. Farmer and stockbreeder . work and rate ofpay until the policy of the Government withregard to Agriculture be declared. (3) That this committee consider that specialhours of labour be fixed for special classes ofworkers, namely, cattlemen and shepherds, suchhours not to exceed 62, with a correspondingincrease of wages. MINERS AND HARVEST LABOUR Tt was reported at a meeting of the PontypriddFarmers Union that the Labourers Union hadapproached the Miners Federation -with a viewto preventing miners assisting in harvest workafter mining hours and thus depriving the labourersof overtime with extr
. Farmer and stockbreeder . work and rate ofpay until the policy of the Government withregard to Agriculture be declared. (3) That this committee consider that specialhours of labour be fixed for special classes ofworkers, namely, cattlemen and shepherds, suchhours not to exceed 62, with a correspondingincrease of wages. MINERS AND HARVEST LABOUR Tt was reported at a meeting of the PontypriddFarmers Union that the Labourers Union hadapproached the Miners Federation -with a viewto preventing miners assisting in harvest workafter mining hours and thus depriving the labourersof overtime with extra pay. It was decided to point_out that the farmers from time immemorial hadused all the labour available during harvest timeand making hay while the sun shines. Wet weather again prevailed last week. Much ofthe heavy land is still inaccessible. What is a record price for many years was ob-tained at a grass-keeping letting at Northampton onFriday. About 10 acres, in close proximity to thetown, fetched £11 2s. 6d. an acre !. On the Road Home: The New Way— FROM CORN TO GRASS LORD ERNLES APPROVAL At a meeting of the Holderness AgriculturalClub, it was stated that the Central Wages Boardhad decided to defer putting into operation thenew wages scale for agricultural workers until theBoard had considered the objections which had beenlodged. The Board would meet on the 8th inst. The chairman Mr. J. H. Spilman, submitted areport with regard to the deputation which waitedupon Lord Ernie at Whitehall. He said that theyreceived a good hearing and were assured thatMr. Lloyd George would keep his promises tofarmers. They were not, however, told how itwas going to be done. The deputation pointed outthat in view of the difficulties created by shorterworking hours, unless prices were greatly raisedfor corn and other produce, a good deal of landwould go down to grass, which would be very muchagainst production. One member of the deputa-tion said one of his neighbours was putting down500 acre
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