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may be invested on a section of such land, in the fol- 

 lowing manner, viz. 



Dollars. 

 Purchase of the land, 640 acres, at 2 dollars 



per acre 1280 



House and buildings, exceedingly convenient 



and comfortable, may be built for ... . 1500 

 A rail fence round the woods, 1000 rods, at 25 



cents per rod 250 



About 1800 rods of ditch and bank, to divide the 



arable land into 10 fields 000 



Planting 1800 rods of live fence 150 



Fruit trees for orchard, &c 100 



Horses and other live stock 1500 



Implements and furniture 1000 



Provision for one year, and sundry incidental 



charges 1000 



Sundry articles of linen, books, apparel, imple- 

 ments, &c. brought from England .... 1000 

 Carriage of ditto, suppose 2000 lbs. at 10 dollars 



per cwt 200 



Voyage and travelling expenses of one person, 



suppose 309 



8889 

 Note. — The first instalment on the land is 320 

 dollars, therefore 960 dollars of the purchase 

 money remain in hand to be applied to the 

 expenses of cultivation, in addition to the 

 sums above stated. 



Expenditure of Jirst Year. 



Breaking up 100 acres, 2 dollars per acre . . 200 

 Indian com for seed, 5 barrels, (a barrel is five 



bushels) 10 



Planting ditto 26 



Horse-hoeing ditto, one dollar per acre . . . 100 



Harvesting ditto, 1 J dollar per acre .... 150 

 Ploughing the same land for wheat, 1 dollar per 



acre 100 



Seed wheat, sowing and harrowing .... 175 



Incidental expenses 240 



1000 



