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Ages of Male Farm Workers. 



10 and under 13 544 



13 8,614 



14 23,276 



15 and under 20 147,106 



20 25 108,418 



25 35 148,081 



35 45 111,843 



45 55 97,071 



55 65 67,991 



65 75 41,568 



75 and upwards ... . 8,435 



762,947 

 WOMAN LABOUR 



In order to provide more labour it is sug- 

 gested that women should be encouraged to 

 do farm work and so earn wages. Since the 

 days when agricultural gangs of women were, 

 as a common custom, hired, as wage earners, to 

 work in the fields, the legislation in this country 

 has wisely been opposed to this form of female 

 labour. It was held to lead to deterioration of 

 character and to the neglect of family life. No 

 doubt women are eminently fitted more fitted 

 than men for certain branches of agricultural 

 work. 1 Working for wages in the fields, how- 



1 For illustrations of this, and for full descriptions and 

 pictures of schools and colleges for the practical training of 



