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EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE. 



1844. 

 March 31, 



&quot;DR. . . Profit and Loss, . . (continued.) 



. s. d. 



Amount brought over, . . 156 4 1 



To servants meat and wages, ... 31 1 6 



&quot; laborers wages, 5 19 11 J 



&quot; coals for farm use, 2 10 



&quot; rent for the year, ...... 257 7 8 



&quot; profits &quot; &quot; 49 4 7 



1844. 

 March 31. 



502 7 9 



Contra . . OR. 



. s. d. 



By bulls raised, 838 



&quot; heifers &quot; 688 



&quot; potatoes, 89 16 3J- 



&quot; milk, 183 10 112 



butter, 32 



24 



pigs, 40 11 10 



seeds, 16 4 6 



vegetables, 90 8 104 



grain, 34 17 9 



502 7 9J 



&quot; The great loss on cattle, this season, principally arose in con 

 sequence of a fatal epidemic, which has prevailed in this neigh 

 borhood during the last two years, and carried off a number of 

 mine.&quot; 



&quot;Besides the real cash profits every year, there is a very 

 important advantage gained from the farm, and which has -not 

 been taken into account : I mean, the keep of the family and 

 servants in farm produce, nine individuals, besides occasional 

 visitors during the year, in milk, butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, 

 pork, bacon, potatoes, vegetables, &c. &c. This, at a fair 

 computation, may be reckoned at from 80 to 90 more.&quot; 



&quot; An addition is now being made to the buildings, to accom 

 modate a superior class of twelve pupils, who will pay a mod 

 erate annual sum for their board, lodging, and education.&quot; 



&quot; You will understand that our farm was most injudiciously 

 taken at an enormous rack-rent, double the sum that is paid for 



