January 10, 1857.] THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. oF 
A “STIFF CLAY FARM” ACCOUNT. 
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In compliance with your wish I send you the inclosed statement. It is often said that a “ gentleman a loses by farming his own land.” Without arrogating 
to aya e Sie I am satisfied that, as a ath, eg using my own land, my farming concern is remun It is very true that for seven years prior to 1849, my 
account did not show much rent or interest, bi eas convinced that bot h were invested i n the land, At prie aM 1849 I considered myself insolvent as a farmer. 
I sold my iba and bough tit, by valuation. Tle ene land and hired it, at a rey a "hy more than one-third what it was let for when I bought it. The following 
account will show the result. It will agreed re sai, a with reason, that 4 or even 6 per cent. on capital is not a sufficient remuneration to a tenant farmer ; but the 
aar N essive succession in the is evidence that the deia improvement in the land is to me, as proprietor, equal to a very large additional 
i. The publication of tnt AODA oa may be useful if it should mamaata * Gentlemen Farmers ” to ae closely to their accounts, and all occupiers of 
land, ete her propel or tenants, to adopt the easy plau of keeping their current accounts in columns, as in jerre so that the increase or decrease under 
—— Si quid novisti rectius istis, 
Candidus imperti—si non, his utere mecum. ete £ “gs tle 
Statement of the Receipts, Paymenis, and olan aen Michaelmas, 1848, to Michaelmas, 1856, of a Mose gong Farm in Hand,” consisting of 60 Acres of Grass 
90 Acres of Arable Land, in which the Routine of C: 
As to 13 acres, three ccurse. As to 77 hoe ead course. 
Viz., 1. Beans or Pease (a) Viz., 1. Beans or Pease (a) 5. Tares or Trefoil (2) 
* 2. Wheat 2. Wheat & Wheat (4) 
8. Rye, Trifolium (b), or Tares followed 3. Clover Roots (c 
. by Swedes (c) 4. Oats (d) 8 Barley or Oats (b) 
Maxures:—(a) Dung. (b) Guano. (c) Do. and superphosphate of lime. (d) Lime or marl on the Clover stubble. 
VALUE OF RECEIPTS FOR 
RECEIPTS. pi yua ie 
Fatting Corn a Roots. Stock. Poultry. Dairy Sundries. TOTAL» 
£ s. od So. Bois É tod £ aiid. Bip Bucs the oe eS S'ER Sk L S £ L 
Inthe yearending at Michaelmas 1849 28 10 0 sir > 123 19 4 4115 3 915 3 543 19 1 167 4 30 1 5 =t 5 10 770 3 6 
Ditto ... 1850 89 10 0 117 2.8 oa sz 1415 4 651 10 2 wi 4 26 13 11 19 8 8 91413 3 
Ditto i ee eo SESE SP BD, 0! @ d mA 177 5 0 5014 9 22 4.0 718 414 23 0 4 29 3 20 10 10 1041 9 1 
Ditto jäs 1852 103 0 0 5 335 4 2 59 11 8 55 4 2 T74 110 28 13 9 28 210 546 1286 211 
tto . y 1853 90 0 0 ji 341 17 1 58 4 3 43 611 862 18 3 15 0 6 87 5 9 26 8 34 | 1885 1 0 
Ditto . .. -1854 36 0 0 435 7 7 64 4 9 60 12 5 927 6 4 15 8 6 32 18 6 31 2143) 67 1 0 
itto 1855 120 0 0 š 483 7 3 49 410 57 4 2 694 4 11 13 12 0 3417 0 2219 1354 11 11 
c. 1856 ©...) 15710 © ia «- | $815 8 3219 7 P 602 19 5 168 0 37 13 0 22 10 4 1098 8 0 
676 0 0 253 14 0 5231 5 10 
PAYMENTS FOR 
Corn, 
eds, &e., 
t Lean Food for not con- 
PAYMENTS. Labour. Stock for Other i sumed by | Manures. Tackle. Taxes. Sundries. TOTAL, 
i Fatting. Stock, Stock. | Fatting 
Stock. 
ee A £ sda. £ sd 2. EEPE r3 E eel ae ek £ sd, £ sd 
In the year ending at Michaelmas1849 ...| 237 12 7 463 13 9 25.9 © 108 19 8 9719 9 104.18 67 9 1 68 15 11 4 210 1158 4 3 
re ` a 1860 ...i. 239 9 2 71 446 1 9 138 19 6 26 8 4 60 16 7 1 61 866 14 7 
Diao a a yy AE. T TO 432 18 7 12 14 0 146 11 3 27 14 10 128 9 9 34 14 11 56 5 8 LS 1067 16 11 
Mo ee ee es Oe Oe ST 534 7 3 19 5 6 1448 0 3 43 18 9 69 9 9 27 5 9 59 4 0 412 0 1161 10 4 
Bitte Ras ae 4. 1858 ...| 274 9 11 648 1 10 19 0 146 13 10 27 17 11 77 10 10 T 7 0 5419 4 i ee 1280 7 1 
eit ee ae E ee ae ee 375 16 10 10 0 8 8 60 11 108 5 3 411 8 66 5 4 464 1261 13. 5 
De a a ce OO 52 10 0 040 149 2 5 85 3 10 62 9 10 az 08 63 17 0 2% 8 931 7 8 
Pe Ge tee te a ee ee 36 116 6 51 23 6 68 3 0 26 18 11 6 4 2 310 9 924 3 5 
2862 6 4 103213 4 | 
ANALYSIS OF VALUATIONS. 
