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and 133 three foot, each a Foot broad, which in paling will reach three 

 times as far as the like number of Cleft Pales. 



To cleave Pales is i2d. the hundred. 



The space between Lath and Lath should be three Inches ; 7 or 800 

 of Tiles, 100 of Laths, and 500 of Nails will do a Square of Tyling; 

 and a load of Straw will do about a square of Thatching. 



OF SEVERAL SORTS OF WORKS BELONGING TO HUSBANDRY COMPUTED 

 ACCORDING TO THE WORKMAN'S WAGES OF FOURTEEN PENCE A DAY 



IN SUMMER, AND TWELVE PENCE A DAY IN WINTER. 



Of Plowing and Harrowing. 



Of Plowing and Harrowing. A man cannot well plow in stiff grounds 

 above an Acre in a Day of Lays, or Land the first time it is fallowed, 

 but where Land is broke up already, if the Land is not miry, he may 

 plow an Acre and half, and in sandy light Lands two Acres. In stiff 

 Clays they may plow and sow one acre of wheat, and an acre and a half 

 of Barley or Oats, and in light Lands double as much with one Team of 

 Horses ; but an Ox-Team cannot do above Two-thirds of that quantity. 



The Price for plowing of Land with us is four Shillings an Acre, for 

 each striking of it over two Shillings an Acre, and for harrowing once 

 in a place, six Pence an Acre ; but if 'tis Land not plowed before, 'tis 

 worth seven Shillings an Acre. The charges o f keeping an ordinary 

 Team of Horses, where Oats sell for ten Shillings a Quarter, and Hay 

 at twenty Shillings a Load, the countrymen reckon about fifty pounds 

 a year. 



Of Reaping and Mowing. 



Of Reaping and Mowing of Corn. One man with a Binder may reap an 

 Acre of Wheat, and something more of Rye in a Day, if it stands well ; 

 or one man alone may reap and bind half an acre; and of Pease, 

 Vetches, etc., one Acre. For making up of Sheafs of Oats or Barley, one 

 man will bind as much as another can mow, and that from two to four 

 Acres in a day, if thin. 



The common allowance to a man for a Month's Harvest, if you find 

 him Victuals and Drink, with us is thirty Shillings. But if he finds 

 himself fifty Shillings a month, where a man has fourteen pence a Day 

 in Summer, and twelve pence in Winter. 



The Price of Reaping and Binding of wheat by the Acre is four 

 Shillings, if weedy and laid five Shillings an Acre ; of Rye three Shillings 

 and sixpence or four Shillings an Acre ; to mow Oats is one Shilling an 

 Acre, and to make them fit to Inn is one Shilling an Acre more ; to do 

 the same for Barley is worth two Shillings and sixpence an Acre; 

 Bullimond is two Shillings and sixpence ; Pease and Tares four Shillings 

 an Acre. 



Thrashing. 



Of Thrashing of Corn. A man may thrash four Bushels of Wheat or 

 Rye, six Bushels of Barley or Oats, and five Bushels of Beans and Pease 

 in a Day, if the Corn thrash well. 



Price. 



The Price of thrashing of Corn is, for Wheat, from Threepence to 

 Fourpence a Bushel j for Rye from Two-pence to Three-pence; for 



