168 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. _ 
ODONTOGLOSSUM AJAX. ploy ment in agriculture is one which has aroused 
ich public interest in recent times, but no 
biblia pene on the general subject had been 
Tue beautiful seedling Odontoglossum made for over twenty years. Tl ost recent 
Ajax, illustrated in Fig. x showa ey was that made the Board of p. 
trong an rown at е п Wages and Earnings in Agriculture in 
ame Dia the e serbe adde sint: d on but this " dealt with wages and earnings only, 
e 1e variety v o nd the most recent informati of a pu 
ex ap usc handsome cross be у S shar Bore on other conditions was that obtained 
amabile o-Harryar X  crispum) an -M lson Fox in 1899 1 
о теп rispum x eximium) with their by pa valle pem : d t bun uc т the 
he ane цел day sim ol rae wae Board of Agriculture in 1918 it is necessary to 
1 i Lab 
of the characters of the blotched = crispum, the fg 2 pora PR ga Supr ^" T hat dE 
markings being fewer, dark нома claret , rs Y ua 
colour, an ith a clear whit ind: ile the secretary of tha mmission, Mr. Geoffrey 
d > т i 
form Ilfosirated in Wig: i wae ream white й Drage, was Мда rd of the in vestigations car 
pale yellow tinge, sh t О. ried оп ky the Board of ape in 1 
which m ine: the КЫН dei. in its ни a n Ys pudori] report, the subjec ect of wages 
the arkin ngs and tint gave distinct and conditions of labour is app g 
соо T 0-1 Harrya an introductory survey of the iir aspects 
on through O. теъ: а A close exam- of the agricultural ee: Here the types 
nation of the does of both Saito, however, of agricultural production prevailing in dif- 
crab very interesting, for the pattern, if it m ferent districts are indicated. and the relation 
be so called, though varying in colour sid of Ei prevailing type of production to the 
breadth, was exactly similar in every detail in ^ number of persons employed and general con- 
each flower. ditions. of employment is discus sed. Attention 
Fic. 71.—oDONTOGLOSSUM AJAX. 
EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE path ри к d. qr сы ши cg air ne pain би 
uis such ás market gardening, a mm 
DURING THE WAR. ue 
rowing, etc., and to the nce 
woodland, and to their се ps. tondi 
ployment i 
of is connection an 
after the establishment of the uae interesting su information on existing 
ural 
Soon mmary of 
tural Wages Board, in the autumn of 1917, the industries is given, with some discussion 
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries instituted as to the possi ible s success of се for de- 
an “* Inquiry into Wages and Conditions of Em- l The o xistence of other 
ployment. in Agriculture.” A survey "ot wages industrial terprises and effect on the 
and conditions of employment was d ed supply of labour a жеу sen of sioner’ 
ia eac minist Tre) county in and and . is also dlealt with. It w mere ssible su 
Wales, and “the щи: = se county surveys marise = sec ecto of the but it p 
have now been published,* toglther with a а necessary and valuable inirodactiou M detail 
general dee on t ip eam аага by Мг. оѓ conditions of employment which appear in 
Geoffrey and his in — igation staff. We later sections. 
take the follov wing interesting summary of the As ge duos with the supply of labour 
seppet Е from the Wages Roard Gazette, March 15, _ contains all ent statistics of the numbers 
of persons mind on farms, market gardens 
The s subject of wages and conditions of em- and очо gone figures showin 
2 ш, g the num 
___* Wages and Conditions of Employment in Agriculture, п groups of farms, or on farms 
Vol. I. d Чыкта по Cd. 24, 1919, Vol. u Reporte ш certain шеш їп darn and 1918, collected 
. 9f Investigators, Cd, 1919. the course of the inquiry, are also Zn It 
[APRIL 5, m 
was found that on groups of farms: E 
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shire, vise ЕЛ, end ш 1, 2 ER | 
d 95 7 
нн supply of labour had fallen 7, я 
respectively since 19 
а out that the enced shorta age ot p 
has not pass equally distributed, for more labour 
is now employed on some farms than in 1914, 
i Althou h the av verage shortage is known the 
: nore 
a 
s twee 
those оч yers who M to ae their 
. and those 
moment." The subjects ot juvenile labour, and 
he supply of women labour, with the prospects 
for the future, are also discuss n interesi 
ing part of this section deal the efficiency 
f farm labou "he human d capa 
cities necessary for efficiency are discussed, both 
in relation to the farmer and the work 
1 mparative physical basis ciency in 
er workers and tho i trie 
ке сае, and it is shown, amongst 
other items, tha the age level of agricultural 
workers is not. so conducive to effici 
that prevailing amongst cer groups of 
dustrial workers. It is eventually stated, how 
Some ‘local ке in productive capacit 
are also indicated, SM reasons for loc А 
$3, 1 th +. n ex. 
The section d aling ` with the conditions di 
employment provides much detailed ke 
f 
8 
e larger. T 
given of the nature and amounts of rpm 
= kind, and also of extra earnings of wor 
each localit; Я 
"Other sections of the general report deal ie 
cottage accommodation and rents, the re 
between лете апа e employed, 
mall n 
T t 
uthorit ies to the mra housing pro lem 18 
t large" 
ion of 
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