DAY WAGES OF ORDINARY FARM LABOR. 
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Maine.........+..-.-+-:... lgi.25 30.92 i$1.19 ue 91 |g0. 97 1g0.72 |e 'S4. 05 
New Hampshire .. 2.12... Pier [295 41.30) 95 [1.30 er M98 [ced ne Le La 
PVermontibe ce fae oe }-4.16 | .90 1) 1.15, | -! 88 }-1..20-] "904 91 |. 1649 1.51 | He) Lee 
‘Massachusetts ....-......- 1142 | 1500 | 1150 | 4.00 | 1045 | 1.08 (1.05) 75 | 1.44) 142) 4 gas 
Rhode Island 1.42 | 1.02 | 1.25 | 194 | 1.28} 1.00] 1,00 | 50 | 1,62 | 1.18} 1.78 |" 
Connecticut........ 1.38 | 1,00 | 1.32 | 1.00 | 1.30 | -98 | 1.50] .88 | 1.50 | 1.16 | 1.87 
New York ..-.--:-- | 1.21] 190} 1:26} 293 | 1.29! (93) [92] [68 | 1.48 | 1.06} 1.64 
New, Jersey ...-..--.--.--- 1.20} .87 | i de Oey ee pet Be al -99 | .68 | 1.45 | 1.00 | 1.68 | 
Pennsylvania .......--..-. 1,10 | .82/ 1.10} 80} 1.20) .85| .96 | 68) 1.37] .95 17.48 
Delaware .....-...-....--. -95 | .70 | 1.00 | 178) 1.10; .80} .%5 | .50 | 1.04 | 270) 2780s ee ; 
Maryland ¢ 250.2. eca-Gees { 90}. .64] 93) “62 | $88.) 5B] .135.)° 248" | 1064) oe ae R . 
Piaeiies oe ee nae | 73) .5i-) .71-1 149] {70} 148} 263 | 44] [78°19 [Bi eee 
North Carolina............ 61 | .45 | -67 | “| 68 | :46:| (58) lat | ‘72| [et] lag) aoe 
South Carolina..........-. 65 | .43 | <60:|-..45 7, 265.) 45} 58°] 40.71 ee 2a 
| EG Teferr Ye Bee rmay conn eae 75 | .50 | .66 | 7 | 70) .49) .58) .44|) .83|°.60) (88) S600 
Gata cea a 4 25.8258 ~| 595 | 270 | .85 | 260) .75 b '55-) 761 38 | 998 1 7 gO See 
Alabama,-..... Heese 72) 58) °273)| 1524 22 | S14 260). 50) * Ree one 
Mississippi ..-...-..-...--- 75 | 55} .80'| .60} .73) 55 1) 78 |. 255 | 1.07.) BO ee tho. 
VOUUSIONA se oye ste ek: - .85 | .65} .82 | .64) ..80| .60) :85 | .62 | 1.00.| <. 74 | 44 pene 
MUSA PE $e sere sls ioe sai o'= 954) 714.98 Je 276] s9B 20> 292-1) 66 | 1.14 io Se ae 
PAK AUIS RS o2 vactae Nel <5 2s .98 | .65.| .89') :64] .88| 2624 .86| .60| 1.10] 180) Peep eee 
JMET SOS Bae oe We 53 |. ..71 | 52} 272 7 50} 269 | .50 | 295 |. G05 Tees 
West Virginia,........ --. } 85 62} .83! .60} .82) 59} 180! 55 | 1.05) 275 14.44) 
Kentucky . 0.022.022 | ig2| :60; [84] 159}. .87 0 | “77 | .58 | 1.03 |. .¥2 | dO eee 
BT ei a Mat) ee ---14.07} .82] 1.417 85 | 2.19 | .894 4.00 | .88| 1.35 | 1,009 aaa 1.0 
Whichieaas (bp ley 1 4.20} .90 | 1.28) .9211.301-.96 |} 4.16] .82/ 1.55] 1.10) 1.66} £17 % 
Maina Po. O2.4T 5... 1.10} .82| 1.08) .80/1.08| .78@| .90] .69! 1.30 | 195/126) LOnS 
PRINOIS ene Sek tect aaaces 1.12} 84) 4.14] .87 | 1.19 }- 90) 1301 |) 78 | 1.387-4 2 GIS 0S se 
Wisconsin. ........ St ae 4.22} .97 | 1.20) .95 | 1.383} .99 11,12] .79 | 1.42 | 1.00 |1-56 /Sicth 
Minnesopas s-6.. 2.0. = y-=-} 1.30 | 1.00 | 1.25 | .99 | 1.37 | 1,02 | 1.97 |. 294 | 1.50.| 4.074) 22642) ais 
127 | .97 1 1.81) 97 [1,84]: 299: 4.12} .80 | 1-38 | 10k aoe aia 
Z .80} .95] .68} 1.00] .70 |. .67 | .59 | 1.07 | 173 | 444 7 4e0Re 
14.17 | ..85 }1.20]  .87 }.1.12 | .80 | 1.05.) ,72 | 1.304 .90 | 4056) Siege 
1.87 | 1.00 | 1.35 | .97 | 1.21 | .91 | 1.29] .90 | 1.43 | 1.00) 162 ee oe 
14.60 | 1.18 | 1.57 | 4.15 | £71 | 1.29) 1,65 |-1,28 | 1.84 | 1180) 2.98 7S dee 
1.: -98 | 1.30} .95 | 1,33 | 1.00 | 1.44 | 1.08 | 1.47 | 1.15 ee 
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14.35 | 1.10 |-4.31 | 1.08°}-1.50 | 1.41 | 1:34 | > 292 | 1.62°)4.08" 
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New Mexico .....)........ 1.35 | 1.00/15 25 | 2805) 1 28"} 12 00 |5e. 81 56. | Sb eel ae 
TT CA ao, Seen yee oe Nerd 1.42 | 1.10 | 1.52 | 1.14 | 1.57 | 1.10 | 1-46 | 1.12 | 1.80 | 4.4017. 
Washington.............-. gig Sg tas Pea Fe) i Fe IN Pie Wes fet aed ececios) Lrooel he Be eS - | Pe eae | oe mee ‘ 
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COMPARATIVE LABOR SUPPLY. er, 
There is a sufficiency of farm labor in this country as a whole. | 
with a comparatively even balance between the geographical divis= 
ions. There are localities in perhaps every State where scarcity ex- 7 
ists, and others having a superabundance. There is in some places % 
ascarcity of agricultural labor caused by demand at higher wages) 
for labor in some specific local industry. There is reported now, as 
always heretofore, a tendency to exercise distinctive preferences and 
encourage peculiar aptitudes for professions and avocations- outside 1 
of agriculture, generally leading away from the country to the town = 
or city, * ae 
On portions of the coast the fishing industry, or other seafarimg~> 
pursuits, are mentioned among those which compete with agriculf= 
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