COMPARISON- f)P TIMES- '^^ig 



^iig the business ; as it does not give constant osn^pleA'iTjeat 

 throughout the year, there is not an inducemeaii, ■ 



Collar-makers' work is, sbce the year 1790, in- 

 creased at least ooe-third, from the advance of leather, 

 hemp, iron, and the addition to the journeyiT>eh.'iS wiJges. 

 The, usual method of repairing harness is,, for the far- 

 .mers to have them done at their own houses, the collar- 

 maker charging IS. per day^ for laboiir, per man, the eni- 

 ployer boarding them, and finding food for their Jiorses; 

 the collar-maker charging for the materials used, which 

 they always take with them. 



The difference in the expense of preparing and rais- 

 ing an acre of turnips since tlie year 1790, is chiefly 

 owing to the advance on manure. Flag and turf ashes, 

 •which, in the neighbourhood of large heaths and com- 

 mons, is eagerly sought for for that purpose, and carried 

 to a considerable distance, is enhanced in its price, from 

 IS. per cart-load to 4s. ; 10 loads of which is the usual 

 quantity used per acre. Stable-dung, and street- muck, as 

 it is usually termed, collefled in large towns, has had 

 nearly tlie same advance. Malc-dusr,. or cooms, as they 

 are provincially called, have had an equal rise, from is. ^d. 

 per sack to 3s. 6d. This, in diffcrenr parts of thp county, 

 is frequently used as a manure for turnips. The carriage 

 is certainly a considerable sav-ing ; and whetc no qther 

 can be procured, it is necessary to use it, as the turnip re- 

 quires always to be manured for; but I must cpnfess it ne- 

 ver met my approbation, when recourse could be had to 

 any other. 



The little difference in the raising the barley-crop be- 

 tween the yeais in question, as described in the State- 

 ment, is merely the alteration in the expense of tillage ; as 

 parley in this county is rarely manured for, being sowed 



after 



