PROFIT AND Loss. 151 



a day ; unfortunately, pork fell, and when he was 

 killed he would only have produced $11 in market; 

 but, as we intended to cure and eat him, he would 

 have been fairly worth what we should have had to 

 pay for salt pork by retail, had not an accident hap 

 pened that will be described hereafter. The value 

 of the premises was really greatly enhanced by their 

 occupation and the improvements made on them, 

 but the precise amount of such increase is too indef 

 inite to be stated with the accuracy required by this 

 work, consequently it is omitted altogether, the inten 

 tion of the writer being to give only such items as 

 may be fully relied on by any person intending to 

 embark in a similar venture. 



The account may be stated as follows : 



IN VESTMEN T. DEBIT. 



Premises $15,000 00 



Fruit-trees 145 50 



Shade-trees (mostly in wrong places) 107 00 



Asparagus plants (doubtful) 25 00 



Repairs to gate 35 00 



Bean-poles 2 00 



Dandy Jim 450 00 



Cow 100 00 



Nest-eggs 75 



Total... $15,865 25 



