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Show uu Where Highest and Lowest Farm Wages Are Paid Government figures which show where farm wages are highest and lowest are here given : Highest Per Month, With Board Nevada " $39.00 Montana 36.00 Utah V. .:: 36.00 Idaho V. 35.70 California 35.S0 "Wages without board are about $15 a month more. Lowest Per Month, ;With Board South Carolina $12.00 Mississippi 12.70 Georgia 12.S0 Alabama 13.00 Louisiana 34.30 "Wages without board are about $6 a month more. "Observe that where wages are low the cost of board is also low, BBaBBaa(K)saaKBM nlllj indicating that wages go up- and down with the cost of living. j "Farm workers in Maryland i have the reputation for working j the longest of all in summre 11 IM hours 45 minutes. The shortest J working day for farm laborers is for the winter season in Utha, only ffl 7 hours 55 minutes. The longest J average hours for the year around jj are worked in Wisconsin, Min- llf nesota, North and, South Dako.ta. The shortest are in Utah, Nevada, f Arizona, and Wyoming. Just why In this is so has not been explained, j$ though it is possibly due to cattle- M raising which flourishes in those i states, and is not a confining in- J dustry. H "The dairy industry in Wis- consin and Minnesota must be r largely responsible for long hours IfJ there." M |