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Camile
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Hour rate for farm helper (cowboy ?)Hello,
I just wanted to ask what was the going rate for someone helping out on a farm ?
It's a 140 acres dairy farm with 40 milking cows and a limousine bull ... and the job is general mucking, feeding, repairs and so on ..
A dog strayed in to us last week, and the owner is the farmer ... and he offerred me a job for a couple of hours/days a week, flexible to suit anything I have to do at home ...
hurray ! and on top of that, it's barely 2 miles down the road .. so within walking/cycling distance ...
so am I what you would call a cowboy ? without the horse but I could ride the billy !
Camile
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blowin
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The going rate is invariably double what you are prepared to pay if you want someone to work for you , or half of what you ask if you are going to work for someone else .
Don't worry about being a cowboy without a horse . There are plenty of cowboy tradesmen with no skill so I think you will be outstanding in your chosen career  .
Casual labour around here is 10 euro / hour for cash-in-hand . Good luck
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wayland
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Nice one mate.  You will have to change your handle though. Quick Draw Camile dont have the right ring to it me thinks. How about "Jake"
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Camile
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QuickDraw Gerry reporting ...
I've worked a good few hours and it's class .. and I'm getting 10euros /h ... so it's not bad I think ...
knowing that I have no qualification or skills as such .. I had never driven a tractor or milked a cow ... I now know how to drive one ..
and will learn how to milk fairly soon ... although I allready came home with some milk ... wouhou !
Camile
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wayland
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That is, Drive a tractor and not the other? 
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