1922.] Labour Organization on East Midlands Fabm. 447 



LABOUR ORGANIZATION ON AN 

 EAST MIDLANDS FARM. 



PART n. 



Archibald Bridges, B.A. 



The Crop Ectation and the Distribution cf Labour. — The 



study of labour orgariizafcoja on the farm would not be complete 

 without a consideration of the distribution of the labour on the 

 crops. The graphs Figs. 1 and *2 will have conveyed the essential 

 requirements in the organization of labour on f he whole farm, 

 especially in the relation of stock to arable and the part which 

 " granary " and " establishment " work play in this organiza- 

 tion. 



Fig. 3 shows the distribution of the manual and horse labour 

 on the arable land for the 1918 crops, with the addition of the 

 work necessary on the twenty-two acres of meadow hay. All 

 work performed from the beginning of cultivation of each crop 

 until it was cleared off the ground is shown. It should be noted 

 that in the case of mangolds no work appears after clamping. 

 The subsequent work of cleaning and carting is considered to be 

 a charge to the stock and is included in the work shown for the 

 sheep and other stock in the previous graphs. The same remarks 

 apply to the turnip crop, but in this case they were mostly 

 eaten off on the ground by sheep, and very little carting work 

 was necessary. 



Stress has already been laid on the necessity of the work for 

 live-stock dovetailing with the labour for the cropping system 

 on the farm. Consequently the latter should be arranged, as 

 far as possible, so that each crop in the rotation requires its labour 

 at a different time in order to equalize labour demands and keep 

 the men and horses fully employed. An examination of the 

 principal crops on this farm — winter wheat, barley, turnips and 

 swedes, mangolds, and the mowing and grazing seeds— will 

 show that they largely fulfil the condition laid down as regards 

 labour distribution. The wheat is making its maximum demands 

 in the months of September. October and November, and then 

 requires little attention until the next harvest in Angus! and 

 September. Barley is making its maximum demands in Decem- 

 ber, January, February. March and April, and again \ovy littlo 

 further demand until harvest. The root crops are making their 

 principal demands in May, June and July when verv little can 



