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Wheat is threflied at 2 s. 6 d. oats, i s. 4d. bar- 

 ley, I s. 9 d . and beans, 1 s. 3 d. per quarter. 



A carpenter by the day, has 2 s. 4d. in fummer, 

 and 2 s. in winter. 



A mafon 2 s. 4d. without board. 



A blackfmith charges 5 d. for a horfe-flioe. 



Wrought iron, fuch as is ufed in mounting ploughs 

 or carts, cofts 4^ d. the pound. 



Inclofing land, which is here always done with 

 ditch and hedge, cofts 1 s. 6 d. the running yard, 

 and includes the price of the quicks, carting the 

 ditches, a double row of poft and rail, and keeping 

 the hedges clean, and the fences in repair for 5 

 years. 



Labour commences in fummer at 6 o'clock in the 

 morning, and ceafes at the fame hour in the even- 

 ing ; during hay and corn harveft, labour begins at 

 5 o'clock in the morning, and ceafes about 7 o'clock 

 in the evening ; and in winter, the operations of 

 hufbandry go on from day-light to dark. 



A man and a boy with 3 or 4 horfes, and a one 

 furrow plough, will plow one aci"e in the day. 

 This is done in what is here called one journey : 

 In fummer they are at work by 6 o'clock in the 

 morning, and go between 7 and 8 hours without in- 

 terval ; after which the men are principally em- 

 ployed during the remainder of the day in pro- 

 viding food for the horfes. 



The maintenance of the fervants is here a very 

 expenfive article to the farmer. The breakfaftcon- 

 iifts of cold meat, with cheefe, bread and beer. 

 For dinner, roaft or boiled meat with pudding, 

 and for fupper the fame as at breakfaft ; and be- 

 fides ale, allowed on extraordinary occafions, they 

 have fmall beer at command at all hours. The 

 luxury in which this clafs of people live, accounts 



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