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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Then, in the last quarter of the century, the incipient mechanization of industry removed the last prop from the … the family farmers of the sheepand-corn countries, their mechanization deprived these farmers of their by-employments. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… work' 226 was answered by the improvement in wages due to mechanization and a smaller working force. Steam-plough …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of labour and capital must have risen. Until 1939 at least mechanization was limited, and the economy in labour which … to become comparable with those of other workers. Farm mechanization, as a cost-reducing and labour-displacing …