Prices of Contract or Piecework 2 79 



FIREWOOD : 8 . d. s. d. 



Splitting firewood . . . per cord 4 to 6 



,, for charcoal . ,, 2 6 3 



Cutting and stacking cordwood . 2 3 



Burning charcoal . per bushel of 20 Ibs. 2 



Loading and spreading soil . . per load 5 6 



GATE-MAKING : 



Field gate, oak . . . . 5-bar 17 



Posts . . . . . . per pair 23 



Iron fastening and ironwork complete . . 59 



Fixing. 46 



Making 5-bar oak gate. .... 26 



half gate. 19 



rough wickets ..... 20 



wrought wickets .... 30 



Sawing haniwood. . . . per 100 ft. 3 6 to 4 



softwood . . . . 2 6 3 



HEDGING : 



Trimming hedges, ordinary size . per chain 9 to 1 6 



Making bank for quick hedge, dig- 

 ging ditch and planting 



quick . . . ,, -7 6 10 6 

 hedge, without bank or 

 ditch, trenching ground, 

 preparing bed and plant- 

 ing . 3 4 



Cleaning young hedges. . . ,, 8 9 



Laying hedge- and scouring out ditch ,, 2 3 



HURDLE-MAKING : 



Making hurdles .... per dozen 3 6 to 4 



cattle hurdles (wattle) . 5 6 



Welsh hurdles, for sheep . 4 5 



PITTING : 



Digging out clay .... per yard 6 

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



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



Inserting plants .. . . . 6 1 



Notch planting .. . ... ., 2 3 



PREPARING ROAD MATERIAL : 



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



Breaking stones for roads .. 8 1 



