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and two horses (f to 1 acre per day), 20s. 

 to 25s. ; by one man, one boy and three 

 horses, 30s. to 40s. ; by steam with two 

 engines, 6ins. to Sins, deep (8 acres per 

 day), 14s. to 20s., plus cost of coal and 

 water and cartage of same. 



Cultivating by steam (30 to 50 acres per 

 day), once over, 14s. to 20s. ; twice over, 

 24s. to 30s., plus coal, water and cartage. 



Drag Harrowing by steam (30 to 50 

 acres per day), once over, Ss. ; twice over, 

 14s. , plus cost of coal and water ; by two 

 horses (7 to 9 acres per day), 2s. 6d. to 

 3s. ; by three horses (8 to 10 acres per day), 

 4s. to 6s. 



Zig-zag Harrowing, two horses (10 to 

 12 acres per day). Is. 6d. to 2s. ; seed hai 

 rows, one horse (l2 to 14 acres per day;, 

 Is. to Is. 4d. 



EoLLiNG, Cambridge, with three horses 

 (7 to 10 acres- per day), 2s. 8d. ; two-horse 

 roll, 6ft. wide (8 to 12 acres per day). Is. 6d. 

 to 2s. ; one-horse roll, 5ft. wide (8 acres 

 per day), Is. 4d. 



Manuring. — Dung carting, 2s. per ton 

 per mile; dung spreading, 4d. per load; 

 3s. to 4s. per score loads. 



Sowing Artificial Manure Broadcast, 

 at rate of 5cwts. per acre, 5s. per ton ; 

 sowing soot broadcast, Ijd. per bushel, 

 10s. per 100 bushels. 



Spreading Limb, 9d. per ton, eight tons 

 spread per day. 



Horse Hoeing, one man, one boy and 

 one horse (3 to 5 acres per day), 3s. to 4s. 



Hand Hoeing. — Flat hoeing cabbage set 

 out, 10s. to 12s. ; singling turnips, 10s. 

 to 12s. 



Planting Cabbage, Is. 4d. per 1,000, or, 

 according to distance, per acre 15s. to 24s. 



Hedge Laying, Is. to Is. 4d. per pole, 

 5s. per chain. 



Field Gate Hanging, 10s. each. 



Faggoting, 8s. per 120; making faggots. 

 Is. per score. 



Double Digging or bastard trenching. 

 Is. to Is. 3d. per rod, £8 to £10 per acre. 



Cost of Horse Labour. — From careful 



account-keeping at Wye Agricultural Col- 

 lege the present cost of horse labour is 

 found to be about 5s. 6d. per day. 

 Prices Paid for Piece-work on Fruit 

 Farms around Maidstone (1920-21). 



In setting piece-work prices it is 

 generally reckoned that a man should earn 

 a quarter more money than for day-work. 



Digging light land, 50s. ; medium, 55s. ; 

 heavy, 60s. per acre. 



Hand Hoeing all ground, 12s. to 15s. 

 per acre. Hand hoeing a crop after horse 

 hoeing, if weedy, 10s. to 15s. per acre. 



Digging Hsles for trees, 3ft. by 3ft., 

 18ins. deep, 2d. to 4d. per hole; 5ft. by 5ft., 

 ISins. deep, 4d. to 6d. per hole. Digging 

 holes for gooseberries and the like. Is. 6d. 

 to 2s. per 100. 



Mowing Grass by hand, 15s. to 25s. per 

 acre. 



Hedge Brushing, 4d. per rod if 5ft. high. 



Pruning Gooseberry Bushes, 7s. 6d. per 

 100. 



Cutting Strawberry Runners, 12s. per 

 acre. 



Littering Strawberries, 12s. per acre. 



Grafting young stocks, 7s. per 100. 

 Crown grafting old trees, 8s. to lOs. per 

 100. 



Budding, 2s. 6d. per 100. 



Picking apples, not generally done 

 piece-work, but, if heavy, sometimes at 

 3d. to 5d. per bushel ; plums, 2d. to 4d. per 

 half-bushel ; damsons, 9d. to Is. 6d. : 

 cherries. Is. 6d. to 2s. ; gooseberries, 9d 

 to Is. ; red currants. Is. to Is. 6d. ; black 

 currants 2s. 6d. to 4s. ; strawberries, Is. to 

 Is. 6d. per peck (121bs.) ; raspberries. Id. 

 to 3d. per lb. ; nuts, 3d. per lOOlbs. 



Legal Expenses. 

 Peepaeing and Completing a Lease, 7i 

 per cent, up to £100 rent, 50s. on each com- 

 plete £100 over £500; over £500, £1 per 

 £100; minimum charge, £5. Arrangement 

 for smaller fees can be made previous to 

 commencing the work. The tenant usually 

 has to pay for the lease. 



