A FARM WAGGONER
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—If the writer of the article " A Farm Waggoner " is accurate in his statements he should bring his case to the notice of the Agricultural Wages Board. It appears that he works 10 hours per hay including Saturday afternoon, i.e., 60 hours per week.
The minimum wage in Essex is 305. per week for 48 hours in winter and 50 hours in summer, and the minimum rate for overtime is 9d. per hour. He would therefore be entitled to 9s. per week overtime in winter and 7s. 6d. in summer ; also to a harvest bonus of 5 guineas making an average of £2 per week throughout the year, with additional overtime pay during the hay season.
The rates in other counties are on a very similar basis and in no county would the legal wage be at the very low level stated by your contributor.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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