Note 9 — THE EXPERIMENT.
Reading edition
The following table of comparative statistics, taken from the New Statistical Account of a parish in Perthshire, is instructive.—See Perthshire, pp. 1191–2.
In 1843. In 1796.
Total rent of parish, £7087, 0s. 8d. Total rent of parish, £2460, 14s. 0d.
Ploughman’s wages, £12; 6½ bolls oatmeal per annum; and 1 Scotch pint sweet milk per day. Ploughman’s wages, with board, per annum, £10.
Woman’s wages, with board, £6. Woman’s wages, with board, £4 per annum.
Price of new cart, £10. Price of new cart, £6.
Harness for do., £3, 10s. Harness for do., £2, 10s.
New plough wood, £3. New plough, £2.
New harrow, 10s. New harrow, 7s.