COST OF FARM-PRODUCE. 3 



Brought forward ....... $910 oo 



Wages of the farmer, besides house-rent, fuel, and produce 



raised on the farm consumed by himself and family . . 400 oo 



(This may seem high, but I would like to hire the man and 

 his family I am writing about for the same wages and other 

 consideration mentioned.) 



Total expense ....... 



Total income 



Deficiency 



In other words, the farmer who owns a 50- acre farm 

 worth $5,000, with stock and farming-tools worth $1,500, 

 who keeps 15 cows and sells $900 worth of milk from/ 

 them yearly, if he keep a correct account of expenses, 

 instead of receiving $400 for the services of himself and 

 family, actually works for nothing except house-rent and 

 fuel and vegetables, and pays $10 per year for the privi- 

 lege of doing so. 



It must be confessed that this is not very encouraging ; 

 and it is no wonder that the boys want to leave the farm, 

 and the girls declare that " they won't marry a farmer." 



If my figures are incorrect, I hope some enterprising 

 and industrious farmer will show how much better his 

 actual results are. Let us have all the items of both 

 expense and income. 



Now, there is a chance to take a " new departure," 

 which will change all this ; and I propose in this and 

 subsequent letters to show how it can be done. Under 

 the new dispensation, which we will call the " Book of 

 Ensilage," Sylvester Idlenot starts with the same 5o-acre 

 farm, divided into 20 acres arable land, 20 acres pasture, 

 and 10 acres in wood, all well fenced, and valued at 

 $5,000. Time, March i. He has used plenty of muck 

 and road dust for absorbents, so that he will have two 

 cords of good manure for each animal, 32 cords in alL 



