698 



Labour on the Farm. 



[Nov., 



1917-18 the institution of the Wages Board and the successive 

 Wages Board Orders tended to raise them higher and higher. 

 In each case the maximum was reached in the year 1920-21, and 

 with the disappearance of the Wages Board, and the subsequent 

 advent of the Conciliation Committees, there has been a slight 

 drop, though the wages bill in 1921-22 in no case met with by 

 the authors fell to the level of the year 1919-20. 



Table I. 



Annual Variations in the Labour Bill of 4 Yorkshire Farms. 



Yea r 



H. 



CM. 



D. 



M. 





£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



1911-12 



52 



786 



324 



965 



1912-18 



74 



796 



355 



972 



1913-14 



83 



829 



417 



971 



1914-15 



77 



825 



584 



911 



1915-16 



98 



808 



570 



1,153 



1916-17 



99 



758 



604 



.. 1,274 



1917-18 



102 



834 



664 



1,694 



1918-19 



224 



... 1,336 



692 



.. 1,755 



1919-20 



... 279 



... 1,650 



991 



.. 2,292 



1920-21 



... 309 



... 2,118 



.. 1,254 



.. 2,632 



1921-22 



... 290 



... 1.841 



.. 1,107 



2,487 



In Fig. 1 the annual variations of the labour bills of these 

 farms are plotted for the sake of comparison on an acreage basis. 



FARM H. is a small holding of 16 acres, on the outskirts of 

 an industrial town, and is given up entirely to milk production. 



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Fig. 1. — Annual Variations in Labour Bill per acre. 



