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 LABOUR. 



In harvcfc, 9 s. a week and board. 



In hay-time, ditto. 



In winter, 6 */. a day and board. 



Reaping per acre, 4 x. 6 J. and 5 f. 



Mowing grafs, n. 8 d. to 2 j - . 



Threfhing wheat, is. 8 */. to 2 J. a quarter. 



Barley, 1 j. 6*/. 



■ Gats, 1 j. 



IMPLEMENTS, 6>c. 



A waggon, 16/. 10;. 



A cart, 5 /. to 10/. 



A plough, 1 /. 



A harrow, 6 s. 



Bricks, in. a thoufand. 



Oak-timber, 1 s. 6 d. a foot. 



Alh ditto, 1 s. 

 They ufe three, four, and five horfes in 

 a plough, and do an acre a day. The 

 product of a cow well fed, from 5 /. to 6 /. 

 I remarked the whole way from York to 

 Beverley, that they ufed many oxen in their 

 hufbandry works ; all the waggons I met 

 had two oxen and two horfes in them. 

 At Barnby Moor they informed me, that 

 oxen were much the beft, and exceeded 

 horfes in every refpect ; would out-draw 

 and out-plough them. A point much 

 worthy the attention of their landlords; 

 for the fame fuperiority has been acknow- 

 ledged in many other parts of the kigdom, 

 yet they have been fufFered to wear out 



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