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440 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. Dag, Y 
А v i t vhere € horses work nine ; condition in the north of S and, soe 
no E will not be easy id. get. * ens EE hours wih а an ins ance wher but they do not асо south of agant, Аеро оо юна EN 
Se а rom ТЫ nox and | to geb much better, although one етеды suppos а). Int e north 16 dcs years ago their and w 
Or Y arvest 1e first ^ ү 
are often absent when most wanted, and this, EI " "hores ou € re v нр later. m be un mars if they were mand ч 
l mily perh 
to improve the character. 1t induces the young men | are generally good ha 
-. remain single, and profligacy is more Шо to — iem they have f RET крт Ду 
ublie works аге necessary and tend to general| with people о =, 
prosperity, but even this bask may be obtained at too | many of them can M do well that "which. "hey фт : 4 s е B. „Work only after 
o: FPN у" state die уа ontrast | to уо or Опе 
great сові, and it is the duty of proprietors, and they be een broug zht u up t To Mich Y km. 
will 2 it their interest too, to ponm сенен? for v doe d x up put | е 
that may be generally required on the lan e Accommodation. y 
cotta éd Т xn and m4 ы likely to pay pu s e at lit id and tbat very bad, , Dorset not 21 "Y the case at present 
themselves. But there is no doubt that a farm well rij. West Sussex то acp enough, many 
provided in this vom will let at an additional rent, | farms having too few, some no o good as tief ong Е 
sufficient to cover the cost, and even if not so, propa y to i» э many very go ood, and MARE before the id 
has its duties as well as its rights, and this is the most | other counties. p 
important duty of all. ER the Parum Ewa Зас —In Aberdeenshire easy to obtain, from | saw по d th ii x . а some of 
Саем, remi the Good wood and Oatwood unfavoura?le d s Ber to retain or ora oea ТЕР A ey too looking older, as it; 
to good account, no oving much. Dorset far | order of the day to do nothing for them во 
a th ith full accommodation nib henma, but advancing тар and bidding fair to make | will stand at all. Anything Worse than 
for 9 ps cvm "n Ке of y fe, and none а | r lost time dur ring the present generation, and the lodgings for the unmarried labo 
allowed to take in lodgers without proprietor’: Rcs not so good as that obtained in Aberdeenshire, | conceived. Perhaps it is a loft over thes 
consent, which is never withheld without. зод, reason, d x: in the homes of ihe labourer may be t turned to a side а row of beds extends under ет roo 
and until the occu upants acquire a higher containing e ; 
of proper domestic арна this restraint i eie are lodged м &c., is the whole of the furnitum ш 
necessary. For, here as elsewhere, they have so ims Condition.—As regar ards comfort, Aberdeenshire has | о ten те чь һау ог d i te hona 
been huddled up in small untidy 'cottages that 16-18 not much, though wages are go orset, уер: little cen bes:de them ! is o 
some time before they feel the need i pa — in some parts, and this often arises from too early and (for т во are agricultural labourers с 
accommodation. The rent that they have to pay is | thoughtless marriages. Sussex, y respect. , wh 
generally 2s. a week, and carters ve Жерде have as though men wi ith large familier e rid so much as | them were 16 years ago.) But | 
extra wages their houses rent fre how they are fed; their food consists of var 
Respecting their education pem “cannot speak favour- Wages. —Aberde твште, from 157. to 207. a year, with | para£ions of oatmeal, skim milk D 
bir; 4 в this they are considerably behind omm A board for men ; women, from 57. i. - with board, and | bably not six times a year. 
ason I cannot tell, bu M such is the hard worked for it. ie vet: with e лк item | sometimes a little cheese at harvest, 
Риу from one-half t f tl dded, about 12s. for leading MEN 115. for others а | Need there be surprise expr if i 
either read nor write, and this gives them a week ; women, 8d. and 10d. a day of eight eir boys | sometimes a little discontented ? -And 
dull, listless manner, but the defect is in a fair "e and young men rather badly paid in proportion. | іп addition were (оп a farm, sa 200 
of being re emedied. We have schools in every village, not | Sussex: men from 12s. to 14s. per pa for a day of three carters and four or five other hands 
certainly of a IS iadaa, but such xd ko set the nine and a a half hours; , Women, 10d. for seven hours ; | 77. 10s. to 87. for first horsemen, and 6l, 
rising generation far before their paren „and g hands a half year; and for day 
Character.—This s requires a p ks ars But | cottage some miles off from 1s. to 15. 
