OF SCOTCH AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. 25 



DUMFRIESSHIRE. 



50. Parish of Middlebie. Shepherd, — W. A. Family above ten years, 

 4 ; below, 1. Takes meals at home. Rent free, worth £3 per annum. 

 Yearly wages, .£30 ; wages of family, three are at service. Keeps cow, pig, 

 and poultry free of charge. 



Breakfast with family, oatmeal porridge and milk, or milk and bread.- 

 Dinner with family, potatoes, butter, and milk, and often inferior mutton. 

 Tea, with bread and butter. Supper with family, oatmeal porridge and milk. 

 Health good. 



Remarks. — This labourer is a shepherd, a class better paid than the average 

 labourers on farms in the district. 



51. Parish of Middlebie. Ploughman. — J. R. Family all out at ser- 

 vice. Takes meals at home. Rent free, worth ,£4 per annum. Wages, lis. 

 per week, say £28 per annum. Keeps a pig. 



Breakfast, oatmeal porridge and milk. Dinner, coffee and bread. Tea and 

 bread. Supper, none. Health good. 

 This man is employed as a ploughman. 



52. Parish of Mtddlebie. Out-door Female Workers. — E. B., A. C. Take 

 meals at home. Rent free. Weekly wages, 6s. each. No cow, pig, or poultry 

 allowed. 



Breakfast, tea and bread, or brose. Dinner, coffee and bread. Tea and 

 bread or brose, or porridge and milk. Health good. 



WIGTOWNSHIRE. 



53. Parish of Newton-Stewart. Ploughman. — P. N. Family above 

 ten years, 2 ; below, 2. Takes meals at home. Rent free. Yearly wages, 

 £21 in money, 5 bolls meal, and 4 bolls potatoes. Keeps a pig. 



Breakfast, porridge and milk, and tea and oatmeal cake after it ; family, 

 porridge and milk. Dinner, frequently tea and oatcake and butter, or 

 potatoes and herring and milk, or broth of vegetables and a little suet; 

 family, the same. Supper, porridge and milk, or tea with oatcake and 

 butter ; family, porridge and milk. Health very good. 



Remarks. — Tea and oatcake and butter is frequently the diet of husband 

 and wife at all the three meals daily. 



54. Parish of Newton-Stewart. Single Labourers, Male and Female, 

 living in their Masters' Houses. — A. W. Takes meals at home. Wages not 

 specified. 



Breakfast, porridge and sweet milk and oatcake, and milk afterwards. 

 Dinner, broth with meat (bacon chiefly) and potatoes, oatcake and milk after- 

 wards. Supper, porridge and milk. Health excellent. 



Remarks. — This is the best fed class of the agricultural population in this 

 district. 



55. Parish of Newton-Stewart. Field Workers. — J. L. Family above 

 ten years, 3 ; below, 3. Takes meals at home. Rent, £3 per annum. 

 W eekly wages, 1 5s. Keeps pig and poultry. 



Breakfast, tea with oatcake and butter ; family, sometimes porridge and 

 milk, and frequently tea, oatcake, and butter. Dinner, husband, penny loaf 

 of wheat flour and cheese or butter to it, and milk or cold tea as "sap;" 

 family, tea and oatcake. Supper with family, tea with oatcake and butter, 

 or porridge and milk. Health very good. 



Remarks. — In this class tea forms a part, if not the principal part, of every 

 diet. 



