90 BRITISH RURAL LIFE AND LABOUR. 



potatoes on the farms where they are employed. The men do 

 not usually belong to benefit societies or clubs. Important 

 General Note. The regular farm labourers in Wales, whether 

 married men or unmarried men boarded and lodged in the 

 farmhouses, are said, generally speaking, to spend little on 

 drink. Many men do not take any alcohol during the year, 

 except on special occasions, and it is a frequent practice for 

 none to be given by the farmer at harvest. In some of the 

 agricultural districts near the mines there is said to be more 

 drinking. 



