BRITAIN’S POPULATION.
AN IMPORTANT REPORT. [By EIEOTBIO TeEECU.U'H—CoI'YIUGIIT] [United Press Association. I London, December 19. The Board of Agriculture, in a report on rural depopulation, states that since 1901 about 1,060,000 acres have passed out. of tillage, and 808,000 out of cultivation. This is attributed to emigration to Canada and Australia, due to the activity of adepts and the advertising of the allurements of colonial life. The lowness of wages in rural districts is amongst the chief causes, but there is no evidence that emigration is greatest where the wages ,ato least. «■{■ > * "j $ The report adds’ that there is a general deficiency of skilled farm-hands. lAiiylsha{'honing of the intelligence, due to improved literary education, does not) compensate for lack of technical training. . Alorepver, manual areas of agriculture are being neglected by those who still seek employment on the land.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 20 December 1913, Page 6
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139BRITAIN’S POPULATION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 94, 20 December 1913, Page 6
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