[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I believe it will
be found that milking is one of the activities mostly objected to, and this by reason of the long hours and the unbroken demands of the work. The milker must rise early winter and summer, while Sunday and week- day require the same attention. To this must also be added in many cases the duty of taking the milk twice a day to some station or factory at a distance of six or seven miles. All agricultural work by its very nature involves longer hours than other employment ; but if some improvement could be devised in this direction one very serious difficulty would be Overcome. The alleged "dulness" of village life, though great, is often exaggerated, and the fact that gardeners and stablemen may be obtained with comparative ease shows that it is not the country, but the particular conditions of work which are objected to.—I am, Sir, &c., Loxton Rectory, Somerset. JOHN E. PAGE.
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