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WESTMORLAND AGRICULTURE, 1800-1900 



Hedgers, ditchers, and all other common labourers, the time of harvest 



excepted, vsdth meat id., without 4d. per day. 

 Mowers of grass, with meat 

 The men haymakers, ,, 

 The women „ „ 



The man shearer „ 



The women ,, ,, 



Dressers of meadows or weeders of com, 

 In winter months, from the middle of September to middle of March, there 



Wcis a reduction in the above of about id. per day. 



In 1719 the wages were : — 



By the day : — 

 Getters of stone or slate . . . . with meat 6d., without lod. 



5d., without 9d. 

 2d. ,, 5d. 

 lid. „ 4d. 

 3d. „ 6d. 

 ijd. „ 3d. 

 with meat 2d., without 5d. 



Thatchers, hedgers, ditchers, sheep- 

 salvers, and thrashers 

 Mowers of grass . . 

 A good man haymaker . . 

 A boy or woman haymaker 

 A man reaper of com . . 

 A woman reaper of corn 

 The above got 2d. a day less in winter, 



4d. 

 6d. 

 4d. 

 3d. 

 4d. 

 3d. 

 with or without meat 



By the year : — 

 A chief hind, ploughman or shepherd 

 An inferior hind that can and will mow and reap com, hold the 



plough, hedge, and do other husbandry work well . . 

 An inferior servant only fit for husbandry, thrashing, and looking 



after beasts and sheep . . 

 A youth 

 A woman servant that can bake, brew, wash, look after milk, 



make butter and cheese well . . 

 Inferior ditto . . 



8d. 

 lod. 

 8d. 

 6d. 

 8d. 

 6d. 



A 10 



3 10 



10 

 o 



o 

 10 



No greater wages to be paid in the County of Westmorland under 

 penalty. 

 In 1794 wages were by the year : — 



A hind . . . . . . i^o with house, garden and potato ground. 



An unmarried man. . . . i\o los. to ;^i2 los. with board and washing. 



Maid servants . . . . ;^4 los. to £5. 



" If strangers in the parish, care is taken to vary the wages every 

 six months, to prevent them from acquiring a settlement, to which 

 they would be entitled were they hired for a year, or were their wages 

 to continue the same for that period." 



