COUNTRY LABOURERS UTENSILS. 



his hammer-man. I saw them in the proper guise 

 of skeletons. They cried, " Give us a little good 

 beer, and the rest water." Farmers have often 

 weakened their harvest labourers, by filling them 

 with miserable small beer, whilst the latter have 

 taken every opportunity of drenching the land 

 with it. 



The labourer, whose wife is not fully employed, 

 and who has a cool place for his beer, may have 

 successive brewings of a peck of malt, the year 

 through, of strong arid small beer; and the recom- 

 mendation of such economical practice will be kind 

 and patriotic in my country, particularly my lady 

 readers. A convenience to boil four or five gallons 

 of water, a tub or two, and two or three small casks, 

 will make the shift. In the country, skill will not be 

 wanting. 



UTENSILS, the London price of new. COPPER is 

 from seventeen to nineteen pence per Ib. A new 

 one, gauge 15 gallons, including iron-work, will 

 cost between 48s. and 50s. ; less in proportion for a 

 larger gauge. A MASH-TUB, 6 shillings per bushel, 

 for the number it will work. A TWENTY-GALLON 

 cooler, 10 shillings. Piggin, 2s. 6d. In general, the 

 wooden utensils to brew two bushels will cost 21. 5s. ; 

 for three bushels, SI. ; for five bushels about 4/. A 

 family for brewing a considerable quantity, generally 

 expends about 101. in utensils, including the casks. 

 A wine pipe cut down, as has been said, makes a 

 good mash-tub. Price of half a firkin or pin, 4s. 6d. ; 

 a firkin, nine gallons, 6s. ; of a kilderkin, 18 gallons, 

 14s. ; of half hhd. 27 gallons, 20s. ; of a barrel, 36 



