The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . headgirls secured from £19 to £21 ; second hands,£15 10s. to £16 : and young girls, £S to £10 10s. On Tuesday the Martinmas Hiring Fair atWigton, Cumberland, was held, and was largelyattended by both farmers and servants. As atother fairs, the latter, knowing the backward stateof work, held out for higher wages, and the hiringwas accordingly slow. Experienced men obtainedfrom £15 to £17 for the ensuing half-year endingWhitsuntide ; second class, £12 to £14 ; youths,£8 to £11 ; and lads, £5 to £7. Female servantswere scarce, and were outnumbered
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . headgirls secured from £19 to £21 ; second hands,£15 10s. to £16 : and young girls, £S to £10 10s. On Tuesday the Martinmas Hiring Fair atWigton, Cumberland, was held, and was largelyattended by both farmers and servants. As atother fairs, the latter, knowing the backward stateof work, held out for higher wages, and the hiringwas accordingly slow. Experienced men obtainedfrom £15 to £17 for the ensuing half-year endingWhitsuntide ; second class, £12 to £14 ; youths,£8 to £11 ; and lads, £5 to £7. Female servantswere scarce, and were outnumbered by women got as much as £13; secondclass women, £8 10s. to £10; and girls, £5upwards. The wages in each case include boardand lodging at the farms. At Stockton, on Wednesday, men capable ofdoing all classes of farm work, and women forgeneral farm work, were very scarce, and hardlyany engagements were made/with women. Plough-men commanded £1.) a half-year, boys £6 and £/whilst girls received £7 to £ A REMARKABLE WHEAT Wheat Stack shown above has been standing in its present position forclose upon thirty years. It belongs to Mr. Philip Selby, and is to be seen inhis stackyard at Aisby, a few miles from Grantham. The stack canundoubtedly claim the distinction of being the oldest of its kind in theworld. It is said that the reason it has never been thrashed is becausethe owner once made a vow that he would not sell the grain under acertain price, which it never attained. It is black with age, but the grainis in good condition. It is said that there is not a rat in the stack; theholes seen in the picture have been made by birds. 604 MARK LANE -EXPRESS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL November 18,190? West Country Notes. HOW many expressions of thankfulness 1 haveheard during the past week at the relaxationof the regulations requiring licenses for all move-ments of swine. It is practically only in the placesbordering on the county of Some
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