34 BULLETIN 410, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE XXV.—Value of household labor per family and per person; percentage of labo 
hired (950 families). 
Value of labor. 
Percent- 
age 
County and State. oe ee olla 
family. | person ed. 
Oxford MeO so. wees ac one a sa ee ee oe ee SS ee eee ee ee $238 $53 3 
Lamoille, IU ar, ste se ay I cay Crane lle ee ne 182 38 1 
Otsego, NAYoo «5 das fon seen been 5 sean ds ee eee ee Cee eee 221 56 3 
TIGES DBE Soe ies Shs ee mci HS a ree ieee IS as ESP 214 41 1 
Gloucester, NaI... -- 3-2 2252 =~ seks ce noni ee 2 ae ee ete eae ene eee eee 294 63 9 
Gaston, i EA Gop a GRE VR Uc AIOE OL MUGEN ME ERS NIER Yi." 7 Se 152 34 5 
Troup, Gao aes seosie = 02 Ne oa case Pee ees a eee eh ee 138 25 15 
Molsennian OX win sues nee aes ee eae eee ee eee eee ee 217 41 7 
Champaign, Ohio. 5. 6-525. eb ee ee Bn 52 Pe ee eee 197 49 3 
Jefferson, Ee RS Re ©, Saas 2 ON EAS PC 12 77 54 1 
Montgomery, TOW oso s ae bE Selewinis sob de Bac dee cob eeak seen oe tee 27 64 3 
Clos BATS oS Ga ope re Ea ee Se OO ee ee ee aie 261 58 1 
Cass, we Dak Scie woe een ces cceeetee seas obs cee Sab ae Sea ene 334 54 Z 
Santa Clana, Calin es eeee oe se os See ae oe a ee ee ee ee 293 60 8 
Average alliamiligs S22. 02. ae, eee ee eee eo eee 228 49 | 5 
VALUE OF BOARD ON THE FARM. 
A general indication of the value of board on the farm may be 
gained from the data given on the previous pages, showing also what 
proportion of this cost may be credited to the farm and what propor- 
tion is paid out in cash. This should be of help in determining the 
real wages of hired help boarded on the farm when given a definite 
cash wage and board. 
The main items entering into this cost are food, fuel, and house- 
hold labor. Af food consumed must be charged to board. Some of 
the fuel is used for general heating purposes; therefore, total fuel cost 
can not justly be included in board charges. Probably two-fifths of 
the fuel consumed may be said to be used for the preparation of meals 
or kitchen stove purposes. Household labor is included as a factor 
in the cost of meals because it plays a very vital part in the prepara- 
tion of meals and is too generally unappreciated when the matter of 
boarding hired help is being considered. Two-thirds of the value of 
household labor seems to be a fair proportion to charge to the cost of 
board. 
Table XXVI shows the cost of food, fuel, and house labor~per 
person chargeable to the cost of board. It will be noticed that food 
constitutes nearly three-fourths of the cost of board, labor nearly 
one-fourth, and fuel about 3 per cent. The total cost of board per 
person varies from $9 to $13 per month. The variation in the cost 
of board, of course is dependent largely on the cost of the food 
consumed. 
