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Having thus provided him with vegetables, pork, and eggs, I shall next 

 calculate his other expenses as moderately as possible. 



£ s. d. 

 Then suppose a labourer's wages at 12s. 



per week - - - 31 4 



His wife in hay time, harvest, &c, 16 



weeks at 5s. per week. - - 4 





£ s. 



d. 



House and garden rent, per annum 



- 3 12 







Taxes, rates, &c. upon do. 



- 9 







Coals and wood 



- 3 







Tea - - 



- 18 







Sugar - - - 



- 1 10 







Butter - - 



- 1 12 







Bread, flour 



- 11 10 







Milk .... 



- 12 







Salt, pepper, soap, &c. 



- 1 5 







Man's shoes, clothes, &c. 



- 3 







His wife's do. 



- 2 







Children's do. 



- 5 









£34 8 







35 4 

 Annual expenses 34 8 



leaving a balance of £0 16 



I have not accounted for the garden seeds, nor 

 for the price of the hogs when bought ; but a 

 few vegetables may be sold, to balance the seeds, 

 and the heads, hearts, &c. will balance the hogs' 

 price. 



By the above it is seen that nearly every farthing of a labourer's wages 

 is expended without being able to procure one morsel of animal food. So 

 how is it possible for the labouring class to live, as they are at present 

 situated ? They cannot ! They must starve ! I am convinced that the only 

 plan to strike effectually at the root of the evil, and to raise the labourer 

 from his present degradation, is to allow him ,a small allotment of land, 

 which, as above shown, will produce him vegetables, pork, and eggs ; and 

 these, with his earnings, will just be sufficient to maintain his family, and 

 render him once more a faithful and productive member of society. 



II. What quantity of land is sufficient to maintain a family ivith pork, vege- 

 tables, eggs, and milk? 



Plan 4. contains 2 acres : the part a, one fourth of an acre, to be cropped 

 the same as Plan 1. &c, except the sugarloaf cabbage, for which there will 

 be no necessity in that place ; b, for green food for cow ; c, the pasture 

 for the cow ; and d, the meadow for winter food. 



Directions for cropping b. 



No. 1. Sugarloaf, or large York Cabbage, 1 1 yds. by 35 yds. Seed Is. ; pro- 

 duce, 23 cwt. Manure with six barrows of manure, and dig the ground in 

 January, 12 hrs. work ; plant in February (having previously raised the plants 

 in a, No. 2., as directed for first class, which part must be a little enlarged), 

 at li ft. distance in the row, and 2 ft. from row to row, 1100 plants, 2 hrs. 

 work. Earth in March, a hr. ; April, a hr. They will be ready in the middle 

 of July, when they must be cut, and taken into the pasture (c) : beginning 

 with a small quantity, and increasing as the pasture decreases. 



No. 2. Turnips, 24 yds. by 17. Seed,2r/. ; produce, 26 cwt. Dig in March, 

 12 hrs. work. Let it lie until the 20th of June, then lay on six barrows of 

 manure, dig it lightly in, then sow 3 oz. of Tankard or Norfolk turnip, 7 hrs. 

 work ; hoe in July, 1 hr. ; the same in August, 1 hr. Ready in November. 



No. 3. Drum-headed Cabbage. Seed, 1a oz., Is. ; produce, 2 tons. The seed 

 must have been sown in a, No. 2., the latter end of August, a hr., and trans- 

 planted in October, 1 hr. Sometimes the severity of the winter may destroy 

 part of the cabbage plants ; then sow again in the beginning of February, 

 which will be ready for planting in May. Dig the ground well in February, 

 12 hrs.; then lay on six barrows of manure about the middle of April, 

 lightly dig and plant, 6 hrs dearth up in May, \ hr. ; the same in June, a hr. 

 Keep clear of weeds all summer, and they will be ready for use in February, 

 and till May. 



Rotation of Crops. — After having given the rotation of crops of Plans 1, 

 2, and 3., it is unnecessary to say much more; but the crops as they stand in 

 Plans 1, 2, or 3. of the first class, and in a of the second class, Plan 4., may 

 be removed to b, Plan 4., by beginning with the barley, a, into 1. b, when 2. b 

 will be removed to 3. a, and 3. b into a ; and so a regular succession and 

 rotation of crops may be obtained. 



