Not Much Profit in Some Poultry Farms
Rccords of 30 poultry farms in the English northern ' counties, analysed by the Department of Agriculture, King's College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, show an average profit for 1937-38 of 3s 5Jd per laying bird. This figure was arrived at after charging 5 per cent. interest on capital, but no allowanee was made for family labour. In terms of "wages," the poultry farmers earned on average 24s 6d per week. In 1936-37 the weekly "wage" was only 14s 3d. Thus, although the average size of the flocks ranged from '(00 to 500 birds, the farms failed to provide a living wage approaching the minimum rate received by the farm worker, "who, moreover, enjoys such advantages as defined hours of work, health and unemployment insurance, limited responsibility, and the security of the long-term hiring agreement." Foodstuffs, it is stated, accounted for nearly 70 per ccnt. of the total expenditure. Average capital investment wai 12s 6d per laying bird.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1940, Page 17 (Supplement)
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160Not Much Profit in Some Poultry Farms Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1940, Page 17 (Supplement)
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