60 BRITISH RURAL LIFE AND LABOUR. 



TABLE 5. WAGES AS AGAINST FOOD OF AGRICULTURAL 

 LABOURERS. 



To make the reference to groups of counties perfectly 

 clear, we would interpolate that what are called the 

 " northern counties " are Cumberland, Durham, Lanca- 

 shire, Northumberland, Westmorland, and Yorkshire ; 

 the " midland counties " are Beds, Bucks, Cheshire, 

 Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, 

 Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rut- 

 landshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and 

 Worcestershire ; the " eastern counties " are Cam- 

 bridgeshire, Essex, Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, 

 Norfolk, and Suffolk ; whilst the " southern and south- 

 western counties " are Berkshire, Cornwall, Devon- 

 shire, Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Here- 

 fordshire, Kent, Monmouthshire) Somersetshire, Surrey, 

 Sussex, and Wiltshire. 



Going on with the interesting paragraphs momentarily 

 interrupted, we proceed to quote from the Board of 

 Trade report, which continues : 



" In considering, however, the value of food stated to be 

 consumed by farm labourers' families, it must be under- 

 stood that, in the tables given, no allowance has been made 

 for the smaller cost of home-grown produce, such as 

 vegetables, potatoes, bacon, pork, and eggs, the estimates 

 of value of the articles being based on the ordinary retail 



