MANUFACTURE OF LINEN DRILL. 



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coat ; and thus he can have the materials for making those 

 necessary articles of clothing from home production : coat, 

 middle quality, for 3s. Id., and trowsers Is. 5d., total 4s. 6d. 

 And as health is the only capital that the farm-labourer has to 

 depend upon, a couple of suits of such clothing would enable 

 him TO be ALWAYS clean, and as a consequence, in better 

 health and more able to do his work. 



As it is my wish to submit matter likely to interest and 

 benefit the farmers and agricultural labourers, I shall here add 

 a rule for calculating and counting A linen drill, which I 

 DEFY being found in error , as the same has been my guide FOR 

 MANY years, when I had from 1,500 to 2,000 weavers 

 employed in the manufacture of this article ; and as merchants 

 and shippers are often deceived in the purchase of this article 

 from parties calling and selling them for beers, or sets of a 

 much 'finer quality than they will count, I beg to say that with 

 a proper linen glass and a reference to the following table, they 

 cannot be taken advantage of when they count the ivarp and 

 weft, 



calculation to make a linen-drill web of 



84 OR 85 YARDS. 





Warp. 



Weft. 



Warp 





Beer. 











Weft 

 should 











should 





Hanks. 



Number. 



Hanks. 



Number. 



count. 



count. 











1 





Shots. 



40 



42 



25 



40 



j 22 



12 



10 



45 



47 



28 



42 



25 



13 



11 



50 



52 



30 



44 



25 



14 



12 



55 



57 



30 



46 



28 



15 



12f 



60 



62 



35 



48 



28 



16 



13 



65 



67 



35 



49 



28 



17 



13| 



70 



72 



40 



51 



30 



18 



14 



75 



75 



45 



52 



35 



19 



14^ 



80 



82 



50 



54 



40 



20 



15 



85 



87 



55 



56 



45 



22 



15! 



90 



92 



60 



58 



50 



24 



16 



95 



97 



65 



60 



55 



25 



16! 

 17 



100 



102 



70 



62 



60 



26 



105 



107 



75 



64 



65 



27 



17! 



110 



112 



80 



67 



70 



28 



18 



115 



117 



85 



70 



75 



29 



18! 



120 



122 



90 



76 



80 I 



30 



19 



