February 7, 2022
COMMISSION ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PERSONS, AND WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE (1867).
PAGE 294 CROWLE.Population 2,648. Mr. John Brunyee, overseer .”The women and children are the masters here ; and they won’t work without high wages. The children can find employ- ment all the year in the fields, and there is a flax mill besides. They don’t work before 10, except in harvest. They often work 10, 20, or even 50 together in pulling ” line ” […]