Hi Bob There were still plenty of ag labs around in 1911 but that did not mean they couldn't read or write Remembering also that Ag Lab was an occupation to describe a multitude of different occupations in earlier census, they got much better at classifying them in later census but earlier much would depend upon what the enumerators opinion was Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 26/07/2014 12:31, Bob Rust via wrote: > Sorry about that, clicked the wrong button. > I was going to say:- > Out in the country areas even in 1891 young boys were classified as general, > farm or agricultural labourers. > > Bob