THE LABOUR PROBLEM.
TROUBLE IN THE WAIKATO. Probably never before has so much trouble been experienced with labour, says tho "Farmers' Union Advocate's" Waikato correspondent. Thoso with small lots of hay, who were able to work with their neighbours, managed to get through all right, but anyone with a, quantity who was dependent on outside casual labour had tho lime of his life for worry. Caies were frequent where several men were engaged at the rate of a shilling an hour and food, and, after being provided with an easy billet for a week or two till the hay was cut—then left. Although the weather was line, some hay stood in tho paddocks for a month while fresh lots of men were obtained to cart it. It is safe to say that -should the swedo crop prove satisfactory, as it promises to do this season, there will be very little outside labour wonted in future for haymaking. Indeed, any casual labour not bred to farm life is a liability and the sooner this is recognised tho better for the farmer.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1374, 27 February 1912, Page 8
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180THE LABOUR PROBLEM. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1374, 27 February 1912, Page 8
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