380 FARM WAGES IN DENMARK. 

£12 11s. 1d. for men and £7 15s. 7d. for women. Where the 
engagements were half-yearly the wages usually amounted 

to aslightly larger sum in the year than in the case 
of the yearly engagements. Thus tor men hired by the half- 
year the wages for the summer season were £8 tos., and for 
the winter £4 4s. 5d., while for women they were £4 16s. 8d. 
and £3 3s. 4d. respectively. The following figures show the 
average annual cash wages of farm servants engaged by the 
year in 1897, 1892, and 1872. 
Men. Women. 
ie Stet f. sa 
1872. - - : - IiTOILe 416 GB7aaee 
1892. - - . - = teas oe 7. Ga 
1897 - - - - 2 E ot 7 ES oa 
The foregoing figures are the cash wages exclusive of the 
value of the servants’ board. In 18g7 a year’s board fora 
man was valued at £11 198.1d., and for a woman at £10 18s.1d., 
so that the average yearly earnings in cash wages and board 
were £24 10s. 2d. for males and £18 13s. 8d. for females. 
In the following statement the average yearly cash wages 
are shown of different classes of farm servants engaged by 
the year in Denmark in 1897, together with the estimated 
value of their daily board. 
Males. Females. 
Cash | Value of Cash Value of 
Class of Servant. Wages Board 
5 per Year. per Day. 
Class of Servant. | Wages !_ Board 
| per Year. | per Day. 


ees aida d. 
Bailiffs = - - 1G pyisy Zt 7} 
Men in charge of | Dairymaids— 
cattle - =a 0710) 0 84 
Head 
Shepherds - : - Hane = 74 
Ordinary - 
Horsekeepers - Sie Gy 74 
Milkmaids 
Wagoners - - x ie 5 84 
Housekeepers - 
Farm Labourers— 
Cooks - 
Foreman - ok 3 73 
% Housemaids 
Others - - : Ti 213 73 
Maids ‘other) - 
Oddmen - - Al aroF 16048 7 
General Servants 
Apprentices : Oia ie 83 
Boys + Gy ken Sone | 63 

It is to be noted that married men in the several classes 
of bailiffs, men in charge of cattle, shepherds, horsekeepers, 
