328 HEMP AND FLAX. 



low, that the farmer told Mr. Rainbeard that he lost 

 20I. by not following his advice upon the whole piece. 

 Account seven miles round Diss, Lopham, &c. 



EXPLNSES : 



Rent - - - _ 



Tithe - _ - . 



Rates - - - . 



Ten pecks of seed, at is. 6d. 



Sowing _ - _ . 



Three earths 



Five harrowings _ _ . 



Ten loads of farm-yard dung 



On an average, sells as it stands (hemp selling 



from the break at 6s. 6d.) for ^.8 8 o 



Expenses - - 600 



^.6 



Profit - - £-'i- ^ 



Suppose the crop 40 stone, dew-retted : 

 Pulling and spreading:, turning and tying - 150 

 Breaking, is. 3d. a sione _ _ 2 10 o 



. ., r £-9 ^5 o 



Forty stone, at Os. 6d. - ^.12 10 o 



Expenses - - 9 15 o 



Profit - - - ;r.2 15 o 



Price of hemp, from the break, in 



s. d. 



1789 Hemp bought at - 50 per stone. 



1790 Ditto - 56 



1791 



