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5, and for the poorer 2. As much as 7 and 

 8 an acre is paid in good situations. 



Wages. 



The average farm wage is 3s. a day. 



In the fruit-picking season the men can earn up 

 to 22s. to 25s. a week, the women 16s. to 18s., and 

 a child of fourteen up to 12s. 



The school holidays are arranged to fit in with 

 the fruit season. 



Besides this, the women and children add con- 

 siderably to the family income by the making of 

 punnets in the winter. 



Parish Council Allotments. 



There are about 20 acres of Parish Council 

 allotments in St. Dominick, besides some held on 

 Lord Mount Edgcumbe's estate. About half are 

 cultivated for fruit, and the land has greatly im- 

 proved in value. 



There has been practically no change of hands 

 since the Act was passed. 



Instances of Existing Small Holdings. 



A farm of 90 acres was cut up about six years 

 ago, and is now held by eight tenants. 



Forty acres, with the farmhouse and buildings, is 

 farmed as an agricultural holding by one tenant, 

 and the remainder is in 6 to 8 acre lots, and used 

 for fruit-growing, the tenants living in neighbouring 

 houses. 



