HARVESTING GRAIN* 369 



S men at 15s. L. 2 5 ) 



irt ftCL. 4 15 per week. 

 4 women at 12 s. 6 d. 2 10 J 



Victuals for seven days per week, as they get victuals on Sundays. 



Oatmeal porridge and milk for breakfast, at 2d."J 

 each* - - L. 1 2 j 



To dinner 1 bottle of ale, at 2d. 



each f 1 2 Lo 5 10 per day. 



18 oz. of good wheat bread, at 



4 d. each - 0341 



Supper same as breakfast, at 2 d. 7 



each 1 2) 



For one week, L. 2 10 



Victuals for seven people for four weeks, 

 Money wages as above, L. 4 15 per week, 



4 



L. 19 L. 19 



Meat and wages for seven labourers, for four 



weeks, - - L. 27 S 4 



According to the above statement, seven reapers should 

 cut 48 English acres in four weeks, the common duration 

 of harvest, and the expence would be 1 Is. 4d. per English 

 acre to a fraction. Some give the reapers more liberty 

 than others ; where that is the case, they may cut 50 acres 

 in place of 48, but the loss will be double the expences sa- 

 ved, being done more carelessly. In wet seasons, where 

 it is necessary to open out corn to dry, See. the expence 

 per acre must be higher. 



* This seems a low calculation ; 2 d. for a breakfast of porridge, is sup- 

 posing meal to be at 1 s. 6 A, per peck, there being only ten bickers made 

 out of a peck, which would leave only 2 d. for a week's milk. 

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