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fummer, and falted for winter. All keep 

 cows, pay for fummer grazing il. 7s. and buy- 

 hay for the winter to the value of il. 10s. 

 They all keep pigs, not much poultry. Their 

 fuel both turf and coals j coals 13s. a ton. 

 Car, horfe, and driver, a day, is. 4d. A new 

 car 40s. to 3I. A plough 10s. 6d. A har- 

 row 1 5s. 



A weaver, who generally fows what they 

 call half a peck of flax-feed, which is a com- 

 mon peck, gave me the following account of 

 the expenfe. 



Seed 3 bufhels to 1 5 acre, Cunningham-meafure 



Ploughing - 



Weeding - - - 



Pulling 1 1 woman, at 8d. 



Rippling 1 man, 2 days, at iod. 



Watering 1 man, half a day 



Car and horfe - - - 



Taking out \k man, a day, and 1 woman ditto 



Beetling 1 man, 2 days 



Carrying to fcutch mill - 



Scutching, is. 4d. aftone, 3 (tone 



Carrying back - - 



Hackling is. 4d. ditto -. 



Rent ------ 



No tythe of flax. 



£ 



At ik pecks to a rood this is, per Cunningham 



acre, about - 9 



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