12 THE FOOD CRISIS AND AMERICANISM 



experience, it is found impossible to secure an equiva- 

 lent to eight working hours throughout the year, not 

 including Sundays. To receive pay and board for the 

 hours actually worked only would be a decided dis- 

 advantage to the farm laborer, and few, if any, of 

 them would enter into a contract on such a basis. 



