CHAPTER XVII 

 FARM LABOR 



THE problem of farm labor demands 

 thoughtful and frank consideration. 

 Since work is an essential element in the pro- 

 duction of all wealth, it follows that every 

 industry has its labor problem. The adjust- 

 ment of labor to the production of the 

 various forms of wealth must ever constitute 

 one of the most important problems in any 

 organized society. It is often remarked 

 that the labor problem is the chief difficulty 

 in farming. In a certain sense this is true, 

 since work is a primary element in the pro- 

 duction of agricultural as well as all other 

 wealth. It is not true, however, that the 

 problem of labor is more difficult or more 

 intricate than that of other industries. In 

 fact, that problem is less delicate than in 

 some other occupations, because farming is 

 less industrialized. 



It is not possible to settle once for all the 

 problem of labor for any occupation, since 



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