554 Notes on Victor Drummond's Report^ ^r. 
UNITED STATES. 
Average Farm Wages for 1879. 
Per Day. 
Per llonlh, by the 
Year. 
Transient in 
Dl tto not in 
Harvest. 
Harvest. 
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Witli 
Witliout 
With 
Without 
With 

[ Board. 
Board. 
Board. 
Board. 
Board. 
Board. 
Dollars. 
Dollars. 
IJoilars. 
i'Oiiiirs. 
18-25 
11-08 
1 142 
109 
0-97 
0-72 
New Hampshire 
19-75 
12-30 
1 1-25 
96 
98 
74 
Vermont 
15-00 
10-22 
1 1-29 
97 
91 
64 
Massachusetts .. 
25 00 
15-33 
1-50 
1-00 
1-05 
75 
Rhode Island . . 
20-00 
10-00 
1-00 
75 
1-00 
50 
Connecticut 
23-29 
14-23 
1-86 
1-25 
1-50 
88 
New York 
20 -Gl 
13-19 
1-53 
1-18 
92 
68 
New Jersey 
20-22 
11-53 
1-55 
1-30 
99 
68 
Pennsylvania . . 
19-92 
11-46 
1 -33 
99 
96 
68 
18-00 
9-50 
1-37 
1-00 
75 
48 
13-50 
8-95 
1-43 
112 
75 
44 
10-G8 
7-66 
1-16 
96 
63 
41 
North Carolina 
11-19 
7-66 
99 
76 
58 
41 
South C^arolina 
9-83 
6-66 
89 
68 
53 
44 
10-73 
7-38 
98 
61 
58 
53 
Florida 
13-80 
8-73 
1-02 
73 
76 
50 
Alabama 
12-20 
8-30 
96 
77 
69 
55 
Mississippi 
13-31 
9-28 
100 
85 
78 
62 
16-40 
11-27 
1-03 
77 
85 
66 
Texas 
18-27 
11-49 
1-30 
94 
92 
60 
17-12 
11-31 
1-38 
1-08 
86 
50 
Tennes.see 
12-73 
8-96 
1-28 
98 
69 
55 
West Virginia .. 
Kentucky 
16-98 
10-94 
1-26 
95 
80 
53 
15-17 
10-00 
1 -49 
115 
77 
83 
Ohio 
20-72 
13-34 
1-51 
1-17 
1-00 
82 
Michigan 
22-88 
14-64 
2-02 
1-55 
1-16 
69 
Indiana 
19-20 
12-76 
1-68 
1-28 
90 
73 
Illinois 
20-61 
12-01 
1-52 
1-18 
1-01 
79 
Wisconsin 
21-07 
13-81 
2-11 
1-70 
1-12 
94 
24-55 
15-62 
2-63 
2-25 
1-27 
80 
22-09 
13-90 
1-66 
1-57 
1-12 
79 
17-59 
11-84 
1-47 
1-17 
67 
59 
20 -67 
13-28 
1-70 
1-32 
1-05 
72 
Nebraska 
•23-04 
14-86 
2-17 
1-66 
1-29 
90 
California 
41-00 
26-27 
2-27 
1-76 
1-65 
1-23 
Oregon 
35-45 
23-86 1 
2-02 
1-54 
1-44 
1-08 
Nevada 
35-00 ! 
2-08 
2-00 
l-2o 
35-00 
20-00 
1-82 
1-55 
1 -83 
1-19 
Utah 
28-87 
20-50 
1-43 
1-00 
1-46 
1-12 
New Mexico 
22-10 
13-80 
2-15 
67 
81 
56 
Washington 
35-83 
24-34 
2-59 
1-61 
1-55 
1-11 
Dakota 
28-56 
16-57 
2-26 
1-34 
92 
CANADA, 187!i.— FARjr LABOUKERS' WAGES. 
Montreal. — The wages average from 10 to 14 dollars per month for the 
summer months, and from 100 to 120 dollars per year, with board. 
