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.that a farmer pays; and, sometimes, they far 

 exceed the wages. 



314. It is, too, of importance to know, what 

 sort of labourers these Americans are ; for, 

 though a labourer is a labourer, still there is 

 some difference in them ; and, these Americans 

 are the lest that I ever saw. They mow four 

 acres of oats, wheat, rye, or barley in a day, and, 

 with a cradle, lay it so smooth in the swarths, 

 that it is tied up in sheaves with the greatest 

 neatness and ease. They mow two acres and 

 a half of grass in a day, and they do the 

 work well. And the crops, upon, an average, 

 are all, except the wheat, as heavy as in England. 

 The English farmer will want nothing more 

 than these facts to convince him, that the la 

 bour, after all, is not so very dear. 



315. The causes of these performances, so far 

 beyond those in England, is first, the men are 

 tall and well built; they are bony rather than 

 fleshy ; and they live, as to food, as w r ell as man 

 can live. And, secondly, they have been edu 

 cated to do much in a day. The farmer here 

 generally is at the head of his " boys," as they, 

 in the kind language of the country, are called. 

 Here is the best of examples. My old and be 

 loved friend, Mr. JAMES PAUL, used, at the 

 age of nearly sixty to go at the head of his 

 mowws, though his fine farm was his own, and 



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