Show GERMAN FARM HANDS clr W timpy lu sonic of th consul at breslan germany has made a report to alio llio deport mant of state relative to agricultural labor he laborer usually lives upon tho ami h employed upon it the year round tho working hours arc in summer from six a m to in anil in winter from to sunset he has freo lodging aul broo fuel and it is customary also to allow his family the uso of iro roda ol 01 huid for raising vegetables As waged iio receives per annum 19 to in cash and of rye 3 bushels of peas and 1 bushels of wheat the laborers wife is bound lo 10 work in tho field whenever and receives tor n days work in gummer 12 to 14 cents and in winter 10 to 12 of tea meat and tobacco the farm laborer pets but little it ho smokes a it is but seldom and his tobacco is un leaf in harvest ho is treated to schnapps to encourage him in his work A writer on economic subjects estimates that a laborers family consisting of himself himi elf wife and civo children under 12 years of age can subsist for a week or u year miners and mine laborers receive daily from canti which is paid to foremen engineers and carpenters to and 15 cents paid to women and minors tho cost of alio subsistence of a mino rii family including rent clothing and taxes amounts to per annum tho rents paid by minors range from ag cents mr fo v the consul at brunswick sends a report on agriculture labor in that duchy tho wages paid to agri cultural labor depends upon the locality where such labor li employed being considerably higher in the level than in tho mountainous districts in alic former tho wages ot i man and wito aggregate per annum whilo in iho mountain districts a man and his wife assisted by a child rams but men and earn from 35 to 47 cents hoeing and from 47 to 59 gathering bouts in this latter work children arc alto employed to out ou the leaves and a child from 10 to 12 years old will earn in a period of three or tour weeks 24 cents daily in tho matter of beet culture contract labor is sometimes engaged cash wages being from 24 to SO centa per diem often a donation of 11 cents per diem is given provided the laborer remains steadily at work until tho contract expires each employed receives from 20 to 70 cents head money upon entering into tho contract and extra hours are for at the rato of 2 3 and 1 cents per hour As a rule every civo or sir work people ono quart of milk and often one pound of broad per head daily with in the morning and a warm meal at noon anil night moat on sunday washington cor N Y sun |