The failure in the crops is not in the slightest degree chargeable to a deficiency of labor.

I have frequently adopted the job system for short periods; the results have always been gratifying--the negroes accomplished twice as much as when they worked for daily wages, because they made more money.

On some days they would make three shillings--three times the ordinary wages."-- _Dr.Daniell_.
"They are as a body _more_ industrious than when slaves, for the obvious reason that they are _working for themselves_."-- _Ralph Higinbothom, U.S.

Consul_.
"I have no hesitation in saying that on my estate cultivation is more forward than ever it has been at the same season.

The failure of the crops is not in the least degree the fault of the laborers.