The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . Owing to the fact thatfarmers are backward with their work a slightadvance in wages was in most cases asked, but byfar the greater part of the contracts which weremade were at the old rates. In many instancesemployers hael waied until to day before hiring,and consequently a good deal of business wasdone. Female labour was as usual scarce, and thesupply did not equal the demand, and good wageswere obtained by likely hanels. Hinds, with cot-tage, garden, and the usual allowances, made from18s. to 21s., and good managing hinds, 24s. to27s. per week
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . Owing to the fact thatfarmers are backward with their work a slightadvance in wages was in most cases asked, but byfar the greater part of the contracts which weremade were at the old rates. In many instancesemployers hael waied until to day before hiring,and consequently a good deal of business wasdone. Female labour was as usual scarce, and thesupply did not equal the demand, and good wageswere obtained by likely hanels. Hinds, with cot-tage, garden, and the usual allowances, made from18s. to 21s., and good managing hinds, 24s. to27s. per week. Capable farm foremen, £25 to£30; plough lads, £9 to £11; farm boys, £6 to£8 ; head lads and horsemen, £17 to £1S 10s. ;cooks for town places, £18 10s. to £23 ; generalservants, £13 to £15 ; housemaids and chamber-maids, £11 10s. to £15; nurse girls, £8 10s. to£11 ; young girls for farm houses, £7 10s. to£10 10s. ; second hands, £15 to £16: head girl?,£19 to £21. 684 MARK LANE EXPRESS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. December 2,1907. Notes and Jottings. AN English breeder who is visiting New Zealandhas furnished some interesting details inconnection with his impressions upon the flockshe has seen in that Colony. First and foremoststands the grand quality of the wool grown there,and from what one can gather from the letteisseen, it is evident that the breeders in thoseColonies have given the wool a great deal ofattention. They have, indeed, by selection andcare, improved the uniformity of their fleeces to aremarkable degreo, with the result that theirfleeces when offered for sale realised a higheraverage price than would be the case if they werenoLj ot that uniformity of type and character. TO write upon wool at this time when the indi-citionsof the market show a decline in theprices made is not so pleasing as it would be ifthe prices were rising. However, it cccursto thewrite--, after perusing the letters mention d in theprevious r aragraph, that it would be of gene
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