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Implements, 40/. 



They give from 33 to 37 years purchafe 

 for land. 



Tytlie compofition for wheat in general, 

 2 s. in the pound rent ; employment of the 

 poor at fpinning, earn from 4^. to y i^. a 

 day, young and old at knitting from 4^. 

 to 6 J. Moftly drink tea. 



They carry their corn from five to feven 

 miles computed. 



Leafes from 7 to 2 1 ; terms from three 

 to five years ; lives none. 



Surveyor's rate, 3 ti. per acre. 



LABOUR. 



In harveft, men, i s. and i j-. 6d. a day, 



w^omen, 9 d, and i s. 

 In hay-time, men, i s. women, 8 d. 

 In winter, men, 10^. 



They feldom reap by the acre. 

 Mowing fpring corn, they have i J". 6d. an 



acre. 

 Grafs, 2 J". 



Ditching per rood, 4 d. to 8^. 

 Thralhing wheat, 3 </. a bufhel. 

 Barley, from i x. to is, 3 d. per quarter. 

 Oats, from 10 d. to i /. id. ditto. 

 Beans, from 10^. to I j-. ditto. 

 Water-furrowing with a fpade, 7//. a rood. 

 Filling carts, from ij-. 6d. to is. per fcore. 

 Head-man's wages, 1 5 /. a year. 

 Plough lads, 6^. a day. 



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