78 How THE FARM PAYS. 



potato oats, while the product was sold for fifty cents per bushel, but 

 if I had not sown this imported seed, I would probably not have had 

 more than half the yield per acre. Consequently it is evident that it 

 was economy to use the high priced seed. 



PRODUCT OF TEN ACRES. 



Value of Oat Crop, 650 bushels $325.00 



Oat Straw, 10 tons 150.00 



Fodder Corn, 5 acres, 40 tons 200 . 00 



Cabbage, 2 acres 175.00 



Turnips, 2 acres, 87 tons 306 . 25 



$1,156.25 



EXPENSES. 



Plowing, harrowing and rolling $30 . 00 



Cost of oat seed for 10 acres 40. 00 



Harvesting and threshing oats 45 . 00 



Manure for fodder corn 100 . 00 



Harvesting fodder corn 12 . 00 



Seed 8.00 



Manure for 2 -1 acres cabbage 50 . 00 



Planting, cultivating and harvesting 30.00 



Cabbage seed 2.00 



Manuring for 2 J acres turnips 10 . 00 



Sowing, cultivating and harvesting 25 . 00 



Interest on value of land 30 . 00 



$382.00 



Net profit 774.25 



$1,156.25 



Q. In this estimate you have made no charge for your own work and 

 skill in superintendence. I presume, with your experience, if your 

 services were hired to another man on a farm of 200 acres they would 

 be worth at least $10 per day. Would it not be fair to charge 

 something for the time you have spent in this superintendence, 

 against this estimate ? 



A. No. The profit made on these crops represents the value of my 

 time and work, and not only the value of my own work, but the 

 increased value which my superintendence and direction gives to the 



