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Wolds to be found in general pradice. Upon 

 the thinner-foiled fvvells the prevailing prac- 

 tice is to break-up, by fod-burningj for tur- 

 neps ; oats two years , barley and'grafs r feeds, 

 letting the land lie down again to grafs. In 

 the vallies, where wheat is grown, turneps* 

 barley, clover,wheat, has of late years gained 

 fome footing. 



IX. MANUAL LABOUR. The Wok's arc 

 , thinly inhabited. The refident labourers are 



few, compared with the work to be done ; 

 efpecially in harveft; when numbers flock to 

 it from the furrounding country. In lefs 

 bufy feafons, the work is done moftly by 

 yearly fervants ; the few labourers th'jre are 

 being, in winter at Icatfj chiefly employed in 

 thrafhing : for which employment the cot- 

 tagers are fometimcs hired by the winter 

 half-year. The wages for thrafhing nx- 

 pcnce to cightpence a-day, and board ; or 

 fourpence to fivepence, a quarter of oatsy 

 and boafi' The Wold farmers, generally 

 fpeaking, board all their work-people. 



X. TEAM LABOUR. The beaih of la- 

 bour, principally ho'rfcs, of the faddle or 

 the coach-horfc breed. A fc\v oxen are 

 Ibmctimes ufed about home. 



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