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and lodging: 



a. First week: board, lodging, and $2 cash. 



b. Thereafter: Board, lodging, and at least $4 a week. 



B. Boys who live at home, working on neighboring 

 farms : 



a. First week: $1.25 a day, 



b. Thereafter: At least $1.50 a day. 



C. Bo3^s, who live in a camp, working on neighboring 

 farms : 



a. First week: $1.25 a day. 



b. Thereafter : At least $1.50 a day. 



II. In all cases it is expected that farmers will pay the 

 l)oys an amount in EXCESS of this schedule if they are 

 worth it, — particularly those boys who have had previous 

 experience. This will be determined by agreement between 

 the farmer and camp superrisOr. 



In some cases the farmer will prefer to pay by the hour. 

 This can be arranged through the camp supervisor but in 

 all cases will be based on the above schedule. 



Many of the boys last year averaged $2 a day and some 

 able boys exceeded this rate. It is up to them to perform 

 their work so efficiently that higher wages will naturally 

 result. 



The expense for running the camps last year averaged 

 $5 a boy per week. Where a boy worked for $1.50 a day or 

 $9 per week he received $4 a week in cash after paying his 

 share of the camp expenses. Camp expense consists solely of 

 food for the boys, supervisor and cook, and the cooks' wages. 

 All camp equipment will be furnished by the Massachusetts 

 Committee on Public Safety. 



The Committee on Public Safety will establish a camp 

 in any community where there is sufficient work to keep 25 

 boys continuously employed during the summer. After the 

 camp is established it is expected that it will be self-main- 

 taining. The boys can work on farms within a radius of 

 three or four miles from the central camp. Twenty such 

 camps were established last summer and it is expected that 



