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trampling about in a sort of confusion, which 

 would make an English farmer fret himself to 

 death; but which is here seen with great pla- 

 cidness. The out-buildings, except the barns, 

 and except in the finest counties of Pennsyl 

 vania, are not so numerous, or so capacious, as 

 in England, in proportion to the size of the 

 farms. The reason is, that the weather is so 

 dry. Cattle need not covering a twentieth part 

 so much as in England, except hogs, who must 

 be warm as well as dry. However, these share 

 with the rest, and very little covering they 

 get. 



313. Labour is the great article of expence 

 upon a farm ; yet it is not nearly so great as 

 in England, in proportion to the amount of the 

 produce of a farm, especially if the poor- 

 rates be, in both cases, included. However, 

 speaking of the positive wages, a good farm-* 

 labourer has twenty-five pounds sterling a year 

 and his board and lodging; and a good day- 

 labourer has, upon an average, a dollar a day. 

 A woman servant, in a farm-Jiouse, has from 

 forty to fifty dollars a year, or eleven pounds 

 sterling. These are the average of the wages 

 throughout the country. But, then, mind, the 

 farmer has nothing (for, really, it is not worth 

 mentioning) to pay in poor-rates; which in 

 England, must always be added to the wages 



