CHAPTER V 

 LABOUR 



PART I 



The position of an agricultural labourer at the 

 present time in Lincolnshire compares favourably 

 with that of the town workmen and shines in 

 contrast to his own plight of a few generations ago. 

 Including extra pay for hay, corn and root harvests, 

 the low rent of his cottage, the fact that he has a 

 garden, a pig, and often poultry, and the occa- 

 sional earnings of his wife and children, he may be 

 reckoned to receive the equivalent of 18s. per 

 week, on which it is possible to make ends meet. 

 Certainly the agricultural labourer's life is not 

 exciting; he has not the company and stimulus of 

 the townsmen, but he has extraordinary health 

 and lives a natural life on the soil, so that who can 

 say which has the better position? 



Not only is the rural labourer better off than he 

 was, but it is evident that his condition will be 

 improved in the immediate future, to the benefit 

 of all concerned. The object of this article is to 



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