1839J 



FARMERS' REGISTER 



719 



Brought over - - 80 



Oats — after grass ----- 40 



Beans — atier lea oats - - - - 40 



Tares — after tlittn ----- 5 

 Potatoes, rula baga and turnips — intended 



to he taken after wheat and lea oats - 35 



Summer laJlow— alter wheat - - - 35 



Old pasture 10 



Clover and rye-grass — sown last with fal- 

 low wheat ------ 40 



Ditto - - - ditto with barley 10 



50 



Fractions of the several fields - 5 



Acres - 300 



It was once my intention of giving a particular 

 account ol' the expense requited to slock and cul- 

 tivate the farm to this date. But observing that 

 this letter has already run to a great Icnirth, I must 

 confine myself to an abstract detail of that ex- 

 pense, without going into the muiulicB thereof. 

 Ploughing, harrowing, rollintr and 



hand-sathering turnip and fallow 



land last year, before the term of 



entry - - - - - 



Grass-seeds for 50 acres 

 10 plough horses, at 55 i^uineas each 

 1 old horse, as a supernumerary 

 1 saddle horse - - - - 

 3 milch cows - - - _ 



Ploujjhs, harrows, carls, rollers and 



other implements - - . 

 Saddler's account for harness, &c. 

 Sacks, ropes, &c. - - - - 

 Balance of arbitration with outgoing 



tenant, and expense thereof 

 Cleaning turnips, filling dung,spread- 



ing lime, and other incidental ex- 

 penses, last summer - - . 

 Allowance to 7 servants for harvest 



maintenance last year, 3 firlots of 



meal eacli — fnde, 5^ bolls, at 24.s. 

 Expense of altering and improving 



the dwellinfr house 

 Furniture purchased, independent of 



linens, &c. from my mother 

 Horse-corn last summer 

 Ditto from September last to this 



date, 120 bolls, at 24s. 

 Corn for 7 servants, one year, at 17 



bolls each— /rtJe, 119 bolls, at 28s. 

 Smith, wright and saddler lor one 



year ------ 



Lime purchased last summer - 

 Seed-corn, viz. 64 bolls 



wheat, at 45s. L 



6 bolls barley, at 32s. 



23 12 



35 



6 6 



52 10 



300 

 64 16 



144 



166 12 



45 

 70 



38 do. oafs, at 28s. 

 50 do. beans, at 30s. 

 5 do. tares, at 50s. 



144 

 9 12 

 53 4 

 75 

 12 10 



Grass-seeds, this year, for 50 acres 

 Window tax, horse tax, &c. - 

 Incidental expenses, last winter, to 

 this date - - - - - 

 6 score of ewes, at 33/. - - - 

 30 slots n)r wintering, at 15/. - 

 Household expenses since Whitsun- 

 day, as per book . - - 



294 

 50 

 25 



10 



198 

 450 



Brought over L. 3092 17 

 To which may be added, 



Expense of thrashing- 

 machine, fanners, fir- 

 lots, uiid other barn 

 implements not yet 

 valued - - - L. 120 . 



Horse corn till harvest, 

 70 bolls, at 25s. - 87 10 



Household expenses till 



ditto - - - 50 



Incidental expenses in 



^ummer - - - 30 



Harvest expenses - 100 



387 10 



120 



L.3480 7 



Carry over L. 3092 17 



From the above, it appears, that a farm, such 

 as mine, cannot be stocked, in a substantial man- 

 ner, at a less sum than Hi. 12s. per Scotch acre, 

 or 9/. 5s. 6(/. sterling per English acre. Indeed, 

 the tenant of such a iarm ought to possess an ad- 

 ditional sum at the outset, otherwise he stands a 

 chance of being short of money before his first 

 year's rent is paid, liiw farms being capable of 

 paying full rent in the first instance. 



it n)ay probably be alleged, that the profits on 

 cattle kept during the first summer, and those that 

 may be gained from the livestock this year, ought 

 to be deducted from the above sum of capital stock, 

 as these profits will be in hand belbre the period 

 arrive when the account is finished. Though this 

 is true, still, it will not warrant such a deduction 

 liom the amount of stock ; because these profits 

 must be appropriated to the I'und out of vvhich the 

 first year's rent is to be defrayed — a fund almost, in 

 every case, a short one; therelbre, standing more 

 in need of aid, than capable of giving any assis- 

 tance to supply a deficiency of original stock. 



Next week, it is my intention of being at Barn- 

 hill, when we will talk over these matters. Nay, 

 more, if the providing is all ready, or nearly all 

 ready, I trust, that a business upon which the hap- 

 [liness of my lile in a great measure depends, will 

 be concluded to the saiisliiction of all parties, and 

 of none more than 



Your friend and servant. 



GiV BREEDIIS'G AND REARING HORSES FOR 

 AGRICULTURAL, PURPOSES. 



From tlie Franklin Fanner. 



The No. for June Ist offers premiums /or the 

 Isi and 2d best essays '• on the subject of breeding 

 ami rearing horses for agricultural purj)oses." The 

 writers are laid under no restrictions as to the mode 

 of discussion, or tlie breeds they may chuose to 

 advocate. An agricultural paper could not be 

 expected to have been more liberal. A dissertation 

 on the blood and proportions, the breeding, rearing 

 and training 'he turf race-horse, or the stouter 

 built, but not much less blood-like roadster, hunter, 

 or war-horse, which the advance of modern times 

 has introduced, might not have suiied the taste of 

 a majority of your readers. You are aware how- 

 ever, that by placing an interdict on the turf, the 

 camp, the field and tiie road, you damp the ardor 

 of your writers, and strip the horse of his glory. 



