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12 bolls, or 72 bushels of oats; 3 bolls, or 18 bushels of bar-ky ; and 2 bolls, or 8 bushels of peas per annum.
In Roxburghshire, the common wages are, 8 Teviol-dale bolls (nearly 62 bushels) of oats, or 80 stones (1lb.to the stone) of oatmeal, = 100 stones English ; 2 bolls (aboutl5£ bushels) barley; 1 boll (about 6 bushels) peas, withfrom L. 3 to L .5 in money.
In all these counties, besides a house and garden, forwhich they provide a reaper in harvest, they have a cowkept all the year, and a piece of ground for potatoes andflax, from one-sixth to one-tenth of an acre for each, in ad-dition to the wages already mentioned. Each hind is alsocommonly allowed to keep a pig, and half a dozen of hens,or receives so much money, or sometimes four or six stonesof pork, instead of this permission. Their fuel is carriedhome; in some places, as many carts as they choose to payfor at the coalhill; and in others, they are restricted to fourcarts, or about three tons. The hind has also his victualsin harvest from his master, and an allowance, commonly G d.a journey, when sent from home with corn, or for coals andlime.
From what has been mentioned, it is evidently a diffi-cult matter, to state exactly what is the money-value of ahind’s wages for one year; but according to the prices ofgrain for the last three years, and putting a fair value uponother articles, the amount of their annual gains, taking intoaccount their maintenance in harvest, and allowance fordriving corn to market, may be estimated at L. 35 Sterlingper annum. In some cases it is considerably more, especial-ly when the cow is well maintained; but the above sumrriay be considered as an average. Shepherds have usuallyhinds’ wages, with the addition of from three to six sheepkept with the master’s flock. Those servants who sow andstack the corn, and conduct the operations upon the farm inthe master’s absence, have from one to five guineas, accord-ln g to the size of the farm, more than the usual wages.