Show contract work on farms tho report comes from england that a considerable proportion ol 01 the on farms s now performed 03 con tract this is especially liuo of cutting curing and putting up hay the hay season occurs at alic time when farmers and tho usual number of men employed about alio llio place are in harvesting groin aind cultivating turnips and tho labor of securing tho hay crop is let out by contract some enterprising man organizes a force of laborers purchases 1 team aud some tools and contracts conti Acts to cut cure put in stack and to cover with thatch nil the that grows on several farms in abo same neighborhood occasionally casio nally all tho mun in the dorco are interested in the contract contri ct and work on tho operative cooperative co system the farmer generally furnishes teams a portion 0 abo time and omo of tho tools required for haying and sometimes furnishes meals and lodging tor the men it is claimed that the men who work on tho contract system perform moro lab orthan those who are employed by tho farmer that they acquire much greater skill in tho bic of tools and machinery and thai they build and cavor stacks better than common laborers by having tho uso of several tzanu alry in tho employment of mowing machines and jaako one do tho work that is ordinarily performed by two or throe tho farmer who lets out the contract for securing his hay crop Is able to devoto all his time as well as that of his ordinary farm help to doing other kinds of work the of cultivated crops is not neglected as it is likely to bo when all tho men are called off to work at baying considerable saving is also effected in tho purchase of machinery for haying chicago times |