General view of the agriculture of the county of Lancaster with observations on the means of its improvement, from the communications of Mr. John Holt and the additional remarks of several respectable gentlemen and farmers in the county / Drawn up for ... the Board of Agriculture.

  • Great Britain. Board of Agriculture.
Date:
1795
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Credit: General view of the agriculture of the county of Lancaster with observations on the means of its improvement, from the communications of Mr. John Holt and the additional remarks of several respectable gentlemen and farmers in the county / Drawn up for ... the Board of Agriculture. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and I In one hour, and at that rate the beaters on the cylin. dier ftrike the corn 3,000 times in one minute: by the motion of the machinery, the rollers draw the corn in at the ^eed that the beaters ftrike it, full four times in one inch of length of the corn drawn. Expence of one day’s work of eight hours of thrafljing corn, i &c. by. the mill when kept in full work. \ To thraftiing 16 quarters of wheat. To 3 horfes one day - zt 7. s. 6d. 0 7 6 r. d. To 2 men ditto - - at2r. 0 4 0 To 4 boys ditto - - at i j. - 0 4 0 ,T0 extra charge for winnowing V.. 0 2 O' — 0 17 6 To thrafhing 24 quarters of barley. To 2 horfes one day - at 2r. bd. 0 5. 0 To 2 men ditto - - at 2 r. 0 4 0 To extra man for one day 0 2 0 To 4 boys ditto - - atir. 0 4 0 .T0 extra charge for winnowing 0 2 0 o 17 o To thrafhing 32 quarters of oats. To 2 horfes one day - at 2r. bd. 0 5 0 To 2 men ditto - - at 2J. - 0 4 0 To 4 boys ditto - at I j. - 0 4 0 To extra charge for winnowing * - 0 2 0 —' — 015 0 * The charge for winnowing feems trifling; but it fhould be nnder- ifood, that when corn is thraflied by the flail, and paid for by the fcore, the thrafhers always aflift; without any additional expence paid for their labour.