THE SONG OF THE TRENCH

MEETING OF EVESHAM RDC

The Chairman of the Worcestershire Territorial Forces Association forwarded Sir Richard Temple’s letter appealing for recruits for the Volunteer Training Corps.

The Chairman said just now the men were engaged all their time on the land, and had no time for training, and if they tried to persuade all they could to join that might meet the case.

Mr Binyon said they had quite a strong company at Badsey.

WOMEN AND FARM WORK

A NEW APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE LAND ARMY

A WORD TO THE FARMERS

POEM ABOUT WOMEN LABOUR

What would happen in Worcestershire in the future:

The corn crops of the county this year school girls shall reap,

This year the Malvern maidens will dip the scabby sheep.

And in the Vale of Evesham the fruit be gathered in

By the hands of loving lasses whose lads march to Berlin.

WOMEN GARDENERS

THE NEW WORKERS AT EVESHAM

A correspondent contributes the following article to the “Times”: -

WOMEN AND THE LAND

To the Editor of the “Journal & Advertiser”

Sir

WOMEN WORKERS FOR THE LAND

CHILD LABOUR ON THE LAND

THE QUESTION OF WAGES

It is upon the vexed question of wages, the biggest problem will most likely occur in connection with the matter of women’s labour. It  ought to have been quite obvious to everybody by now that women workers will have to be paid a decent wage, but apparently there are still some farmers who think they are going to get women for only 10s a week. Mr Acland thinks that for piece-work women should be paid at the same rate as men; and that their time rate should be 3d or 4d an hour, so that they can earn 15s or 16s during the week.