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farmer in that parifli. They principally belong to the infant fon of the late Sir JamesTilney 

 Long. By enclofure they would probably be of more than double their prefent value, the 

 foil being in general very good. 



ig. By being converted into arable. 



so. The beft men fervants for farmers from 7I. to 81. or 9I. a year; maid fer\'ants 3I. to 4I. for 

 ditto; fervants to gentlemen confiderably higher. Farmer's labourers i4d. aday; by the 

 piece they earn from 4s. or 6s. to 9s. or 10s. per week, according as the job turns out, or 

 in proportion to the ftrength or dexterity of the labourer. The daily wages have been 

 nominally raifed within thefe few years about 2d. in the fliilling; but the annual earnings, 

 comprehending all defcriptions, young and old, llrong and infirm, are perhaps not greatly 

 advanced. 



21. Fenny grounds we have very little, if any of; a very fmall proportion of the moory foil, 

 and the requifite draining of it is not fully or properly attended to. The common mode 

 of draining the wettifli arable and indeed pafture land, is by means of the common Eflex 

 land ditching, which, within the laft forty years, has more improved our farms than any 

 other praftice. 



2Z. Paring and burning have/I believe, not been at all pra£i:ifed in thispariflij; very little in the 

 neighbourhood, and thefe not anfwering expectation. 



23. The proportion of woodland I have already ftated, which is fcarcely a fifteenth part of the 

 whole; nor do I think it is higher in the neighbourhood in general, if indeed fo high. 

 The underwood is ufually felled at about fourteen or fifteen years growth, and the anntial 

 rent from ids. to 14s. or 15s. an acre. I know not that either the underwood or timber 

 are fubjeft to any peculiar difeafes. The greatefl: enemy to the growth of the timber 

 trees upon the poorer lands is the white mofs; but I know of no particular means which 

 have been adopted to remedy this evil. 



24. The price of provifions, fuch as butcher's meat, flour, &c. nearly the fame as in the 

 London markets, and will probably be much dearer before next harvelt for very obvious 

 reafons. And the other neceifaries of life will probably advance likewife on an average of 

 the next feven years, from the increafe of taxes. 



25. The ftate of our more public roads is very good, excepting only the tempoi'ary efFe£ls of 

 the late froft. Our private roads are rather bad, but are gradually becoming better. No 

 improvement in the mode of making or repairing them, unlefs the laying the materials 

 fomewhat higher and rounder in the middle than formerly be deemed one. For the better 



D d prefervation 



