488 LABOUR. 



Mr. Henry Blythe assures me, that labour, in the 

 vicinity of Buinham, nearly doubled from 1795 to i8oi : 

 to satisfy me of this fad, he laid his booi<s before me, in 

 which the fa£t appeared clearly ; and this has taken place 

 on his (arm, not at all by any extraordinary works done 

 on it, but merely by the rise of prices : it is not, however, 

 to be accounted for merely by the lise per week, but the 

 men will not perform what they formerly did, and more 

 jnust, therefore be kept for the same work. 



The labour of a sand farm, of 1000 acre^, near Holk- 

 ham, 820]. last year. 



Mr. Marshall takes every opportunity, in his work, 

 to note the great a6livity of the farm workmen, in the 

 dispatch of business in this county, much exceeding any 

 pther. The observation is pointedly just ; insomuch, 

 that there could hardly be a greater iniproveraent than to 

 introduce their system, in this respedt, in many other 

 counties, equally adapted to it ; but managed, at picsent, 

 at a far greater expense. 



Recapitulation. — General average in harvest, 2I. 8s. 3d. 

 the month, and board; in summer, ;s. i id. a day; in 

 winter, is. 8d. a day. 



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