384 KEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table shomng the average rate of wages per day in transient service, <J-c. — Continued. 



Tlio follovring Territories report -u-ages by the month and day, and 

 are not included in the above comparisons : 



AGEICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. 



The influence of the agricultural implement iudustry upon agricult- 

 ure is liable to be underrated. This industry is a great factor in pro- 

 duction, which renders possible the extension of crop areas into sparsely 

 settled regions, and cheapens the cost of products without destroying 

 the profit of production. It enabled the country, with millions of work- 

 ers withdrawn from rural labor to fields of warfare, to supply its do- 

 mestic wants and provide a large surplus for export. In later years it 



