70 DICKSON ON THE 



YARNS REQUIRED TO MAKE A DRILL WEB. 



Quality er 

 Beer. 



Number of 

 Hanks. 



Number 

 of Warp. 



Number 

 of Wett. 



Cost of manufacturing a linen drill, con- 

 taining 84 to 85 yams. 



40 



42 

 40 



25 



22 



£ s. d. 



4| per hank 15 9 



4| do 15 10 



Boiling ... ... 19 



Warping and Winding 12 

 Weaving .,. ... 6 6 





82 







£2 1 



70 



72 

 51 



40 



30 



82 hanks will make 84 to 85 yards of 



strong twilled linen drill at 5|d. 

 A\ per hank ... ... 17 



4i do 18 Of 



Boiling 2 1\ 



Warping and Winding 17 

 Weaving 9 6 





123 







£2 18 9 



100 



102 

 60 



70 



60 



123 hanks will make 84 to 85 yards of 

 strong twilled linen drill at 8^d. 



5 per hank 2 2 6 



3| do 18 9 



Boiling 3 5 



Warping and Winding 2 1 

 Weaving 14 





162 







£4 9 











162 hanks will make 84 to 85 yards of 

 strong drill ll^d. cost. 



Although. I select 40, 70, and 100 beer drill, in order to 

 show the first cost of this very USEFUL article of oar 

 manufacture,, I beg to say that the degrees or qualities rise by 

 fives, as follow, and the prices are fixed as under. 



Beer 



40. 



45. 



50. 



55. 



60. 



65. 



70. 



75. 



80. 85. 



Price 



5|d. 



6d. 



6^d. 



7d. 



7^d. 



8d. 



8|d. 



9d. 



9±d. lOd. 



Beer 



90. 



95. 



100. 



105. 



110. 



115. 



120. 







Price 



10±d. 



lid. 



ll^d. 



12|d. 



13d. 



13|d. 



14id. 







Thus it appears, according to the prices of yarns and the 

 expense of weaving, that a good coarse linen drill can be made 

 at 5|d. per yard, and middle quality at 8jd. per yard, and 

 very fine at 14Jd. per yard ; 2 J yards will make a labouring 

 man a pair of trowsers, and 4 \ yards will make him a blouse or 



