THE YOUNG FARMER 



INFLUENCE OF FARM MACHINERY AS SHOWN BY 



THE RELATION OF LABOR INCOME 



TO HORSES AND MULES. 



In one of the states of the South Atlantic 

 division the average price of farm labor, 

 without board, was $12 per month, while in 

 one of the states of the western division the 

 price on the same date was $31. Why? 

 Because in the latter case a man's labor was 

 more productive. In the South Atlantic 

 division, in producing the chief crops cotton 

 and maize, a man uses one mule in prepar- 

 ing and cultivating the soil. In the western 

 division plowing and harrowing with six- 

 horse teams is common and nine-horse teams 

 are not unusual. The cotton picker in one 

 day will be able to gather not to exceed 300 

 pounds of seed cotton, worth not more than 

 200 



