362 INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



Sales, $4,828.18. Corn at $3.64 a barrel. Crop lost by 

 flood on low ground. Net to hand, $173, and over 14 per 

 cent, on capital. 



1847.— 26 Hands. 



Overseer's wages, $250.00 



Hire of one hand, 40.00 



Salt $16, leather, yarn, &c., $21.50, 37.50 



Nails, leather, cloth, and sundries, 100.36 



Cutting oats, $10, taxes, $60. 70.00 



Blacksmith's bill, 68.92 



Physician's bill, 52.25 



Lard kegs, $9.88, plows, $15, 24.88 



$643.91 



Sales, $5,983.17. 600 acres of corn, sold at $2.46 a 

 barrel. Net to hand, $205.75. 



Net 



The proprietor has just commenced the use of lime and 

 is of opinion that it will pay a profit upon the expendi- 

 ture more certain than any other outlay he can make. 

 The Roanoke Bottoms, that are overflowed upon an aver- 

 age once in seven years, will yield eight and a half 

 barrels of corn to the acre, including years of loss. The 

 average value of such land is about $15 an acre. The 



