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INTRODUCTION 



Table showing the Number of Farm Workers (Male and 

 Female) compared with the Total Population in 

 England and Wales (1851-1911)-* 



The great industrial boom of the early nine- 

 teenth century attracted many country workers 

 to the towns ; the improvement in machinery, 

 replacing manual labour on farms, assisted in 

 throwing agricultural labourers out of work. 



* See "Land Reform," p. 380, Presidential Address, 

 Surveyors' Institution, by Hon. Edward Strutt, p. 4. 



t The census returns of 1911 for farm workers will not 

 be published till September, 1913. The Report of the 

 Board of Agriculture in connection with the Census Pro- 

 duction Act, 1906, published in 1912, shows 722,000 

 workers (male and female) either permanently or tempor- 

 arily employed during the twelve months ending June 4, 

 19O8. Cd. 6277. 



