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Agricultural Labour in September. 



[OCT., 



the case. The harvest of the Saaz district is disappointing, but other 

 Austro-Hungarian districts generally had a fine and good yield. 



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 f° r agricultural labour in September : — ■ 



in England Employment was generally regular through- 



during September. out ^ e mon th, the dry weather which pre- 

 vailed being favourable for outdoor work. 

 There was a good demand for day labourers for the corn harvest, 

 potato-lifting, threshing, hoeing, &c, but the supply of such men was 

 usually sufficient for requirements. 



Northern Counties. — The corn harvest and potato-lifting caused a 

 good demand for day and other extra labourers in these counties, and 

 the weather being fine most men had regular employment throughout 

 the month. The demand for labourers was generally met by a full 

 supply. 



Midland Counties. — Employment was generally regular, and the 

 supply of and demand for extra labourers were about equal. Several 

 correspondents, however, referred to a smaller demand than usual for 

 extra labourers on account of lighter corn crops. There was a surplus 

 of such men in the Hayfield {Derbyshire) Union, and in parts of 

 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. In the Oakham (Rutland) Union, 

 and in the Buntingford (Hertfordshire) Union there was some scarcity 

 of extra men. There was also some scarcity of men for permanent 

 situations in the Banbury (Oxfordshire) Union. 



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

 labourers throughout the month, threshing, hoeing, manure carting, 

 &c, providing employment after the corn harvest was finished. In 

 certain districts a good many men were also employed at potato-lifting. 

 The supply of labour was generally about equal to the demand, but 

 some scarcity of extra labourers was mentioned in reports from the 

 Bourne, Gainsborough, and Horncastle (Lincolnshire), and the Blyth- 

 ing and Mildenhall (Suffolk) Unions. 



Southern and South-W estern Counties. — The continuous dry weather 

 favoured employment in these counties as elsewhere, and agricultural 

 labourers were mostly in regular work. Day labourers were, however, 

 reported to be in excess of requirements in the Wilton (Wiltshire), and 

 the Wareham and Purbeck (Dorset) Unions. In those districts where 

 changes usually take place at Michaelmas the supply of men for 

 permanent situations was generally said to be equal to the demand. 

 A scarcity of such men was, however, reported in parts of Hampshire 

 (where carters were in demand), Gloucestershire, and Cornwall. 



THE CORN MARKETS IN SEPTEMBER. 



C. Kains-Jackson. 



During the past month a start has been made with new crop 

 deliveries, but in the case of wheat the market sales have included an 

 unusual proportion of old corn, and, in that of barley, have been 

 limited for the most part to feeding grade. Sales of new oats have 



