increase his taxes and the road will add value to a farm which 

 he does not own. The history of Ireland is a striking example 

 of what may happen to a country when the land falls into the 

 hands of non-resident landlords. No country in the world 

 has a sadder history. Rebellion has flourished because the 

 people who were on the land did not own it. 



Scarcity of Farm Labor. In many sections of the United 

 States the farmers are experiencing more and more difficulty 

 in securing farm labor. Several reasons may be given for 

 this condition of affairs: (1) Country boys who in bygone days 

 supplied this labor are now leaving the farms. (2) Laborers 

 are hired for but a part of the year and owing to the uncer- 

 tainty of the period of employment and the irregularity of the 

 hours of labor ambitious men do not seek farm labor. (3) 

 The probability of the farm laborer becoming a renter and a 

 farm owner is less than it was, owing to the larger investment 

 now required to begin farming. (4) The social standard of 

 the laboring class has deteriorated within recent years owing 

 to the fact that there is a migratory class of city laborers who 

 go out into the country to work with little ambition either to 

 become expert farm laborers or to become farm owners. (5) 

 Little provision is made for housing the married laborer who 

 would prove to be more steady than the ever shifting unmar- 

 ried man. 



Remedies for the Scarcity of Farm Labor. Among the 

 remedies which may be mentioned are: 



1. The employment of farm laborers by the year, if possi- 

 ble married laborers, and provision for their living in small 

 tenant cottages. 



2. Regulation of the hours of labor by farmers in so far 

 as this is possible. 



3. Securing cooperation on the part of the laborer by giv- 

 ing him the opportunity to make a profit above a good wage by 

 a share in the product of the farm ; for instance, giving him a 

 certain number of bushels of potatoes if the crop yielded a cer- 

 tain amount. Profit sharing must come to the farm as it is 

 coming to the factory. 



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