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Cleveland bay, as it was termed, are nearly obliterated. At How- 
den fair, which takes place the last week in September, three- 
year-old colts of this description are brought forward in consider- 
able numbers to meet the demands of the London and other dealers. 
There is nothing peculiar in the draur/ht- horses of the East 
Ridina:. Some farmers adhere to the black cart breed — a stout 
large-framed animal — as being the best adapted for drawing heavy 
weights in single-horse carts. In general, the draught-horses are 
of a mixed character, and on the Wolds they are not without some 
infusion of blood, or at least of coaching blood ; the chief desidera- 
tum on the light soils being activity in stepping. 
Condition of the Agricultural Labourer. — There is no part of 
the kingdom where the wages of the agricultural labourer rule 
higher than in this Riding, as the following statement, applicable 
to the present period, will show : — 
'* Agricultural labour. — Yearly servants with board and lodging. 
Foreman, from .... £22 to £25 
Waggoner, from . . . . 14 to 16 
Shepherd, from . . . . 21 to 23 
Plough-lads, from . . . . 8 to 12 
Day-labourers with board. 
From Martinmas to Candlemas, Is. to 7*. Gd. per week. 
From Candlemas to harvest, 7s. 6c?. to 8*. 6</. ditto. 
Day-labourers without board. 
From Michaelmas to Candlemas, 12*. per week. 
From Candlemas to harvest, 13*. 6c?. or 14s. ditto. 
Harvest wages with board. 
Best mowers, I7s. per week. 
Binders and stookers, 14s. ditto. 
Gatherers, 12s. or 13s. ditto. 
Harvest-work per acre, wheat 7s. 6f/. 
Grass-mowing per acre 2s. 9d. to 3s. with beer. 
Thrashing per quarter, by hand. 
Wheat, 3s. 6d. ; barley, 2s.; oats, Is.; beans, Is. 3c?." 
Of cottage rents it is impossible to give more than an approxima- 
tion. Under a benevolent landlord there are instances of cottages 
with a rood of ground attached being let for 3/. a-year. Where the 
circumstances of the tenure are different, as much as 6Z. a-year is 
obtained for similar tenements in villages purely agricultural. 
The value of keeping a cow is so highly appreciated both by 
the labourers themselves and by their employers, that efforts are 
