of supply and demand. In this country it is not likely to
sink so low as merely to supply the natural wants of man—
such only as food, clothing and shelter. It has higher aspi-
rations, and the good of society and the welfare of the State
demand that these aspirations should be encouraged and pro-
vided for. Hence, schools and churches become a necessity
if we would attract and permanently domicile a desirable
class of voluntary farm labor. In addition to this, the inno-
cent pastimes and amusements of foreign nationalities should
also be provided. Labor must have its relaxations and diver-
sions, or like the bow which is always strung, it soon loses
its life and elasticity. If diversions of an innocent character
are not provided, those of vice and immorality will be sought
and indulged in.

The physical nature of labor being understood and appre-
ciated, its great achievements acknowledged and its wants—
physical, moral and intellectual—provided for, it follows as
a moral, legal and religious obligation on its part that labor
should return a faithful, willing and active service to its em-
ployer. Not only should an honest day's work be performed
for an honest day's wages, but the interest of the employer
should be the interest of the employed. This on the farm
can be shown in a variety of ways, namely : By the care of
tools and implements—attention to stock, to fencing, and a
general oversight and readiness to assist in unforseen acci-
dents, OT to put in place and order whatever may accidentally
be out of order. This interest and attention on the part of
labor never fails to' meet an acknowledgment and due
appreciation.

On the other hand, it is the duty of the employer to meet
with punctuality and exactness his promises and engagements
to his hired labor. "The laborer is worthy of his price," is
an injunction of holy writ, and a curse is pronounced upon
him who "keepeth back the wages of the hireling." There-
fore the highest moral obligation as well as self interest, com-
mon honesty and justice require a scrupulous exactness in the
discharge of this part of the contract.

The wants of labor require that the payment of wages,
should be divided and made at frequently recurring periods,
either weekly or monthly as the case may be. For the em-
ployer it is generally easier and better to pay his hired labor
in monthly instalments, than in one annual payment; and it
enables the laborer to buy for cash, and to keep out of the
clutches of merciless venders of the necessaries of life, for
which he would have to go in debt, did he only receive his
wages at the end of the year's services.

Thus far your Committee has only considered manual labor,
because it is fundamental and necessary to give direction to
all other kinds of labor. Animal labor has been used, and
is destined by the skill and inventive genius of our people