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THE FARMEKS' REGISTER. 



established truths render lacts of so much im- 

 portance, and mtike iheni the salest ot ail leacliers. 



Example 1. — JNlanagement ol' seven and a hall' 

 acres of land in Norihtield. The land is alluvial ; 

 ol'good quality ; on tiie banks or the Cunneciicut. 



In 1828, the land was leased ; the proprietor 

 to lurnish filiy buck-loads ol manure hum his 

 barn-yard ; and to receive, as rent ol' the land, 

 hair of the whole product. He received hall' 

 the top stalks, all the bottom stalks, and twenty- 

 live bushels of corn |*er acre. 



In 1839, the land was leased on the same terms, 

 and he received as above the coarse fodder, and 

 twenty-two and a half bushels ol corn. 



In 1830, the proprietor leased it for broom corn, 

 and stipulated to deliver on the ground six loads 

 of manure to the acre. The brush, prepared for 

 market, one half the crop, which Ire received 

 as rent, amounted to twenty-seven dollars per 

 acre J price at which the brush sold in this case 

 not ascertained. 



In 1831, he leased it again for broom corn, 

 delivering upon the land six loads of manure to 

 the acre, at a cash rent of sixteen dollars per acre. 



In 1832, without manure, he sowed it with 

 oats, and obtained Irom thirty-three to thirty-five 

 bushels to the acre, which he sold at lorty-iwo 

 cents per bushel. 



In 1833, without manure, he obtained an aver- 

 age yield of twenty bushels of sound wheat to 

 the acre, valued at one dollar filty to one dollar 

 seventy-five cents per bushel. 



The land was valued at sixty dollars per acre; 

 at which price, at that lime, land of the same 

 quality in the immediate vicinity was sold. 



Summary per acre. 



In 1828, 25 bushels of Indian corn, at 



75 els. per bushel, - - - - $18 75 

 '< 1829, 221- (lo^ (jo^ ,jo_ 16 87^ 



" 1830, returns from broom corn sold, 27 00 

 " 1831, rent of land in cash, - - 16 00 

 " 1832, 24 bushels of oats, at 42 cents 



per bushel, - - - - 10 08 

 « 1833,20 do. of wheat, at ^150 cents, 30 00 



Six years' interest upon 60 dollars, price 



per acre, 



118 70^ 

 21 60 



Net profit of six years upon each acre, 897 10^ 



The manure was furnished on the farm, and 

 the stalks and straw may be considered as a full 

 equivalent lor the manure^ seed and thrashing. 



2. Produce of three and a half acres of land 

 in Deerfield street, in 1833. 

 Hay, 3.^ tons, at 12 dollars per ton, - 42 00 

 Winter wheat, 11 bushels, at ^1 50 



per bushel, - - - - - 16 50 

 Stubble and clover, one ton, at 4 dollars ' 



per ton, -- - - - - 4 00 



Corn Ibdder, three tons, valued at - 10 00 



Indian corn, one hundred and twenty 



bush, at 80 els. - - - - 96 00 



Potatoes, one hundred and seventeen 



bush, at 20 cts. - - - - 23 40 

 Apples, sixty bushels, at twelve and a 



half cents per bushel, - - - 7 50 

 Pumpkins, one cart-load, - - - 00 



3. I give, in the subjoined case, the actual ex- 

 penses of cultivating several lots of land on the 

 same larm the same year, with the returns. The 

 expenses include every thing until the delivery 

 of crops in the barn, with the exception of thrash- 

 ing the grain, and the interest upon the value of 

 the land, I have myself affixed the value of the 

 crops, as nearly as I could ascertain it at the prices 

 then current in the county. 



1. Four acres and 106 rods in Indian corn. 



Whole expenses of cultivation, 



Returns — 

 352 bush, of corn, at 75 cents, 

 Corn Ibdder, ten tons, at 1^4 



264 00 

 40 00 



i9Q 83 



304 00 

 109 75 



213 37^ 



In the former case, gypsum and ashes only 

 were used, charged at i§5 50 cents ; in the latter 

 case, 35 loads of barn-manure were used, charg- 

 ed at one dollar per load. 



3. Five acres in oats. 

 Expenses of cultivation and seed, - 35 50 

 Returns — 



129 60 



2. Three and a half acres in corn. 



Whole expenses of cultivation, 

 Returns — 



Corn, 236^ bushels, at 75 



cents per bushel, - 177 37^ 



Fodder, 9 tons, at 4 dollars, 36 00 



21 60 



72 00 



5. Two and a half acres in winter wheat. 

 Expenses and seed, - - - 13 75 

 Returns — 



20 bushels wheal, at ^1 50, 30 00 

 Straw, two toes, at 3 dollars, 6 00 



36 00 



6. Two and three-fourths acres in spring wheat. 

 15 58 



$199 40 



Expenses of cultivation and seed, 

 Returns — 



38 bushels of wheat, at $1 

 50 cents per bushel, 



2 tons of straw, at 3 dollars. 



57 00 

 6 00 



63 00 



7. Fourteen acres in grass, home lot. 

 Expenses of getting two crops, in both 



45 tons, 65 00 



Forty- five tons of hay, at 8 dollars per 

 ton, 360 00 



8. Seven and a half acres in grass, in me.adow. 

 Expenses of getting the hay, 15 tons, 20 75 

 Value of the hay, 15 tons, at 8 dollars, 120 00 



The foregoing may be considered as examples 

 of extraordinary success. I give them as such. 

 They are examples of extraordinary success and 

 extraordinary skill and good management. The 

 success is the result of the good management. 

 The good management others can command ; 

 and consequently the same results are within their 

 power. Men pretend that there is a great deal 

 of " good luck" in these cases. There is very 

 little of what may be termed good or bad luck in 



