The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

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Identifikator:: 1757028552

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-135495

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The agricultural output of England and Wales 1925

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1927

Scope:: XV, 152 Seiten; graph. Darst., Kt.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VIII. Employment and wages in agriculture

Collection:: Economics Books

103 planting, root thinning, and other similar work at other times of the year, a very large proportion of these may not describe themselves as agricultural workers in the Census Returns. There is also some doubt as to the extent to which female domestic servants are included in the Agricultural Returns. Many of these are partially engaged on farm work such as dairying. As the Ministry’s return is taken in June before the fruit-picking and hop-picking season, those persons whose only agricultural work is in connection with these operations are excluded. On the whole, therefore, it may be accepted that the number of persons regularly or generally employed in agriculture or horti- culture was about 870,000 in 1921. In addition to the figures given above for 1921, the numbers of workers returned to the Ministry by occupiers of holdings in 1923, 1924 and 1925 are also available and compare as shown below. NUMBERS 0F WORKERS RETURNED BY OCCUPIERS OF LAND AS EMPLOYED ON JUNE 4TH OF THE UNDERMENTIONED YEARS. Regular Workers. Casual Workers. Y ear. Men and hovs. Women and oirls. Men and bovs. Women and oirls. Thous. Thous. Thous. Thous. 1921 © | 612 73 131 53 1923 566 59 104 43 | 924 582 | 62 115 | 47 1925 579 60 115 49 Total. Thous. 869 72 806 803 The striking decrease between 1921 and 1923 may possibly reflect the financial difficulties under which farmers operated owing to the sharp fall in prices in that period, while the slight increase in employment in the following year may be due to the more stable conditions prevailing in 1924. Generally, however, the figures indicate an appreciable decline in the numbers employed since 1921. With regard to the number of “employers” in agriculture it has sometimes been suggested that the discrepancy between the apparent number of *“ farmers ”” and the number of agricultural holdings is too great and is evidence of inaccuracy on one side or the other. Owing, however, to the fact already explained that a good deal of land is occupied as a secondary occupation, no exact agreement ought to be expected between the number of persons included under the heading ¢ farmer” and of the total number of holdings discussed in the preceding chapter. Of the total of 410,000 separate returns of agricultural land about 50,000 were classed as miscellaneous pieces of land not ordinary

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