I 'HICKS OF CONTRACT WORK. 



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Trimming hedges, ordinary size ... ... per chain 9 to 1 



Making bank for quick hedge, digging ditch 



and planting quick ,, 7 6 ,, 10 t 



,, heoge, without bank or ditch, trench- 

 ing ground, .preparing bed, and 



planting 3 ,, 4 



Cleaning young lu'dges ... ... ,, 8 ,, 9 



Laying hedge and scouring out di-toh ... 2 ,, 3 



HURDLE-MAKING: 



Making -hurdles per dozen 3 6to 4 



cattle hurdles (wattle) 5 6 



Welsh hurd-les, for *hee.p 4 ,, 5 



PITTING : 



Digging out clay per yard 6 



,, holes for tree-planting, 15in. diameter 



and 15in. deep per 100 1 6 to 2 6 



Inserting' plants ... ... ... ,, 6 ,, 1 



Notch planting ... ... }) 20 ,,3 



PREPARING METALLINE : 



Quarrying stones ... ... per yard 10 ,, 1 3 



Breaking stones for roads ... 8 ,, 1 



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