AGRICULTURAL WAGES ABROAD. 75 


point was collected at the Belgian Agricultural Census of 
1895. In that year the average wages for day labourers or 
ordinary service were 1s. 7d.a day without board, and 113d. 
a day with board. For women the average daily wages were 
117d. without board and 63d. with board. 
For Sweden, particulars are given of the wages of farm- 
servants and agricultural labourers for a number of years 
from 1865 to 1897. The rates at intervals of five years and 
for 1897 are given as under: 

Yearly Wages. Daily Wages. 


Years. |Yearly cash wages 
conmonly paid to 
servants boarded 
by their employer. 
Value of servant’s) Wages paid for a\Wages paid for a 
yearly wages in day’s work in | day’s work in 
kind and money. Summer. Winter. 











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For the United States statements are given of the average 
wages per month, by the year or season, of the ordinary 
daily wages for casual labour, and of the daily wages at 
harvest. The general averages forall the States and Terri- 
tories are as follows :— 
MONTHLY WAGES OF AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. 
Without board. With board. 
i Gl gears ACR 
1866 - SZ © 3 12 9 
1875 - = - - - - - > Tee DWF 
1885 - - - = : - - eer ore 3 2 Tle 05 
1890 - - : - - - . Sen ULOMaS Bit ii 
1892 - BU 26 212 3 
The highest rates are returned from the Pacific and 
Mountain States, and the lowest from the Southern States. 
