830 



AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 



TABLE 13 



AVERAGE WAGE RATES OF OUTDOOR LABOR OF MEN ON FARMS, PER MONTH IN HIRING BY THE 



SEASON, WITHOUT AND WITH BOARD, BY STATES AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS, 



4 INVESTIGATIONS IN 1866, 1869, 1875, AND 1909 



(Currency years 1866 to 1875 in gold) 



followed, and it was not until 1881 or 1882 that the amount rose above 

 the previous highest figure and reached $1.20 per day. Again there 



