16 THE FARMER OF TO-MORROW 



So much for his plant and equipment. Now 

 for the item of labor. 



Jeremiah didn't have any sons of his own. 

 He couldn't pay his labor in board and cloth- 

 ing and salt. He had to hire labor. Twenty 

 cents an hour for human labor, and ten 

 cents an hour for horses including care and 

 keep. 



And he concluded that if hired labor was 

 worth twenty cents an hour, his own labor 

 was worth twenty cents an hour. 



And he concluded that if a scrubwoman 

 was worth five cents an hour, Mary was worth 

 five cents an hour. Mary cooked and washed 

 and ironed and sewed and darned and swept 

 and dusted and made the beds and looked 

 after the chickens and nursed the garden and 

 churned butter and set the milk. She was 

 labor. 



He concluded, furthermore, that there were 

 profits or recompense, at least due to him- 

 self as the superintendent who managed and 

 risked so much capital. 



In addition, there were the taxes and in- 

 surance say three per cent, on a three-fifths 

 valuation. 



Jeremiah, you see, was entering the business 



