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plough their land with three horfes at 

 length, and ufe a driver ; do an acre and 

 half a day, in light work. The particulars 

 of a farm as follows : 



300 Acres in all 60 Sheep 



£. 200 Rent 9 Servants 



9 Horfes 3 Labourers 



1 2 Cows 



PROVISIONS, &c. 



Beef,- z^d.perlb. Pork, -4^/. 

 Mutton, 4 Bread, - 14. 



Veal, - 4 Cheefe, 4 



Labourers houfe rent, 2/. 



Wear and tear of their tools, 12 J. 



Their firing, 2 /. 1 o j-. 



LABOUR. 



In harveft, 40 s. a. month board and 



lodging. 

 In hay time, 6 j - . a week and board. 

 In winter, 6 s. a week and fmall beer. 

 Reaping per acre, 5 j. and 6 s. 

 Hoeing turnips, 4-r. and 5 s. 



I found many variations before I reached 

 Milton in the way to Wooburn ; at that 

 place and neighbourhood the foil is a mix- 

 ture of clay and gravel; farms are in ge- 

 neral much imaller than before, from 50/. to 

 100 /. a year; land lets at an average of about 

 10 j. the arable; and from 15 to 20 the 



grafs 



