1 85 

 1 92 

 1 71 

 1 90 



1 92 



2 36 



i <c d 

 O 



s ^ 

 o k 



1 21 



1 17 

 93 

 1 06 

 83 

 1 04 

 1 14 

 1 20 

 1 32 

 1 52 

 1 54 

 1 31 

 1 70 



1 73 



2 14 

 1 76 



1 91 



2 15 

 2 27 

 1 88 

 1 72 



1 82 



2 15 



2 06 



1 80 



3 00 



2 87 

 2 49 

 2 25 

 2 00 

 1 12 



01 49 



1 67 



1 76 



1 63 



1 83 



1 75 



1 75 



1 66 



1 59 



1 31 



1 31 



82 



72 



69 



99 



1 00 



78 



34 



08 



31 



34 



15 



31 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 21 



54 

 76 

 45 

 62 

 78 

 75 

 62 

 1 44 

 1 65 



1 93 



2 26 



1 75 



3 00 

 3 29 



2 27 

 2 25 

 2 00 

 1 00 



II 13 



1 26 



1 32 



1 38 



1 33 



1 29 



1 23 



1 20 



1 10 



94 



96 



.57 



50 



45 



70 



74 



55 



89 



70 



98 



88 



83 



92 



86 



1 13 



1 30 



The difference between the prices paid, with and without board, rep- 

 resents the cost of boarding, jet many correspondents say that the 

 usage of employment with board is so uniformly the rule that few farm- 

 ers are willing to i»ay an,y material addition to the wages of those who 

 propose to board themselves. [Notwithstanding this element of irregu- 

 larity, the figures of the table below are in the main quite consistent 



