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 In the hiring and flocking of farms, they 

 reckon from 250/. to 300/. neceflary for 

 one of 90 /. a year. 



Land fells at from 35 to 40 years pur- 

 chafe. Many fmall eftates of 100, 150, or 

 200 a year. 



Tythes both gathered and compounded. 

 Wheat, /\.s. 6 d. per acre. 

 Barley, 4J-. 

 Oats, 4J". 



Turnips, 2 s. in the pound on fale. 

 Blendings, or peafe and beans, 3^. 6d. 



per acre. 

 Hay, is.6d. to 2 s. 

 Poor rates 61I. in the pound. 

 The employment of the poor women and 

 children, is chiefly fpinning of wool ; the 

 women earn from 4^. to 6<5^. ; girls 10 years 

 old, three pence halfpenny. All drink tea. 

 The farmers carry iheir corn from two 

 to five miles. 



LABOUR. 



Li harvefl, i j. a day and fmall beer. 



In hay-time, ditto. 



In winter, 9 /:/. or 10 d. The year round 



about lod. 2i day. 

 Mowing grafs, i s, 6d. per acre, and ale 



and fmall beer. 

 Ditching, 3 ^. to 8 d. per rood. 

 Head-man's wages, 10/. to 1 1 /. 11/. 

 Next ditto, 8/. to 10/. 



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