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 Wheat 4J". turnep land, barley 4/. 

 peafe, beans, and vetches, 2 s. Mowing 

 ground, 2 /. 



Poor rates is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. in the pound. 

 The employment of the poor women and 

 children is a little fpinning, and but little : 

 All drink tea. 



The farmers carry their corn about ten 

 miles, that is, to Hertford -, fome fix miles, 

 to St. Albans. 



Terms various, from {even to twenty- 

 one years. 



LABOUR. 

 In harveft, 36^. to 37/. for a month, and 



board. 

 In hay time, 1 s. 6d. a day. 

 In winter, 1 s. 2 d. 

 Reaping wheat, 5/. to ioj*. 

 Mowing barley and oats, is. 6d. to zs\ 



grafs, 2 s. to $s. 



Hoeing turneps, \s. 6d. to 51. 6d. 



Hedging, 6d. to is. a perch. 



Threfhing wheat, is. 2 j\ 6 d. and 3 s. a 



quarter. 

 barley, is. to is. 6d. and is. Sd. 



a quarter. 



— oats, 1 s. 



Amount of a year's earnings, 25/. to 30/. 

 Firft man's wages, from 10/. to 12/. 12 s. 

 Second ditto, 7/. to 9/. 

 Bey of ten or twelve years, 2/. 2s. to 2/. ioj. 



Maids, 4/. to 5/. 10 j. 



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