The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1872-02-27 00:00:00

locat alib District Drina.

WINFRITEI LUB.

The peinaLuT meeting was hold at the 1.1 .ca Iloat
lon Wool, on Tbunday evening net. for 'Lei purpoao
if besitog Kr. T. C. &loaders read • paper on the
followleg question —To what eat 'et and with 011.4
Rates' advantage 0111 Piece Work be substituted I r
Day Work to Agrieulture ?" In consequence, porhape,
RON threatenlni w.otter. the attendance woo not 60
it There worn preaeut s—Mr.
In! Betel. President, Mr. Chapman Sounders. Mr. ,t 4.
Jan., Mr. 84, Mr. W. Loogman. Kr. F. Rates,
M. J. mho, lir. J. illastma, Mr. Kirke, and Mr.
Bendel . hom see.
Kr. BM; to opening the meeting, said the eubJset
weds oertiolv • most Intereating one, and he thought the
CIO would find Its oonidderatien to be va'nahle.
It Rae ono about which they wore all moat deeply
eteeimanul, hi hoped there would be • good discussion,
sad that they would encased in ventilating it thoroughly
after the readies of the paper, unlade Mr. Chapman
Steriers should exhaust It too mash.
Kr. T. 0, lisomons, premising that there was not
stash bear of hie exhausting the subject, proceoleel thou
le nod the following paper on

