The term ‘agricultural labourer’ covers a lot of ground, from shepherds and farm labourers to cattlemen. They were casual labourers as opposed to farm servants who were usually contracted for a year and lived on the farm. However, the instructions for the enumerators of the 1841 census said, “Time may be saved by writing… ‘Ag. Lab’ for Agricultural labourer, which may include all farming servants and labourers in husbandry.” Temporary labourers tended to follow
AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS
May 31, 2022
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