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RETURNS OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE IN 1921.

(a) Ministry of Agriculture Returns.

Males.

(es

Females.

Regular workers
Casual workers

612,072
131,253

i

73,180
52.678

Total

743.325 125.858

(b) Census of Population (Industry Tables).*

Pi

Males.

Females.

Farmers’ sons, daughters or other relatives assisting
 in the work of the farm - -
Farm bailiffs and foremen -
Shepherds - - - -
Agricultural labourers, farm servants —
Distinguished as in charge of cattle -
ro ” horses
Not otherwise distinguished  -Agricultural
 machine, tractor-drivers, attendants
Gardeners, nurserymen, seedsmen, florists - -
Gardeners’ labourers - - Es - :
All other persons in agricultural occupations

79,643
21,396
10,936

15,291
209
39

57,464
111,008
368,025
8,877
36,811
16,560
18,478

10,341
299
21,014
56
2,820
3,966
4,670

Total - - - - - -
Other persons employed in the industry  -729,198

 |
17,138

58,705
6,033

Total -

746,336 | 64,738

* This table is exclusive of persons who appear to be employers or
working on their own account, viz., farmers, 263,014; land and estate
agents, 214; gardeners, nurserymen, seedsmen and florists 39,273;
agricultural machine proprietors, &e., 1,490: and also 8,897 persons
employed in woods and forests.

There is thus a considerable measure of agreement in the
number of male workers shown in these two tables, but a marked
difference in the number of females.
It seems probable that the women returned ag regular
workers ” in the Agricultural Returns include many women who
are employed regularly, as, for example, on milking, but who
are not whole-time workers. These are often wives or relations
of agricultural labourers ang others, and though thus engaged
in agricultural work would not probably return themselves in
a, way which would lead them to be included either in the Occupation
 or Industry Tables of the Census. Similarly, as regards
casual female workers who are employed on such work as potato