Maar wool IS aOMOULIIIII,
Ms. MenlaS Sationlos said—l must elate, your
ladalgenee in appearing before you this evening, to
lateednee the subjoin for disounion, cis "To what
extent sad with what mutual advent age can piece
work be substituted for day work in aviculture." This
sabieet Is not of the ordina•y and praotioal character
similar to thou with which this club has been aeons-
Lama is deal, but it is at the same t'ma of a highly
Interestiag mature, since it involves the interests of all
slams who are to • greeter or less extent connected
with the soil, the taaant, the labourer, and also the
landlord. Mosey paid in the labour which is necessary
be carry on alarm well and erofitably, became' • some.
what important Ito.; in fast it is scarcely of less sow
sideraeless then the rent, seeing the amount of money
whisk ham to he expended for this item when paid
wholly In money. u in many siountiaa in lidgleni, or,
is in this and some other adjacent districts, prey in
mow sod partly in kind. Hut whichever inay be the
peelerable mode, knowing.. I do much which has been
writhes on the condition of the Donet labourer, and
liar* aloe the oppottoolly, not aff irded to all, of
• ethos pasts of England, I am satisfied that the
itheareve is this country are so will off generally, and
as eorafortai Is in their station, as elsewhere. The
waist of labour depends rery much like that of army
-
Wag else, on the law of supply and demand. lithe
Detest leis/aro were, as some would have us believe,
I. • verse position than those In other peas, he would
en dude f•••••• ti • distance where he might remive
better resanneratioo, ease resent alterations in the
Lb. law ef settlement afford him fa:elitees for shifting.
I have kaown the attempt made--and tad. a you
will sehrtentlase what I say—by men buying their
denaineas here, to receive nominally 51. or per week
mon In distant plena, but after a very short
Mm., have only too glut to return to their former
I will not satyr farther into this subject.
en nave said, is one of the most Importact
item la the these of payment to be made out of the
bthe, lad it Is Wog, still to Increase yearly, in Gon-
=ssd the moat of stook kept on the farm
o mush greater than in times past, and the
theapier losing templed by &higher price to be obtainet
tee mattes and been than some years ago; this as a
sensequeme, leading to the protection of a greeter
sthenat of green food to snot do that stock, and as a
Mat of keeping a I tiger amount of stock, boor° earn
aad straw is produced. Toe labour essential tithe
*myths oat things in ram at in socordance with this
edema/grunt of agrisultitre should roles in the minds
• meet the thought how can all this be best aceme-
pined, with mutual advantage to orm leer so I
=whether day or pine wcnir be followed. An
sloe with every operation of the farm is most
▪ matiel In order to understand what Is • fair amount
of week to for • fair day'r pay, and also to attain
• kb of the quality of work of melon kinds.
most of the labour la paid in the
Asps of pine work, from • minute subdivision of
WNW IRMA leeward under aloes supervision, in •
Ilmthei area • sad of wares, as the eye and the hand
of the ateshiale brooms more and more acioustomed to
thetrOtilliale of work of any particular kind, with
one and dispatch, the post in production is
mare sad mon redrund, until it obtains a minimum.
The state of things rennet be fully realised In fanning
parents I need not remind you; still, in seri-
sultan, ea le other earner, there is • outdo method
I. he meshed by mania% for Instance In the simple
proems of lifting or etrryingany mention or body, and
also In melees other ways of facdlitathe the different
Marls el ordinary work; therefore I say, give encourage.
math as mash as you possibly can to ascertain the beet
method which may be devised of doing what is required
oath. farm, am well as in the factory, ate given time,
and with despatch. To do the why should not the
Linares derive • hdr remuneration for his Interest
sad extra exertion? Of nuns the attendance on
stook outset be carried on entirely in this way, north.
simple tillage of the land, but I believe much may be
accoges:Slithed which has
way. Difficulties will arise at the oaten in
egging op sow poetess and modes of payment in this
matter; forbearame for • time on the part of employer
and also the employed must be exercised, as in other
things the lateen's of the weather is ones brought I
to beer, sad for tide teaser let me remark the
eistent et Mem work once adopted the further it
beams. extended the better It will be and the
grater the mutual benefit also: Sty, for faience,
ar manure by the piece, at a price per load.
Here yen
ave the men employed in filling, endeavouring
to do Lb. greatest amount of work, and with the least
anent of labour and the least misapplication of it on
their part, using the best tools he. tor that kind of
work the berths employed being kept in motion, and
the drivers also, and magi more may be done In •
gives time, espoolally at • busy essecs. True you will
say higher wages have to be paid, but what does this
mans/ if the extra mow oa paid be fairly earned, and
perhaps • seethe saved If at any hour of the day
When those men are employed filling, (should the
hones employed by them be advisedly removed and
seeveniently to other kinds of work, from any alters.
this In the weather or other reason) they may then
=dthe mums over the land, or be set to do any
work to which there is an understood fixed price
stemeled. Running operations might also be
belthated is this direction beyond their present limits,
as the adoption of the reaping machine has somewhat
eaMsailvely eapereeded the book and the myths, and
many of those formerly employed in cutting the wheat
may by some plan secure the crops out by mashie. at •
prise per son; If not the whole, at Wert some portico,
ea
eireamelaneers might more or lam favour the opera-
Wes. If In the mooning the weather be unfavourable
See hams* wort, • few hours, or any uneertain time am
Id might happes, on be sprat In carting and in spread.
atiamme over the leys for wheat, which kind
lei week mid be left at any moment for the more
et harvesting. I consider • good
=i is issefitecl by the adoption of piece work,
and he generally prefers it, whilst a bat labourer
temagess • better ate from bowies to exert himself in
Wag ANA to beams somewhat more self -dependent.
Kr. tbon read the following airtime. : 'At •
bervest isms selekation on the estates of the Karl of
Cowper, a labourer named Digby, in replying to • toast,
made the following remarks :—lt was admitted by all
=athat we had had a most abundant harvest, but
s:as one drawbedr, and that was the great gooney
44 &alma foot, A great deal had been said on that
sable* In the nerrepapen during the pad week, sad
they were told thee the =melee and Mews of their
=ass could not some to perfection without a
aminnt of asimal food. Now, he wished to
eireamead that to the nonce of employers of labour,
mime al wham theeskt It very imprudent for a man to
mow whoa posaw—in fact, that it was almost a crime
far • Wastes to de so. Twelve shillings per week was
• mes wage In this port of the country, out of
white the labourer had to pay In per week for rent,
In, ter flab& red, supposing he was imprudent enough
I. be the Miler of six children, there was just is, per
meek each left for the maintenance of the father,
Math, sad sidldrest How, thee was it possible for
the Ithirearee to obtain emboli food, which they were
Gold was. very for the maintenance of the
hues frame in the early stage. of iti development?
He did net believe the humors wished to oppress those
hearth them, but he would give them this piece of
advise—Let those young men who had been imprudent
men& Is get married and haves family do the piece
week as far as practicable, and thus have • chance of
earellag • few extra shillings to supply their children
with &alma food to keep thee souls and bodies together."
ithanden 'outlasted small occepat One it is
mon dlillealt sad perhaps impossible to carry roles.
week forward to any extant. The consideration of the
degree to which the nub-division of labour no be canted
OS ealkfactorily to emplojen and employed will prove
sareasument In favour comparadvely good shed—l
perhaps ray, large forma, over small ones, as the
awn each maa has of one particular kind of work for
Ilibish be in more fitted basted him, the snore he may
be to do of it, and the bettir deo. One
smallei=dwith a emapartively small number of hands
one person is frequently called on to do
reger.liMe of work darns the day, whilst on • large
lama sash may mon sadly Is engaged at one kind of
work la the day, icad that on. only to which he is
Min lila& A good attend., of stock la not entre.
vary bitirmil at ploughing. bed oth simpler
of week sad vice van we Ind sometimes men
of peat streaggs, sesestomed and qualified for heavy
Wilk. donee apply themeslove to those kind. of work,
but when kakis", of greater •••Tioo. Thera is skill in
itherylifing. Skill la required in feeding stook in order
I. bogy hew to feed and when to feed the animals In
shame as circumstances vary; skill in ploughing,
sad WU In emery operation oven In filling a cart,
sad for all these some learning is dedrable.
It Is poor 000nonly to Pay too little for any kind of
work, but It may be sometime wrong to pay too muoh,
mit affords a precedent which may prove uneltisfutory
afterward/. doom little discretion must, therefore, he
tharalsed and knowledge in first adopting pine work;
=these are some of the reasons for the non-adop.
the system now generally; but I think you will
lad whose piece work is more the rule, the work of the
farm is at all limes in • fairly forward Tradition.
Again, when labour la scares—that is arising from the
went of more and bother secommodatlon in the shape
of dwellings on the farm, and I regret to say there are
many sash lastasees yet to be found, although I believe
there has been a very decided improvement in this
Moped he Ms musty of late pare there, •• I say,
MO ember of !gamer, being name (not from the
mareity of people to work, on the oontrary, labourers
Sr. oboist), the system will recommend itself for
adoption. Although mush of the corn Is now raped
by sambleasy, sad thrashed by steam power, and
War* los hands are required than when the flail
au" mom= =II used, still it remain. that more
required to develope to the full
salad mpabilttles of the soil; for although the
woMrdastmalmassitgalLtei9/006:1, olitiootr
iit• Peruser I
33.000.000 t th alarmia bleresLa age
"Ovf
had fewoAno . This le ther g
maw foe malting the-70'L productivanoe as poodoodbl
Kr. Kffid. Is t" PIP"' rasitsd le, ears "To keep.;
me ow dal wort holaurce you don't as es
es= mse now, lo • tiarrowlainded and unprofitable
=mike WM those statementa I most frilly Otonaor.
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