ON MEASURE-WORK. 



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latter operation may be done at so much per sack — we found 

 3^/. to be a fair price; or tliey may be taken up at a certain 

 rate per acre. 



Tahle of tlte Value of Laboxir m Siiffolk. 



Wages of a common day-labourer, 10s. a week ; at harvest-time, about 

 Zs. 6d. a day. 



s. d. s. d. 



Mowing wheat 6 to 8 per acre. 



,, barley 2 2 6 



, , grass 2 2 6 ,, 



, , clover and rye-grass 2 , , 



Reaping wheat 8 10 ,, 



,, beans 6 ,, 



Pitching and loading wheat 1 ,, » 



,, barley 1 6 „ 



Hoeing, singling out turnips 3 3 6 ,, 



,, second time 2 6 3 ,, 



,, between drills 1 6 ,, 



,, drilled carrots, three times .... 10 15 ,, 



„ wheat 2 6 3 



,, tares, beans, or peas 2 6 3 ,, 



Pulling and storing Swedes in clamps ... . 70 ,, 



Laying in turnips 3 i^ 



Topping and tailing, and tilling turnips 



into carts 8 ,, 



Pulling mangel-wurzel 5 „ 



Filling into carts 2 ,, 



Taking up and topping carrots broadcast 18 20 ,, 



Ditto drilled 12 



Dibbling wheat, whole setting 7 6 8 ,, 



Ditto, three-quarter setting 5 ,, 



Ditto, beans and peas 4 ,, 



Haulming 1 8 ,, 



Paring and burning ., 25 30 ,, 



Ploughing 1 4 ,, 



Harrowing and rolling, each about 2 ,, 



Digging 2 2^ a rod square. 



Trenching 6 , , 



Digging in small turnips for seed 3 , , 



Thatching stacks 1 a yard. 



Digging ditches (various) 



Common Suffolk draining, 30 inches deep 4 4 6a score rods. 



Tile-draining, 4 feet deep 6 8 a rod. 



Cutting down hedge, facing bank, and put- 

 ting on dead fence 6 8 „ 



Filling clay 2 per yard cube. 



Ditto and spreading clay 2^ 3 ,, 



Filling muck 2 score loads. 



Spreading ditto 16 2 ,, 



Turning muck-heaps 8 12 each. 



Turning over farm-yard dung 1 score loads. 



