FARM LABOR 



saving machinery and the employment of 

 it in the most efficient manner; as, for exam- 

 ple, using three i,5oo-pound horses to his 

 farm machinery instead of a pair of 1,200- 

 pound horses. He may modify the char- 

 acter of his farming in order that profitable 

 labor will be more continuous. He may 

 modify the method of employing labor; as, 

 for example, by introducing the system of 

 contracting labor for specific purposes 

 where feasible. 



Increase in the price of farm labor is not 

 an evil. It is an indication that labor ap- 

 plied to agriculture is becoming more pro- 

 ductive and hence more profitable. Since 

 more than one-half the labor of the farm is 

 done by the owner and his family, the 

 farmer is benefited through the rise in price 

 of farm wages. The more that labor can 

 be made to earn upon the farm, the better it 

 will be not only for the farm owner but for 

 society in general. 



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