CAPITAL REQUIRED. 447 



Purchasing 200 acres oflancl, at $1| . . $250 



Fencing two fields of 40 acres with an eight rail fence, 80 



Ploughing by contract 80 acres, at $2 . . 1(JO 



Seed for 80 acres of Indian corn, 10 bushels at 15 cents, 1.50 

 Cutting and harvesting stdks of Indian corn, and harvesting 



the crop, at $3 per acre, .... 240 

 Seed for 80 acres of Wheat, sown after Indian corn, 45 bush 



els at 45 cents, ..... 20.25 



Harrowing Wheat, ..... 20 



Cows 4, at $8, young Cattle 8, at $5, Pigs 10$ . 82 



Buildings and household furniture, . . . COO 

 Maintenance of family for six months, and purchasing seeds 



of vegetables, potatoes, and poultry, . . 150.25 



Total, $1604 



With an expenditure of $1604, or L.340, 17s. sterling, is 

 obtained the dairy produce of 4 cows and the improvement 

 ot 8 cattle grazing- on the prairie, and 3200 bushels of Indian 

 corn, besides vegetables and the improvement of a lot of pigs 

 and poultry. 



The attention of the settler and his family is supposed to 

 be confined to the cultivation of vegetables, tending the cows 

 and pigs, and planting and husking Indian corn. 



In the spring of the second year, 80 acres additional would 

 be fenced, ploughed, planted with Indian corn, and harvested 

 at the same expense as the first year . $481.50 



Harvesting 80 acres of wheat at $3 . 240 



Total ...... 721.50 



Supposing the Indian corn of the second year equal to the 

 first crop, the wheat to yield 22^ bushels per acre, and 

 cost 2J bushels in thrashing the farmer in eighteen months 

 after settling would have expended $2325.50, or L.484, 4s. 

 Gd. sterling. In the same time he would have reaped 6,400 

 bushels of Indian corn, and 1600 bushels of wheat, and en 

 joyed abundance of vegetables, dairy produce, beef, pork, 

 and poultry. With this produce and expenditure the farmer 

 and his family do not perform any laborious work. It is pre 

 sumed the farm would, with some ploughing, to destroy weeds 

 amongst the Indian corn, afterwards continue to yield yearly 

 3200 bushels of Indian corn, and 1800 bushels of wheat. 

 The data of the preceding statements are unfavourable for 



