TABLE 6.-Wages of ordinary farm labor per day, with board, by years and by States and Territories.

[In currency for 1866, 1869, and 1875.]

.....

88978 98794

.93

.93

74

.69

41

45

.70

44

States and Territories.

Maine

Rhode Island.

1899. 1898. 1895. 1894. 1893. 1892. 1890. 1888. 1885. 1882. 1879. 1875. 1869. 1866.

1.05 1.09

1.00

$1.03 $0.98 $0.93 $0.95 $1.00 $0.96 $0.98 $0.92 $0.88 $0.91 $0.72 $1.05 $1.05 $1.13
.37 1.02 .96 1.00 95 .95 .97 .74 1.12 1.41 1.26
.97 1.05 94 .92 .90 .88 .90 .64 1.11 1.28 1.32
.99 1.08 .98 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.08 .75 1.12 1.37 1.38
.88 .91
.97 .99

1.08 1.05 1.00

1.00

1.06 1.02

Connecticut..

New York.

.98

.99

.98

.81

71

.60 .64 .61

.47 49 .50

.98 1.02 1.02 .94 1.00
.97 1.00 1.00 1.00 .98

.50 1.18 1.18 1.33

.90 90 .90 .93

93

.92 92 .87 83

86

81 .81 82 .80

.85

.88 1.16 1.37 1.29 .68 1.06 1.19 1.23 .68 1.00, 1.15 1.20 .63 95 1.04 1.10

60 63 70 78

80 64 .62 55

.50 70 95 .94

48

.51 .49 .48 .44
45 .47 .46 .41

43 .45 .45 .41

55 .50 *45

50

47 49

TABLE 7.-Wages of farm labor per month, by year or season, without board and with board, by years and by geographical divisions.1

WITHOUT BOARD.

[Wages in dollars and cents. In currency for 1866, 1869, and 1875.]

Geographical divisions. 1899. 1898. 1895. 1894. 1893. 1892. 1890. 1888. 1885. 1882. 1879. 1875. 1869. 1866.

Eastern States
Middle States
Southern States
Western States

Mountain States

Pacific States

28.76 27.87 29.00 27.02 29.07 26. 46 26, 6426.03 25.30 26.55 21.36 29.00 32.0333.31 23.91 23. 15 23.80 23. 64 24.82 23.83 23.62 23.11 23. 1923. 21 20. 24 26. 99 29.1929.83 13. 80 13. 49 12. 71 13.04 14.07 14. 86 14. 77 14.54 14. 27 14. 67 12. 65 15. 28 16. 49 16.63 23.75 22.44 21.82 21.50 23.12 22.61 22.01 22.23 22.27 23. 26 19.81 23.34 26.39 27.84 35. 1533.95 30. 04 29.95 33.97 32. 16 31.94 33.37 30.24 36.50 27.24 35.69 33.64 31. 68 34. 15 36. 9536. 15 34.87 36.73 37.78 37.2240. 11 49. 98 61. 69 62.84

The United States. 20. 23 19.38 17.69 17.74 19. 10 18.60 18. 33 18. 24 17.97 18.94 16. 42 19.87 25.92 26.87

WITH BOARD.

Eastern States.
Middle States
Southern States
Western States
Mountain States.
Pacific States

18. 21 17.63 17. 73 17. 15 18. 45 17.50 17.71 17. 21 16. 70 16. 92 13.03 18. 59 20.44 20.83 15.93 15. 33 15. 73 15. 6016. 51 15. 78 15. 61 15. 41 15. 24 14. 71 12.37 16. 98 18.37 19.01 9.70 9.45 8.68 9.04 9.92 10.02 10. 10 9.90 9.90 9.92 8.46 9.94 10.55 10. 75 16. 70 15. 75 15. 21 14. 96 16. 29 15.36 15.00 15.09 15. 2015. 60 12. 75 15. 44 17.04 27.84 25.10 23.94 19.87 19.94 23.37 21. 2820, 64 21.99 19. 74 27.08 17.61 24.97 23.30 20.54 22. 6025. 63 24.25 22.50 25.08 24.37 23. 73 25. 88 32.32 38. 1641.54

The United States. 14.07 13. 43 12. 02 12. 16 13.29 12. 54 12. 45 12. 36 12. 34 12. 41 10. 43 12. 72 16. 55 17. 45

The geographical divisions adopted by the Department of Agriculture are composed as follows: Eastern States-Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut; Middle States-New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware; Southern StatesMaryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Arkansas, Tennessee; Western States-West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota; Mountain States-Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho; Pacific States-Washington, Oregon, Cali fornia.

TABLE 12.-Difference between farm wages without board and farm wages with board, per month, for year or season, by years and by geographical divisions. [Wages in dollars and cents. In currency for 1866, 1869, and 1875.]

Geographical divisions.

Eastern States..
Middle States
Southern States
Western States.
Mountain States.

Pacific States..

1899. 1898. 1895. 1894. 1893. 1892. 1890. 1888. 1885. 1882. 1879. 1875. 1869. 1866.

10.55 10.24 11.27 9.87 10.62 8.96 8.93 8.82 8.60 9.63 8.33 10. 41 11.59 12.48
7.98 7.82 8.07 8.04 8.31 8.05 8.01 7.70 7.95 8.50 7.87 10. 01 10. 82 10.82
4.10 4.04 4.03 4.00 4.15 4.84 4.67 4.64 4.37 4.75 4.19 5.34 5.94 5.88
7.05 6.69 6.61 6.54 6.83 7.25 7.01 7.14 7.07 7.66 7.06 7.80 9.35
10.05 10.01 10. 17 10. 01 10. 60 10. 88 11.30 11.38 10.50 9.42

9.63 10.72 10.34 11. 14 11.55 11.32 11.90 12.37 11.65 13. 41 13. 49 14.23 17.66 23.5321.30

The United States.. 6. 16 5.95 5.67 5.58 5.81 6.06 5.88 5.88 5.63 6.53 5.99 7.15 9.37 9.42

PART IV.

DIGEST OF LAWS OF THE SEVERAL STATES RELATING TO BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE, FARMERS' INSTITUTES,

AND PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL AND

HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY.

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