and 



Migratory 



Labour. 



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Temporary very few come now. Not rnuck female labour is now employed, 

 and that chiefly for picking green peas. At the present time I 

 have plenty of regular labour, but fhere is not much surplus 

 labour to be had." Mr. Beard, also, says that it is more 

 difficult to obtain temporary labourers for corn and hay harvest 

 than it is to get resident labourers. 



LEICESTER. Mr. Longwill states that fewer Irish labourers 

 come over than was the case twenty years ago, binders and 

 other labour-saving implements being used. Mr. Bassett thinks 

 there has been no great change in temporary employment. 



RUTLAND. The only extra labour required is for the corn 

 and -hay 'harvests, and this has declined owing to the use of 

 machinery, though probably not to a greater extent than the 

 resident population. 



NORTHAMPTON. Casual labour is only required for the corn 

 and hay harvests, and has declined to some extent in conse- 

 quence of the increased use of machinery. Mr. Griffin states 

 that in the Peterborough district the .number of temporary 

 labourers has declined to a greater extent than the residents. 



BUCKINGHAM. Fewer men come for the hay and corn 

 harvests than used to be the case, the use of machinery renders 

 them unnecessary. 



OXFORD. The general opinion is that temporary labour has 

 declined to an even greater extent than the resident popula- 

 tion, owing chiefly to the widespread use of machinery. 



. It is thought that temporary labour for 

 harvest and hay-making has decreased to as great or an 

 even greater extent than the resident labour, owing to the use 

 of improved machinery. Mr. Graves says : " Mowing machines 

 and self-binders have reduced the hay and corn harvests to a 

 mere nothing, many only going for a fortnight in fine weather." 

 Mr. Lane, however, states that more casual labourers are em* 

 ployed than formerly because country-bred young men have 

 gone to the towns, and farmers make what use they can in the 

 busy seasons, of unskilled assistance. 



DIVISION III. 



(a.) Counties of Salop) Worcester^ Gloucester, Wilts, Montnontk 



and Hereford. 



SALOP. The decline amongst temporary labourers has 

 apparently been greater than in the case of the resident 

 population, chiefly owing to the increased use of improved 

 machinery. Mr. Thursfield writes : " I used to employ 100 

 harvest men, now the ordinary farm labourers do it all. A 



