DOES FARMING PAY P [TO re. EDITOR Or Tnf "
$FROTATOR."] Stn,—The following may show why farming does not pay sometimes (see Spectator, February 20th). A. few days ago I was in a neighbouring town on market day, and heard one farmer say to another : " What is wrong with mutton P I have brought good, fat sheep to market, and been obliged to buy them in at 35e. each ; so I killed, and sold to our folks [I gathered that he meant his men] at 40. a pound, and this brought in 42s. a bead." This brings the market price to 31d. a pound. I do not know whether he meant that the 358. would have covered expenses of sale. If not, the price would be even lees than 31d. On the following afternoon I was at tea in a friend's house, and asked my hostess what she was giving for mutton now. She replied: "10d. a pound always."
Northmanton, Winslow.
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