352 



Agricultural Labour during June. [juix 



Servia (eight days ending June 10th). 



Anthrax, Rabies, Sheep-pox, Swine-fever, Foot and Mouth Disease 



(12 cases in i "commune"). 

 Spain (month of April). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Dourine, Rabies, Sheep-pox, Sheep-scab, Swine 



Erysipelas, Tuberculosis. 

 Sweden (Month of May). 



Anthrax, Blackleg. 

 Switzerland (week ending June 25th). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Swine Erysipelas, Foot and Mouth Disease 



(47 "etables" entailing 363 animals, of which 15 " etables " were 



declared during the week). 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have been furnished by the 

 Board of Trade with the following report, based on returns from corre- 

 spondents in various districts, on the demand 

 Agricultural Labour for agricultural labour in June :— 



in England Employment was generally regular, except 



during June. in the case of some men outside the regular 



farm staff, who lost a little time through the 

 interruption of haymaking by rain during the last week of June. In 

 many districts the demand for extra labourers was adversely affected by 

 the dry weather which prevailed until the latter part of the month. There 

 was, however, some scarcity of such men in several districts. 



Northern Counties. — Employment was generally regular in these coun- 

 ties, but the demand for extra labourers was affected for the greater part 

 of the month by the prolonged dry weather, which rendered the root crops 

 backward, and reduced the amount of hoeing to be done. Correspon- 

 dents reported a slight upward movement in wages at the Whitsuntide 

 hiring fairs in Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, particularly 

 in the case of women and girls, who were generally scarce. 



Midland Counties. — Employment was somewhat affected by the dry 

 weather, as in the Northern Counties, but improved towards the end of 

 the month as haymaking became more general. There was not gener- 

 ally any marked surplus in the supply of extra labourers, though some 

 excess over the demand was reported in several districts, including parts 

 of the Bakewell (Derbyshire), Cannock, Stone, and Tamworth (Stafford- 

 shire), Woodstock (Oxfordshire), and Eaton Socon (Bedfordshire) Rural 

 Districts. 



Eastern Counties. — There was generally a good demand for extra 

 labourers in these counties for hoeing and haymaking, and, apart from 

 slight interruptions to haymaking caused by rain, there was but little 

 irregularity of employment among men of this class. Some shortage of 

 extra men was reported in several districts, including parts of the 

 Chesterton, Melbourn and Wisbech (Cambridgeshire), Welton (Lincoln- 

 shire), Forehoe (Norfolk), and Plomesgate (Suffolk) Rural Districts. 



Southern and South-Western Counties. — Extra labourers were in 

 fairly good demand for hoeing and haymaking. Rain caused a little 

 loss of time to haymakers towards the end of the month in some dis- 

 tricts. Several correspondents reported that the demand for labourers 

 was les9 than usual on account of light hay crops and the effect of the 



