The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1871-08-01 00:00:00

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g.ORICULTITRAL LABOURERS' EARNINGS.
A Government return of an interesting nature, string
tb,, average weekly errivinp of sgrieulturallsbourers in
laud and Wales, has just been issued. The follow-
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.101olog couotirs: -
possinunas.—Wlulborno and Cranhoroo : Men, 91 to 10s,
, b.. tad, work igs; wonten, 41; children, 2.; DO itlionance.
rtna': carters. Ils 6d, mid in many awes a house and potato
„ond value 3. per week; labourers, 12.4 tgr week • weman
4roly cm)lo)ed except during the summer montge. Men
„arn during these months U. to ill. and can earn by task work
M hullo.* and harvest one gallon of beer per day is
▪ value lid psi: gallon. Total tibstaiftrs aro allowod Osi
Women during the same time are allowed half •
per day, and abstainers 3d. Wareham and Purleck
9s, by task work 13a. Cottage, garden, and manure Co.
potato ground; in general fuel as well. Conic: lien, 10-0 nuse
• garden rent free, potato ground rent free, and the privilege
purchaeing wheel, at a cheaper rate per bushel; 500105,,
*hoist work, 4s 6d ; and c.hildreu under 16, iie 0.1 to;s per
wink.
rglairr.—Bhepton Mallet: Mall, 10.; aid task. rk, 12s
and eider, three pinta a day, Women, ;nu allewanni.
un•ter 16, 6e, and Cocoa and eller three pint, ad.!. Ax-
brings ; Yon, 14.. No food, but nee pints of shier per Minn.
Women, La OGnsionally, when in doors, taxi aul drink.
Children Od, and two pints of cider per diem.
WlLTllllll3.—Chipponham : Men, Ils and two quarto of
boor; and 15s by task work: Melashain: Moo, 11. • in nienY
••••• Is. • breakfast, ore dinner Is given to milkers on a
Sunday. Warminster, Men, 10s. Two quarts of ale to each
labourer, value 21.1. Carton reonve ts per week over able-
bodied labourers, and 20. to 60e at Michaelmas; and in manY
eases houses rent free, equal to Is Od weekly. Boys under 16
years, 4s 6.1; and are eutitWd to 10s (Id to 16. at Nteliselmaa.
:taarg..parinise In the union allow potato land free of rent, 20
to won' 10 each to women end boy.s. Land ploughed
and pot in enter for them. and their potatoes cart.ed home
grans. Shepherds have from £1 Co Z 2 extra for lambing
siason, and In many cases a fee of ens half-penny each for all
the lambs living on the ist of May and 1s for each double.
Ald.rbury ; Men, 10s, and lik by Ink work; women, 3s 0,1;
children under 10, ts to Gt. No allowance.
jaanu.-Bouth Stoneham : Non, 111 GI ; by task work,
12s. Nothing allowed except in the case of carters, who
usually have a cottage rent free, It Ls not the practice In this
union to pay weekly wages and to pay for task work. eicca-
tionally men are paid for task work instead of weekly wages,
and it is believed that In thew cues they earn about 13. per
wo.k. biroxfuni: Men Ils to Its,}nd IS. by task work.
House rent to shephenl and carter. Women and children,
abr., employed, earn about 4• to be. Airadoni : Men, 10s,
ang 12. by tank work. Shepherd and carter rent free. An.
loser: Men. Ile, and by teak work, Ina Very few girls under
16 are miployixl. Women and children, 4. and 4. 61
Gucci/Tall —Newent, lieu, 10e ; thne quarts of cider dolly.
Stroud : Mee, 10.. to lin, alui four quart. of beer daily, and
utak wort, Ns. You hired for the year often hare a cottage
and ordon. Stow-on.thuMuld: Men, in 0.1; tank work, Ibt
Cheltenham, 10s, and two quarts of cider daily.
lisiounnaa—llungetioni : Men, 9s ; women, ts ; children,
Farington Men, 10s, and 15. by task work; women, 6.;
and children, ts 6d; No allowance. Wantage : Men, 10s, task
wok, 12.; women. ni; children under 10, fet. Each carter
ha. usually two quarts of beer for himself and ploughboy