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Mowing corn, is. 6d. 



grafs, 2 j. 



Hoeing turnips, 4 s. and 4 s. 6 d. 



IMPLEMENTS. 



A waggon, 20 /. 



A cart, 8 /. to 9 /. 



A plough, 5 /. 



A pair of harrows, I /. 10 s. 



PROVISIONS. 



Beef, per lb. t>t d- Cheefe, - 3 J. <£ 



Mutton, - 4 Bread, - 2 



Veal, - 4 Candles, - yl. 



Butter, - 7 Soap, - 7 



Labourers houferent, the medium 2 /. /><?r 



annum. 

 Wear of ditto's tools, 1 /. is. 



Firing cofts them but little; break hedges, 

 and fteal moft of it. 



From Stevenage I took the road to 

 Hit chin, and from thence to Luton ; in all, 

 twelve as villainous miles as any creature 

 can ever fear travelling, the roads are fo 

 execrably bad. At Offley I (topped for in- 

 telligence, and found their hufbandry to 

 vary in feveral particulars from that of 

 Stevenage. The foil is a chalky clay ; the 

 under itratum pure chalk ftone ; they call 

 it white land. The farms feldom reach 

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