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CHAP. XV. 
RURAL ECONOMY. 
SECT. T.-LABOUR, SERVANTS, AND LABOURERS. 
The hours of labour are from six in the morning- to 
six in the evening, during the summer ; in some parts 
they are from five to seven, with a proportionate in¬ 
crease of pay. In winter, from day break to the close 
of the evening : during the harvest months there are no 
fixed hours of beginning or leaving work ; it is regu¬ 
lated by weather and circumstances. 
The price of labour, as given below, in 1794, is now 
somewhat advanced in proportion to the advance in 
provisions, and may, in 1805, be reckoned at least, 
upon an average, higher by 20 per cent, or one-fifth 
of the whole. 
The -wages of a day labourer, Dr. Nash says, is now, 
1S05, Is. fid. per day. 
Price of Labour , 1794, 
A shepherd, or man to feed stalled oxen, 11s. to 
12s. per week. A carter, 8s, to 9 s * Threshers earn 
by task, 8s. to 9s. Old men and moderate hands, fis. 
Mowing grass, per acre, with a gallon of beer, or cy¬ 
der, Is. fid. Reaping wheat, with ditto, 5s. to 6s. 
Harvest month, with beer, 5fis. Women, per day, 6d. 
to 7d. Masons and carpenters, ditto, Is. 8d. and 
wages increasing.— Mr. Darke. 
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