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wiirze root, is worth 15^% per ton, at tlie least, to be con- 

 simied by sheep, or cows, or pig's, on the farm 5 and that, 

 therefore, my root crop, inchiding- the intercahited one, is 

 •worth 157. an acre. I assume that the wheat crop yiekled 

 32 bushels an acre, which, at Gls. the bushel, will give 

 9/. 12.*f. an acre ; taking- the difference, the averag-e annual 

 produce of an acre of hig-hly farmed g-round I calculate, 

 from my own returns, to be at the lowest 12/. 6s. 



And now I come to the expenses ; and the principal charge, 

 which will seem exaggerated, is 3/. an acre for manual 

 labour. This is the item which gives me most satisfaction. 

 Let us ever bear in mind that no money spent on our farms 

 is so productive as that which goes in well-directed, well- 

 paid labour. I believe God's blessing- goes with it. But to 

 return to the average expenses of an acre of land on a farm 

 of 200 acres :— 



£ s. d. 



Rent 10 



Tithes, 5*. ; rates and taxes, 5.?. . . , 10 



Labour 3 



Horses 10 



Tradesmen's bills . . . . .056 



Seed 10 



Manure 10 



Interest on 15/. per acre> at 10 per cent. . 1 10 



^£9 5 6 



But the return is £12 6 



Estimated profit per acre . . . £5 6 



Gentlemen, fi-om experience I know three crops can be 

 raised at the expense nov/ g-iven ; and, in thanking- you for 

 the kind attention you have given to my leng-thened state- 

 ment, I commend to you the QL per acre profit, and I wish 

 in the coming- year you all may get it. 



Agricultural Gazette, Jan. 10, 1847. 



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