| Fatti Oth Impl St Wheat R Ai Und 
atting er mple- Taw ea oot Tares, and nder- 
Stock. Rock a Hay. bongitt Old Corn. | New Corn.| go neat naan xi _ Manures. | Mend- ico TOTAL. 
sown: | $ 
a6 E laid. $- sd oe cae Ae E ee A 8. $s at 3. ee + eS ee fee ee Se. E Endt 
1849. | 392 5 6 | 188 7 283 17 147 2 A Aa 31218 10 | 105 6 2 | 9110 6 | 2848 4 11111 6 | 7132 6 410 0 | 1738 0 7}. 
1850 | 360 9 4 | 188 17 283 1 254 12 10 0 0 | 6910 0 | 410 0 9 | 98 7 8 | 7 11 1918 4 (13517 6 | 59 5 2 510 0 | 1965 1111]. 
1851 | 356 8 0 | 20815 0 | 283 15 29 8 $ | 25 0 0 [18414 3 | 44811 3 | 9610 6 | 118 4 å 886 5 | im 15 > | 56101 510 O. | 215810 1} 
1852 | 47013 © | 210 0 0 | 281 8 6 | 171 16 2% 0 0 f 5517 0 | 426 110 | 7615 9 | 196 8 § 8010 3 (14515 3 | 96 8 í 510 0 | 2121 18 ‘OT 
1853 | 687 4 0 |180 0 O | 268 3 24813 3 | 2 0 0 | 9115 6 | 41513 9 | 8214 5 | 8119 84 9 3 | 153 0 | 5519 6 0 © | 2330 12 1}: 
1854 | 49717 0 | 213 5 0 | 992 14 179 14 ja ae 10 5 0 | 670 1 rey Tia yt 4617 0 | 179 5 | 68 18 10 6 0 0 |2833 7 2 
“1855 |355 6-2 | 216 10 11 178 15 eles 2011 3 | 653 1 6 | 1691110 | 7513 £ 45 2 5 | 145 10 52 9 6 0 O | 2209 1 8 
sf aes 203 18 © | 26915 © | 273 15 nition 16.14 0 | 64319 O | 9t 5 9 1118 35 1 4376/1219 0 2 9.4 6 0 0 | 2265 4 8) 
Summary of Balances from Michaelmas, 1849, to Michaelmas, 1856. The Balance of Summary of Balances from Michaelmas, 1852, 
the preceding Year cannot be accur ecurately ascertained, because only a general 
peaa Farming Stock was made at Michaelmas, 1848, and not a regular Recetpta. 
Valuation by an A Appraiser, as at, and. since, Michaelmas, 1849. ater Paige 
| Receipts and Payments. Ij Valuations. {| | In hand, || Increase. 
In 
Hand. | Deficient. | Increase. | Decrease || of Increase Sca Pomma 
ALE eh JEE te one 2 4. @; | eit £84. At Michaelmas, 1853  ... | 104 18 11 Lia 20818 4 
kád h x sestre y q 
» 1852 á . enses '26 710 || 19218 2 Mani jti 1868 -css |905 °F 7 La oes f 
” 1853 moe 124 12 g eee ETTI 36 11 4 , ‘ 
sy 1854 =... | 104 13 11 K 208 13 4 1855 4238 4 2° ee 
» 1855, ro eT ne he aR YNT p > aeee o 
usie “a 42 : wns Lao E. w 
7 1744 47 wees MaD pies 6 m 1856 us Er ET sesiis 5 3 0 
1180 1 6 | 26 710 || 688 011 {160 16 10 267 11 5 
26 7 10 f 160 16 tO 194 5 6 
f 7 Ltt k 
ABS 18 Bf oaea Say 4 rea ig, 1007 10 3 r 1A Oh 
*Three years’ rent of 145 acres, at 1451... e.. £485 0 0 
Four years’ do. of 150 acres, at 1507,  ... T 600-0 O Four years’ rent rc a OR V eet ae S O ; A 
meaa n E, Ta o o n ; oe 
j 1035 0 0 Four years’ intereston'21007., at 6 per cent. 504 08. 
Seven years’ interest on 21007., at 4 percent. s. ... 688 0 0 hoe: 
—— 1628 0 0 —— 
e RP pat Surplus... a 
“és à Michaelmas, 1852. Surplus ... £57 17 9 
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