Show V s BOUT F FARM t V WAGES AGES U I fem zy It should It-should should interest our readers around Manti fanti to learn that a af arable 18 f rable comparison between wag wages es of f hired f farm arm hands and J industrial wages ag s Ju has s j just st been given out by the De Department of Agriculture In the survey 2117 farm fann employees rees reported that the total average value of all perquisites board perquisites board rent food etc was was 34 30 per month and wages 46 4 or Ol a otal of a month as the average wage of a hand Should the farm value of a of of which whick h food i is s a 81 larger a-larger ger part be 00 expressed express express- ed i iri in terms of f f retail i pric prices s the total of and cash would compare compare favorably and in some Borne cases probably exceed wages for comparable labor in industrial plants say the experts ex ex- The average farm hand in other words is is' as well ven if not ot better off on ten or twelve dollars a w week wee ek k and his board and lodging than is his hia brother in the city f factory a who gets even three times ties as much but who has to pay for his meals and his bed I I 1 t IU t I. I I I. I to 0 |