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c form this petty bufinefs with propriety and 

 " difpatch. 



The prefent price of dibbling a free light 

 ' foil is nine (hillings an acre, and beer. It 

 ' formerly was half a guinea. If the foil be 

 ; ftiff or ftony, it is now worth more than 

 ' that money. The dibbler is a fort of maf- 

 1 ter of his fet ; for if he has not children of 

 his own, he hires his droppers, giving 

 J them fixpence a-day each if expert hands, 

 c or three pence a-day if learners : two of 

 them being employed on one flag, each 

 taking one row of holes ; fo that he pays 

 for dropping, three pence a-day for each 

 |C row of holes. An expert dibbler will hole 

 " half an acre a-day, which, at nine (hillings, 

 6 is four and fixpence, out of which he pays 

 " one milling and fixpence to his droppers. 

 *' But one third of an acre is reckoned a fair- 

 " day's work; which at nine Ihillings an 

 ft acre, is three (hillings ; out of which pay- 

 : ing one (hilling and fixpence, he has one 

 t( (hilling and fixpence left for his own day's 

 " work. 



" Quantity of feed. One builiel to fix 

 " pecks an acre ; and if the flags crack much 

 " in plowing, fome throw on half a peck, or 



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