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exceeded as there was much piece-work which enabled the 

 men to earn more. 



Young drew up a dietary for a labourer, his wife, and 

 a family of three children, which he declared to be sufficient : — 



£ s. d. 

 Food, 6^. per week * ; per year . . . . 15 12 o 



Rent I 10 o 



Clothes 2 10 o 



Soap and candles 150 



Loss of time through illness, and medicine . .100 

 Fuel 200 



In 17 o 



The man's wages were, @ \s. 2>d. a day, for the year 19 10 o 

 The woman's, @ i\d. „ „ 4176 



The boy of fifteen could earn , . . .900 

 The boy of ten could earn 476 



Which would give the family a surplus of ;^I3 i8j. od. a year. 

 What the man's food should consist of is shown by a list 



of ' seven days' messes for a stout man * : — 



J. d. 

 I St day. 2 lb. of bread made of wheat, rye, and potatoes — 



' no bread exceeds it ' 2 



Cheese, 20Z. @ 4</. a lb. ..... \ 



Beer, 2 quarts i 



2nd „ Three messes of soup 2 



3rd „ Rice pudding 3^ 



4th „ \ lb. of fat meat and potatoes baked together . 2| 



Beer i 



5th „ Rice milk 2 



6th „ Same as first day ....... 3^^ 



7th „ Potatoes, fat meat, cheese, and beer ... 4 



As Young was a man of large practical experience we may 



* Some prices at this time were : bread per lb., id. ; butter, ^\d, to 

 Zd. ; cheese, ■^\d, to 4^. ; beef, id. to ^d. ; mutton, i\d. to ^d. 