Wages for the past few years have been 7 тот 115. ^ may refe pu ut the Aberdonians first, notwithstand- | board, according to the season of the уем, 
to 12s.a week for able-bodied men; piece-work is not ing thei eir sad statistics of illegitimacy, which ought to | Jet me state what had to be given i ) 
һ f then 
paid Hen (with the exception of harvest work) than necessity they are under to | and I shall take the same farm, which 
in other places, so that when employed in it they do remain single, as theré are no homes for them. Мо | well acquainted with, and it and others 
not earn much more, perhaps about 1s. In harvest for | class woul esent а favourable account | bourhood are still carried оп on ile s 
one month they earn from 25s. to 80з. а week when | if Dd x Such a wretched position, and for upright|system. In winter the hands had to tum w 
o'cloc | 
employed at piece-work, and carters and regular day | conduct towards their employers they sta nd high, and between 4 and 5 
hands get 57. for the month. For Wheat fogging ; and | few of them are ever found before th and watered their h d 
pstting in shock the price m oge s from 148 uch | In Dorset their character does not perhaps stand so m = масаи machine at 
а 205. bons a ped SIME pee ; and hakr nd "Оша high, et still ge: is a cause for this, and we think it revery morning'(it was a water 
d same way = acre; if | is that the younger ап аге Ан. ра aid, and turned odd Eds cleared up for a half hour, w 
шоч КГ i Bou. . But though this соз о! | eleaned their horses and stables, thenal 
foh RSEN ES ccm 
ошату price, they do not е: ‚БО much | out them, and а sus › age are at liberty | fast at half-past 6, half an hour Бе ШЕ 
th t t fagging. m is little other т plece-work except abo uf, and tius acquire bad abite that may | Then commenced the day's work ot yoti | 
tha th 5 8 ен Rev har vers Tris ms oiv е ет тоге ог юз through life. as educa- | lasting till dark, or 6 P.M., with. 4 
Һе ғесоп ti H 
time 2s. to 8з. Thee is s stil a little threshing donë by |t Sh dla etis si ban ач eoted, Merc d them, 2j e aet dininin But thou 
h 6d. 
to be а 
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el, | a little to do among them. But as their homes аге |bourhood of  Haddo 
r daily ^d 
special Aces a ng the Falli laboure di f the S cud m$ s 
that he works but very little more —— piece- - work D" tlie ror dec EH emo ifs e сетои 
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: an he does at "aed while t t one will| sre to a great extent wanting. Aud wel paie te yon ЧЕ Pr — оті 
н — IA and Ihe ipae ix better by the | that it will i improve speedily attending to their horses, d 
e tthe DERE DIR lg Bi S ч = mus nd now, in conclusion, I? may remark that all parties | must be done during the end 
n tole take ми i ind Tt there is the | and sects are anxious to mprove the comfort and | June. They then begin 
Ein ot xps а а коней | Өйүз, of the workman. The churchman wants more | 11 to 12 hours а day. rvest fro 
— m "laris а in д an A g yum. and piece- | ч hurches and more clergy, so that they m be able to | regular hours, but often to 8, 10, or- 
care to have my d the D. e Sussex labourer does not | visit them, But the former c gne wanted, | sometimes all night they kept at 
bi th uh T nir IU TAY pen | and the а are too d аа; diffi in wages ween summer x 
general belief, I think the Dorset lah ri De ын) with their ames concerns, iba 9 їп in renlity t taken about 20s. Respecting эме - 4 : 
> such by m labourer. "Others that th War 
one. Andifh education, and this will do $64; pe without of men servants are unmarried, а 
is not so wall paid foi m. mia ts : xs ы in inde e |an IK E turning ao To account, it may | this state contravenes one 
low n do not imply eheà н work. Araye baud, be o of little use. e advocate: allotments, | Nature, those паа prie 
ting thes general character we mutt speak кшен e of w to a man Sm is his home near, and | that make a Scotchm 
s ter YS qs iae mnre soberthanin someother 2 p to n, but I do not think that they are But I have cm to y notice 
parts. seldo t t one hears a disagreeable bs en and 
—— g close to the For 
ї pue ug DET Rs жы: sane ше | cottage is far better, But if it is really wished to raise rending [^ weedin g po 
уше арр pum eni the character and comfort of the labourer, give him a | and кен sheaves in imachi 
while 1 É Sorry Pe Say such was Бес ап RR py home wii. do then hie utmost t - n iere cim 
ewe m^ ES na ыкы Du. їшї happy, home will then pleasing to him; the | same быу e men, with 
Dorset. Fed уез ihe. Sos x gres sit ai hate has now a more attractive aspect to him | Bring to help to milk the co 
Dp rege: c of Summe, tiat good mastara nane emily ене of tbe rg generator wa ir ceret | csaa aa іше е 
ussex, that good masters have a ene 
made good m men here area н that live апа bord attended to, and the ВНЫН tm vit Pages аз high | character, but I fear not among t 
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m ылы oye E аА t E TE of civilisation class now | ation. Female — tion has n: 
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place does not suit a married man, as the vado) а 
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is the common practice, E half 6 : ; ће manage- | th by ве, 
to half past » past 6 | ment of the wife. Some seem t ; 
еа а ап aour € пас оп аё 12, ап! | others, with as large an i ped Буе slong vel ly of e Ee Lx. V f Pon years the 
Penes. Jas any other carting. 55. E E the hii and appear desti tute; as a voee rule the wd arm | quantit y of cereal productions in 
our nner and 1 ў al e: 5 
eave off at half p ast 4. There "omen Labourers.—l am acquainted with their | eiu las tel indications 
