The Agricultural Labourer. Ill = 511 
)m any cause to earn more than the ordinary weekly rate of 
iges, it may be interesting to ascertain how he spends them, 
will take the case of a married man at the period of the worst 
nch in his career, when two or three young children are 
itirely dependent on him, being themselves unable, from their 
nder age, to become bread-winners. A larger family than this 
■nerally enjoys a larger income (as I have shown by the in- 
ince given above), from the labour of some of the children, 
id I have not thought it necessary to consider the case of 
e man without family, since he is manifestly in a better 
'sition. 
I will suppose my specimen to be in regular receipt of 145. a Weekly 
'ek ; then the following is, I believe, a fair example of his expenditure of 
•ekly expenditure. family, 
s. d. 
2 stone bread, at 2s. -Ic? 4 8 
h stone flonr, At 2s. Qd 1 3 
4 lbs. meat, at 8c^ 2 8 
h lb. butter, at Is. 6c? 0 9 
1 lb. lard 0 10^ 
2h lbs. sugar. At Z\d 0 8| 
J lb. tea, at 2s. 6c? 0 7^ 
1 lb. soap 0 4 
1 lb. soda 0 1 
I5 cwt. coals 1 6 
ParafiBa oil for lights 0 4 
13 9f 
I have selected a very unfavourable case for exemplification, 
1 1 inasmuch as such instances are not unknown, I have taken 
sue pains to ascertain the mode in which under such circum- 
; nces the money is usually spent. With the help of gleaning 
(rn and garden produce (and it is very rarely indeed that the 
hourer has not this advantage) the figures for flour and bread 
1 uld be considerably decreased. And again, if able to kill a 
]l of his own feeding the cost of meat might be deducted, 
t)ugh in that case something must be added for the expense of 
itening the animal. It will be observed that it takes the 
^ lole income of this man (under these most unfavourable cir- 
cnstances) to maintain him, and that he is compelled to depend 
1 all his extra payments upon his greater earnings during 
Irvest, &c. The thriftless character of English cottage house- 
Ijping will be deduced from this table. The English labourer's 
^fe has seldom an idea of the preparation of those savoury 
:tages and messes which form so prominent a feature in the 
)kery of Continental households, and which are of such 
)nomical value. 
I will now give another weekly budget, viz., the average and that of 
young 
