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... the brewers , although some still brew large quantities for the labourers ' drinking in harvest time . At a period when compara- tively little ready money passed between employer and employed , 6 THE FARMER AT HOME .
... the brewers , although some still brew large quantities for the labourers ' drinking in harvest time . At a period when compara- tively little ready money passed between employer and employed , 6 THE FARMER AT HOME .
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... harvest . They are , in fact , grown especially for them . At the dinner - hour one or more men of the number , deputed by the rest , come up to the house . One carries the wooden bottles , or small barrels of ale , which are handed out ...
... harvest . They are , in fact , grown especially for them . At the dinner - hour one or more men of the number , deputed by the rest , come up to the house . One carries the wooden bottles , or small barrels of ale , which are handed out ...
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... harvest , when , as work begins earlier , it is at eleven . This luncheon hour is another source of constant irritation to the agricul- turist . He does not wish to bind his men down to an exact minute , and if a man has some distance ...
... harvest , when , as work begins earlier , it is at eleven . This luncheon hour is another source of constant irritation to the agricul- turist . He does not wish to bind his men down to an exact minute , and if a man has some distance ...
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... harvest , however , he has an advantage . The corn is reaped by piece - work , and the labourers therefore strain every nerve to do as much as they can . But then he must be on the lookout to see that they do not " scamp " it . The ...
... harvest , however , he has an advantage . The corn is reaped by piece - work , and the labourers therefore strain every nerve to do as much as they can . But then he must be on the lookout to see that they do not " scamp " it . The ...
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... to make up for that , work ends earlier in the afternoon . In the spring , as the evenings draw out , there is almost always something to be done even after the labourers have left . In harvest time , 24 THE FARMER AT HOME .
... to make up for that , work ends earlier in the afternoon . In the spring , as the evenings draw out , there is almost always something to be done even after the labourers have left . In harvest time , 24 THE FARMER AT HOME .
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