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Excerpt from Soil Survey of the Caribou Area, Maine As a rule little difficulty is experienced in securing efficient labor when needed. By the use of all kinds Of farm machinery the farm ers with large families have need Of little hired help, except during the potato - harvesting season, when large numbers Of laborers come in from the Provinces. The average wage paid at these times ranges from $2 to a day with board. By the month laborers command from $20 to $30 with board. According to the census Of 1900 the average size of farms was acres, and per cent Of these were operated by the owners, the remainder being rented. On the rented farms the share and cash tenants are about evenly divided. Where land is rented on shares the owner and tenant each receive one - half the crop. Cash rents run from $10 to $25 an acre, depending on the n'earness to market and the condition Of the farm. The value Of farm lands has tripled in the last twelve or fifteen years, and instances are not uncommon where farms have sold for ten times what they brought twelve years ago. The greater part of the cleared ridge land, with improvements, sells for about $100 an acre. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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