THE YOUNG FARMER 



in the hay field at twenty cents an hour, even 

 though the difference in the cost of living 

 may in great measure offset the difference in 

 wages. 



There is a growing tendency to perform 

 work by what is called contract labor. Thus 

 a person may agree to weed and hoe sugar 

 beets at a certain rate per acre. He, in turn, 

 employs a force of cheap laborers which he 

 sends from farm to farm to do this work. 

 The harvesting of fruits and garden crops is 

 not infrequently done in some such manner. 

 In one instance a contractor of laborers of 

 foreign birth has been furnishing them for 

 all kinds of farm work. He keeps 20 to 40 

 of these laborers on a small farm, furnish- 

 ing them a dwelling and selling them food 

 supplies. Farmers telephone for help when 

 in need. The contractor receives $1.65 for 

 a day's work and pays the laborer $1.50. 



It appears from the preceding considera- 

 tions that there are open to every farmer at 

 least three methods of increasing the effi- 

 ciency of farm labor. He may make every 

 day's labor more efficient by use of labor- 

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