. Farmer and stockbreeder . y work may con-sist of, in addition to having a great desire toarrive as late as possible and get away at thevery earliest opportunity, at the same timerefusing to listen to anything regarding piece-work, when a man is paid according to hismerit. Is not the thoughtful man your cor-respondent speaks of getting rather scarce? Iregret I must endorse Parksides view of theclass. Mr. Brown is very bold in stating : Thereis not a class of employer in England who getsmore work done for nothing, or a mere drink ofbeer, than the farmer. I venture to say he hasnot taken the tr
. Farmer and stockbreeder . y work may con-sist of, in addition to having a great desire toarrive as late as possible and get away at thevery earliest opportunity, at the same timerefusing to listen to anything regarding piece-work, when a man is paid according to hismerit. Is not the thoughtful man your cor-respondent speaks of getting rather scarce? Iregret I must endorse Parksides view of theclass. Mr. Brown is very bold in stating : Thereis not a class of employer in England who getsmore work done for nothing, or a mere drink ofbeer, than the farmer. I venture to say he hasnot taken the trouble to go far distant, and that,obviously, he has a stunted development of hislogical faculties, otherwise he could not makesuch sweeping assertions. He goes on to state: The many hours put in at night to finish ajob and never a penny paid for it, is, I believe,an unheard of proceeding. No; Mr. Hy. Brown,I am firmly convinced you are not so conversantwith this class as you consider yourself to be.—I am, etc., 1 . II. Photo by] Sowing Late Barley. [J. T. .V. 902 TEE FARMER AND STOCKBREEDER May 10, 1019. A Forecast of Farming DOES THE ROOT CROP PAY? What is the probable future of British farm-ing? We are under entirely new conditions, andit is bound to cause great alterations in ourmethods. As far as we know, after this year,we are to have the prices fixed under the CornProduction Act. Now I am inclined to thinkthat this is giving us nothing at all. It isimpossible for grain to come to anything likepre-war prices for many years. The costs ofproduction are higher in all parts of the world;freights and costs of handling will remain highbecause there will not be ships enough for along time to cause any cutting of rates; many ofthe thickly populated countries of Europe are60 crushed that their agriculture will take along time to recover; huge imports will be re-quired for quite as many years to come as theCorn Production Act covers; the great grainproducing countries have inc
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