i 7 8 WARRfcNSTOWN. 



Brought over £• 3 13 *• 

 Flax fowri on a lay no weeding (the other 12 days 



of a woman, at *d.) 

 Pulling, 12 ditto - 



Four men carrying out to water, and 2 days of 



1 horfe - - - 



Taking out and fpreading, 1 6 women, 

 Taking up, lifting, 4 women a day 

 Beetling, 4 men 2 days beetling, and 4 women 



to dry it - - ~ 



Twelve kim of tuff - 



Scutching ------ 



Some fold then, and fome not till hackled, 



which for 40 ftone the acre, is. 3d. 



I 



Value after fcutching', 7s. 6d. a (lone, 

 Expenfes 



Profit - - - £. 1 16 3 

 After hackling 25. 6d. 



The ftone of flax, rough after hackling, 

 will produce 3? or 3|lb. of flax for 1800 

 linen, and the 3I will fpin into 60 hanks fit 

 for an 1800 linen. Spinners are generally 

 hired at 10s. 6d. and 12s. the quarter, befides 

 board and lodging ; and for that they fpin 4 

 hanks a week of 6 hank yarn for 1600 linen, 

 and 3 a week of 8 and 9 hank yarn for 1700 

 linen. As foon as the yarn is fpun it is boil- 

 ed, The boiling changes it 1 hank in a 



pound j 



