The Rural Labourer 



s. d. Summary s. d. 



Butcher's Meat ... ... 3 6 House 6§ 



Soap, Soda and Blue ... 6^ Sundries ... 6 



Milk I 2 £\ 5^^ii 



Boots and Clothing ... 2 6 Balance to credit o\ 



Sundries ... 6 o z-j 7 I 



;fi 5 "i 

 Balance to credit o^ 



ix 6 o 



The condition of the rural labourer and its 

 amelioration is a very large subject ; but the 

 following would seem to be the chief points to 

 consider : 



(i) How best to give back to the rural labourer 

 that direct interest in the land which he had 

 before the millions of acres of common land 

 were enclosed. 



The provision of small holdings for the 

 labouring class, with a view to turning as many 

 labourers as possible into small farmers, making 

 their entire living off their holdings, will do much 

 in this direction. This policy has been carried 

 out successfully in many continental countries, 

 and farmers need have no apprehensions on the 

 score of shortage of labour, as the sons of these 

 small holders will provide a most excellent type 

 of worker. 



Further provision must be made for men 

 who will not make their entire living off their 

 holdings, but who will work, say for 150 days in 

 the year, for some neighbouring farmer. 



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