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3-5/8d. 4-1/2d. per 120 1401-1540 2-1/4d. 2-1/4d. 4-3/4d. 6-1/2d " 1541-82 4-3/4d. 4-3/4d. 10d. 7-1/2d. " 1583-1700 8d.-1s. 9-1/4d. 2s. 3s. 3d. " WOOL. CHEESE. BUTTER. Per lb. 1259-1400 3-5/7d. 4-1/2d. per 7 lb. 4-3/4d. per 7 lb. 1401-1540 3-5/7d. 1/2d. per lb. 1d. per lb. 1541-82 7-1/2d. 1d. " 3d. " 1583-1702 9d.-1s. 3-1/2d. " 4-1/2d. " HAY. HOPS. Per load. Per cwt. 1259-1400 3s. 8d. -- 1401-1540 unaltered 14s. 0-1/2d. 1541-82 9s. 6d. 26s. 8d. 1583-1702 26s. 4d. 82s. 9d. LABOUR. Reaping Reaping Labourer per wheat oats Mowing day without per acre. per acre. per acre. food. 1261-1350 5-5/8d. 4-7/8d. 5-1/4d. 2d. 1351-1400 8-1/2d. 8-1/4d. 7d. 3d. 1401-1540 9-3/4d. 8-1/4d. 8-1/8d. 4d. 1541-82 --[756] -- -- 6-1/2d. 1583-1640 -- -- 1s. 7d. 8-1/2d. 1640-1700 -- -- 1s. 8d. 10d. PRICE OF LAND PER ACRE. To Rent. To Buy. Arable. Grass. 1261-1350 4d.-6d. 1s.-2s. 12 years' purchase 1351-1400 6d. 2s. " 1401-1540 6d. 2s. 15-20 years 1541-82 slight increase unaltered 1583-1640 great increase 20 years 1641-1700 5s. 8s. " 1770 10s. 30 years FOOTNOTES: [754] Summarized from Thorold Rogers' prices in his _History of Agriculture and Prices_, with some alterations. [755] Affri, 13s. 5d. cart horses, 19s. 4d. A good saddle horse about 1300 was worth L5. By 1580 it was worth L10 to L15, by 1700 L20 to L25. [756] A decided increase, but prices fluctuate so much that it is hard to strike an average. APPENDIX II TABLE SHOWING EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF WHEAT AND FLOUR FROM A
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