NORFOLK. 



Finifhed one to-day upon a farm at Suf- 

 field. 



It meafures fix yards by eight, or forty- 

 ight fquare yards, 



It took three hundred fplints (alder and 

 willow rods, about the thicknefs of a man's 

 wrift down to that of his thumb) at 

 is. 6d. .046 



Three loads of clay (cafting and 



carriage near) 046 



A waggon-body-full of flraw o 2 p 



Five days of a bricklayer and la- 

 bourer, at 2S. 6d. 0126 



One ditto to plaifter it when it is 



dry on the under- fide, 026 



HAY-CHAAf- 

 BER FLOOR. 



. i 6 a 



or fixpence half-penny a yard fquare. 



N. B. The price, by meafurement, for labour 

 alone, is four pence half-penny a yard ; which 

 is a great deal too much. 



This floor was made in the following man- 

 ner : 



The rods being trimmed (namely, the twigs 

 and tops taken off), they were laid acrofs the 

 joifts as clofe to each other as pofiible. If 

 crooked they were " crippled" (had a chop in the 

 crooked part with a hook or hatchet) fo as to 

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