BOAKD OF FARM LABORERS. 



The difference between wages with and without board is slightly less 

 than in the investigation three years ago, except in the southern States, 

 California, and a few of the northern States. The labor changes which 

 the former section is undergoing w'ill still further increase this differ- 

 ence. It is difiicult, in fact, to estimate the cost of labor with board in 

 that region, from the jieculiar and mixed nature of labor contracts there, 

 very few hiring by the month at a cash rate. 



