Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-30

night to recuperate in from the shock of the operation, But, in all such cases the overtime is kept track of and the efnploye is either given an equal time for himself, or paid extra, at his own option. In either case, he is also made to understand that his extra work is appreciated as neigh borly accommodation.
 This covers the hired mans case. Whether it covers the owners l am not so sure. It is my impression that the gardener himself works nearer sixteen than eight hours on that same job. For, after the regular day is over, he has his own chores" to do. And numberless little things have to be looked after and looked over; number less little errands done; numbefless little jobs tidied up; plans for next days work laid out, etc Also, before the regular days work begins, he has those same nehores" to attend to, every morning.
 In my own case, it happens that l have to hire my having done. When the grass is ready to cut, I usually have too many other things demanding instant attention. For several years past, 1 have noted that the men and teams whom l hire to do the having never reach my farm before s a. m. And. unless they have load actually on the rigging, they knock off at ) D. m. One day last sun1ner, 1 chanceI to be in the hay field at five o'clock. One team had just finished taking on a load The ether drove into the meadow, empty, having just pitched 'one off into the bay. The five o'clock whistle blew. Tie driver of the load ed team sang out: Well, shall we un- load this tonight 2" One helper said he guessed it would be easier then than in the nernin. The other said he for one, was goin' home. He climbed on the empty. rigging of the second team, whose driver promptly swung around, drove out through the hars and disappeared The other man and the driver took their load to the harm, pitched it off,-the whole opera ton taking only ten minutes backed out and started after the first with the tired horses oil a tr6t, so as to catch up with them before. they should get to their own barn.
 Later, found that my bill charged me with tkat extra ten minutes as
 overtime" And the driver. who hired that helper by the day, told me, in ex- pianstion, that he had to pay the help CT for 1t. Also, that he couldn't get al man, for love or money; to work after five o'clock. whether in the hayfield or not, without agreeing, beforehand, to pay him extra if continuance of work after that was called for.
 Considering all the circumstances, I thought this was cutting things pretty fine. But I had had a dusty job find ing any body who would do my having under any conditions. and, on the whole, felt myself lucky in getting thei crop in. after any fashion.
 And I will say this for those fellows. in simple justice: they did work while they worked. l think they barned the hay as quickly and in as good shape as when we all put in from a. m to p. m, in handling it.
 Near me is a large farm, the largest anywhere in my neighborhood, where all the farmwork is done by hired help Everything on it is governed by clock and bell. Its regular work day is from a. m. to $ D. m. with an hour off at. noon. This counts as a ten-h hour day, by the clock. In fact, the men, who are supposed to appear at the barns at ' a. m. never get to the fields before 8 o'clock they take nearer two hours than one for their mornings; and they