FENCING: _s. d._ _s. d._ Setting out and mortising 4-holed posts per score 4 0 ” ” ” 3-holed ” ” 3 0 ” ” ” 2-holed ” ” 2 6 ” ” ” 1-holed ” ” 2 0 ” and cleaving rails ” 0 10 ” ” ” stakes ” 0 6 ” ” ” long poles ” 0 6 ” ” ” short poles ” 0 4 Hanging field-gates each 4 0 to 5 0 Fixing stile ” 2 0 Preparing posts, rails and pails for tree guards per set 0 9 Fixing ditto ” 2 0 Six-wire fence larch posts and creosoted per chain 35 0 to 40 0 Fixing same ” 4 6 ” 5 0 FIREWOOD: _s. d._ _s. d._ Splitting firewood per cord 4 0 to 6 0 ” ” for charcoal ” 2 6 ” 3 0 Cutting and stacking cordwood ” 2 0 ” 3 0 Burning charcoal per bushel of 20 lbs. 0 2 Loading and spreading soil per load 0 5 ” 0 6 GATE-MAKING: _s. d._ _s. d._ Field gate, oak 5-bar 17 0 Posts per pair 23 0 Iron fastening and ironwork complete 5 9 ” Fixing 4 6 Making 5-bar oak gate 2 6 ” half gate 1 9 ” rough wickets 2 0 ” wrought wickets 3 0 Sawing hardwood per 100 ft. 3 6 to 4 0 ” softwood ” ” 2 6 ” 3 0 HEDGING: _s. d._ _s. d._ Trimming hedges, ordinary size per chain 0 9 to 1 6 Making bank for quick hedge, digging ditch and planting quick ” 7 6 ” 10 6 ” hedge, without bank or ditch, trenching ground, preparing bed and planting ” 3 0 ” 4 0 Cleaning young hedges ” 0 8 ” 0 9 Laying hedge and scouring out ditch ” 2 0 ” 3 0
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