THE FARM WORKER
Sir, —There has been so much comment;; on farm labour that one does not know whether to believe it all or noi/.J Quite a lot of these letters are written" by those who use a non-de-plume. My own working time is 13 hours per day.? Included in the 13 hours I have my full hours for meals, also time for, afternoon tea. We start at 5 a.m. and work till 6 p.m. Each milking occupies two hours, which is milking time only. There are three hands in the shed, and everything is worked systematically. Living conditions are then best and meals 100 per cent. I have a room of my own, with concrete path from the main home; it is equipped with electric light and water laid on. I sleep between sheets, while all linen is supplied and, last but not least, it has a built-in wardrobe and a tub to wash in. Dairy farming is what one makes it. Carry out instructions and there will always be fair play. Do this and the employer will meet half-way and, last but not least, I am treated with the same respect as the employer's family. I have yet to meet those farm hands who sleep on chaff sacks for mattresses. Paeroa. V. Howard Botd.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22398, 20 April 1936, Page 12
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