750 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 12 



Credit. 

 Bv ihe sale of 750 lbs. of tobacco, at 

 '88, IS 60 00 



By sale 150 lbs. of lugs at 4 50 6 75 



Deduct expense of culture 



81 00 

 1 00 



I will now' make an estimate of the probable 

 expense in cultivating one acre of ground in to- 

 bacco. 



Calculation 1st. 

 Expense of tobacco culture. 



To clearing ground for plant bed 20 

 yards square and cutting wood four 

 days' labor, at 25 - 



To burning plant bed, hoeing, manur- 

 ing and covering, lour days' labor, 25 



To one day's labor in fallowini; 



To one day's labor before hilling 



To making 4000 tobacco hills 



To drawing 4000 plants, cutting off 

 4000 hills and planting, three days' 

 labor - - . _ 



To one day's ploughing 



To two days' weeding 



To two day.=!' hilling - - - 



To one day's ploughing 



To wormiufr, three days' labor 



To two days' hilling 



To three suckeriiigs, three davs' labor 



To topping and priming, two days' la- 

 bor - . - . 



To culling 4000 plants, harifring on 

 sticks, s(;afi'olding and housing, six 

 days' labor ... 



To cutting and hauling wood, three 

 days' labor _ . . - 



To lour days' firing 



To striking down and bulking two 

 days' labor . . _ _ 



To stripping 900 pounds of tobacco 

 eight days' labor ... 



To re-hanging, two days' labor 



To re-strikinff two days' labor 



To prizing 900 pounds of tobacco, six 

 da}'?' labor . . . _ 



To carriage to market ... 



To one tobacco cask ... 



To warehouse expense 



To nine cords of wood at 60 cents 



To board and clothing laborer sixty- 

 eight days at 13 cents 



75 

 25 

 50 

 50 

 25 

 75 

 50 

 75 



50 



1 50 



75 

 1 00 



50 



$40 49 



-66 75 

 40 49 



826 26 



Net profit 



Calculation 2d. 

 Expeiif^e of wheat culture. 



One acre ol ground that will produce 900 lbs. 

 of tobacco, will yield 20 bushels wheat. 

 To fallowing one acre of ground, one 



dav'p labor - - . - 25 



To harrowing same, half a day's labor 13 



To one bushel seed wheat - - 1 00 



To cutting and shocking, one and a 



half day's labor - _ . 38 



To hauling to barn, one day's labor 25 



To threshing and fmning 20 bushels of 



wheat, two days' labor - - 50 



To marketing 20 bushels of wheat, at 



12^ cents - - - - 2 50 



To boarding servant six days - 75 



Credit. 

 By sale of 20 bushels of wheat, at 81 

 By sale of straw and chaff from 20 

 bushels, at .«!l 



Deduct cost of culture 



815 24 

 Seven acres in wheat, can be cultivated with 

 less labor and expense than one acre in tobacco. 

 Calculation. 

 To seven acres in wheat at ^5 76 expense per 

 acre, 840 32 cents. 



By yield seven acres, 20 bushels per 

 acre, is 140 bushels, at 81 per bush- 

 el, is - - - - 140 00 

 Strnw and chaff from 140 bushels, at 

 87 - - - - 147 00 

 Deduct expenses of culture 40 32 



8106 68 



If the price of wheat be reduced to 90 cents 



per bushel, the product, including chaff and straw, 



will be - - - 92 68 



Calculation 3rd. 

 Expense of corn culture. 

 One acre of irround that will produce 900 lbs. 



of tobacco, will yield 40 bushels corn. 



To one day's fallowing, one day's la- 

 bor - . . . 25 



To one day's plonfihing before plant- 

 ing, one day's labor - - 25 



To one day's ploughing, at the time 



of weedinir - . - - 25 



To one day's labor in weeding - 25 



To one day's labor in hillinor - 25 



To one day's labor in ploughing - 25 



To two days' labor in pulling fodder 



and securing ... 50 



To one day's work in cutting and se- 

 curing tups _ - . 25 



To two days' labor in pulling and haul- 



in<r corn . . - _ 50 



To shucking eight barrels corn, two 



(lavs' work _ . . 50 



To carryintj 40 bushels corn to mark- 

 et, at 12| cents per bushel - 5 00 



To boarding laborer 14 days - 1 75 



Credit. 

 By sale 40 bushels corn, at 80 cents 

 Bv sale fodder from eight barrels corn 

 By sale shucks and tops from same - 



810 00 



32 00 

 2 00 

 2 00 



Amounts to gross - - 8^6 00 



Deduct expense of culture - 10 00 



Jjeaves net profit - 826 00 



Four acres in corn can be cultivated with lesa 

 expense and labor, ihan would be required to cul- 

 tivate one acre in tobacco. 



Calculation. 

 To four acres in corn 810 expense per acre is 



840. 



By yield of (bur acres, 40 bushels per 

 acre is 160 bushels ai 80 cents per 

 bushel, is - - - 128 GO 



