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artificial manure was 17 cwts. of nitrate of soda for the mangolds. 
The total value of foods and manures used on the farm was 
581/. 18s., or, excluding the home-grown produce, the total cost 
«f bought foods and manures was 383Z. 18s. 
Labour. — There are nine capital labourers' cottages on the farm, 
all of which are occupied by regular labourers, and to this 
happy circumstance may perhaps be attributed some of Mr. 
Stilgoe's business successes. The occupants of these cottages 
are the following hands : — 
1. Shepherd. — Wages 17s. a week; cottage rent free; 21. for lambing; 3s. 
per score shearing and winding wool. The same as the rest of the men 
during harvest month. 
2. Carter. — Wages 17s. a week ; cottage rent free ; Zd. per load for taking 
out com ; M. per acre for all corn drilled, " if done well ; " 2>d. per acre for 
mowing grass and clover with machine ; and takes share with other men in 
harvest month. 
3. Under Carter. — Strong lad, 8s. a week ; 8?. at Michaelmas ; Zd, per load 
for taking out corn. - 
4. Cowman. — Wages 17s. a week ; cottage rent free. Same as other men 
in harvest month. 
5. Groom, Gardener, and Poultry man. — Wages 17s. a week; cottage 
rent free ; harvest wages as cowman, &c. 
6. 7. Under Shepherds. — Wages 16s. a week and cottages rent free. These 
men have to assist the shepherd all the winter months and work as labourers, 
at 15s. all the summer ; but piece work is given them at that time to a great 
extent. 
8. Granary Man and Bough Carpenter. — Wages 16s. a week; cottage 
rent free. Cattle and poultry to serve in yard adjoining cottage. Same as 
other men in harvest mouth. 
9, 10. Labourers. — Cottages rent free and ordinary labourers wages, 15s., 
with harvest privileges, &c. 
There are generally 15 men, 3 boys, and 6 women in em- 
ployment. The ordinary price of labour is 15s. a week. In 
hay-time 18s. a week and three quarts of beer a day. All the hay 
is done by piece-work. Harvest let to tie, carry, and stack at a 
cost of 15s. an acre, with a gallon of beer a man a day. Boys 
get 5s. and 4s., with double wages in harvest, and 2 quarts of 
beer a day. Women, standing wages lOd. per diem, with 1 
quart of beer for haymaking and tea sent into field at 5 o'clock ; 
2s. Qd. a day for harvest-work, with 2 quarts of beer a day. 
Two or three Irishmen are in the habit of coming regularly for 
a few months in the summer, and other labour is seldom required 
upon the farm, except at odd times, threshing, &c. 
The cost of labour for the last five years has been as follows : — 
£ s. d. 
April, 1871-2 804 2 0 
„ 1872-3 819 4 Si 
„ 1873-4 896 6 8^ 
„ 1874-5 850 12 0 
„ 1875-6 866 10 3 
