Documents. 619 



Oats from Twelve-pence to Fourteen-pence a quarter, and for Barley 

 the same. 



Of Digging of Land. A man may dig four or five Square Pole in 

 a Day of Garden-ground a Spit deep, that hath been dug already ; and 

 he may dig three Pole or more to fill into wheelbarrows, and something 

 better than two Poles into Carts, if 'tis good digging ground. The common 

 Price for digging of Garden-ground is fourpence a Pole, because they 

 expect better Wages for Garden, than other work, else Threepence 

 a Pole is good Wages. To dig Ground a Spit deep, and to fill it into 

 wheelbarrows is worth Four-pence a Pole, and into carts Six-pence a Pole. 



Of Hedging and Ditching. A Man may Ditch and Quickset three 

 Poles or more in a day, where the Ditch is three Foot wide, and two 

 Foot deep. 



A man may make a Hedge five foot high, bind it well, and lay it thick, 

 and do two Pole in a day ; if lower he may do double. 



The Price of Hedging and Ditching, to make a Hedge and lay the 

 Quick is Threepence a Pole. 



To make a Hedge and cleanse a Ditch, the common way is Five-pence 

 a Pole; but if he plash it well, and cleanse the Ditch two spit deep, 

 and sets it with Quick where any is wanting, 'tis worth from Six pence 

 to Eight pence a Pole. 



To lay a Hedge and bind it well, and to make a new Ditch of three 

 Foot broad is Twelve pence a Pole, and in very stony Ground Fourteen 

 pence a Pole, and the Workmen find Quick and plant it and make a new 

 Hedge with Bushes. 



Of making of Banks. They are measured by the Float or Floor, 

 which is eighteen Foot Square, and one deep, which contains twelve 

 Cart-load in good mould. A Man will fill into wheelbarrows a Floor 

 and half in a Day, which will require three Men to carry away in 

 Barrows, and to trim and ram the earth. 



Note, that of what depth and breadth you make your Ditch, the Bank 

 will be near of the same height and breadth. In the marshes they dig 

 a Ditch ten Foot wide at the top, and six in the bottom, and four foot 

 deep, at two Shillings a Pole, reckoning twenty one Foot to the Pole. 



To measure a Ditch take the length, and for the breadth see how 

 wide 'tis at the bottom and at the top, and half it ; as suppose a Ditch 

 six Foot wide at the top, and four at the bottom, which makes ten Foot, 

 the half of which will be five Foot, which multiply by the length and 

 you have the contents of the Ditch. 



To mow Grass. A Man may mow in a day an Acre of Meadow ; 

 but if it stand well and be even, he may mow an Acre and a half; and 

 if 'tis up-land meadows, and the Grass thin, he may mow two Acres 

 in a day. 



To cut Grass, and to make it Hay fit to carry in, is worth in Meadows 

 three Shillings and six pence an Acre, and in up-lands from three 

 Shillings and six pence to four Shillings an Acre. Only to mow in 

 Meadows is one Shilling and six pence an Acre, and up-lands from 

 twenty pence to two Shillings an Acre. 



