. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. penenced. wages scarcely came up to last men and foremen received £27 to £30•]secondary, £22 to £24; ploughmen, £16 to £19-strong lads, £12 to £14; and younger lads, £7 to£9 for oik year. Female .servants were scarce,the best obtaining £18 to £20; secondary, £14to £16; younger servants, £12 to £14: younsrgirls, £8 to £9 each. November 27, 1905. MARK LANE EXPRESS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL 625. Notes and Jottings. Since my last notes were penned, two very im-portant shows have taken place—the fat stockshow under the auspices of the Norfolk a
. The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c. penenced. wages scarcely came up to last men and foremen received £27 to £30•]secondary, £22 to £24; ploughmen, £16 to £19-strong lads, £12 to £14; and younger lads, £7 to£9 for oik year. Female .servants were scarce,the best obtaining £18 to £20; secondary, £14to £16; younger servants, £12 to £14: younsrgirls, £8 to £9 each. November 27, 1905. MARK LANE EXPRESS AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL 625. Notes and Jottings. Since my last notes were penned, two very im-portant shows have taken place—the fat stockshow under the auspices of the Norfolk and Nor-wich Christinas Association, and the very old-established breeding and fat stock show underthe patronage and main support of that greatfriend to agriculturists Lord Tredegar, at New-port, Monmouthshire. At the former show the fatcattle were fully up to average ; indeed, betterthan at many preceding shows. Some remark-ably good cross-bred, Irish, and Angus cattle wereincluded in the various classes. The classes con-fined to animals bred and fed in Norfolk, too, werefilled by a number of really choice animals. This latter is a very important statement to beable to make, as it evidently is the outcome ofgreater attention being paid to home breedingrather than to be always dependent upon pur-chased stock. The results at this show would ap-pear to bo in favour of the home-bred animals, andthis may have a wholesome effect upon the futu
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