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price of their own: the 12 head Peterfburg is 

 much the belt of the common fort, 1 2 head 

 Narva not fo good, but Marienburg better 

 than Narva. The 9 heads to a bunch coarfe. 

 Dutch blay and Dutch white, good and wirey; 

 but the beftof all is the filver blay from Brif- 

 tol, which comes down the Severn : it is fuller 

 of oil, fofter and better than any other fort. 

 The average price of their own 2I. 8s. to 2I. 

 1 2s. per cwt. or 7s. to 7s. 6d. a ftone. It is liked 

 better than the imported. 



Expenfe of an acre of land under Jlax. 



£. s. eft 



Rent [N. 3. Their ios. an acre, abovemen- 



tioned, includes ditch, &c] - O 14 O 



Seed bought frcm ios. to 13s. a bufhel. Aver- 

 age 12s. 3 bufhels - - 1 16 o 

 One ploughing - - -070 

 Carrying off the clods and (tones by their wives 



and children, 6 women, an acre a day - o 2 2 

 Weeding 10 women an acre in a day, 4d, 034 



Pulling by women and children, 12 at 4<1. - 040 

 Rippling by men and women, fay 4 men at iod. 034 

 Laying it in the water according to diftance, fay 050 

 Taking it out and iprending - - - o 5 ° 

 Taking up, drying and beetling, 42 women a 



day at 4<J f . . .* 

 Scutching 30 ftone at is. id. 



30 ftone at 4s. 2d. 



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