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Report on the Agriculture of Belgium. 
Estimated Beceijpts (1868). £ s. d. 
1 acre wheat, 35 bushds at 7s 12 5 O 
1 acre colza, 1 ton at 21?. 10s. .. •• 21 10 O 
acre flax, 30 kils. at 4/r., say 5 00 
i acre, tobacco, 400 kils. at Is IG 0 0 
Butter from 3 cows, say — 
240 lbs. each = 720 lbs.* at Is 36 0 0 
3 calves at 15s 2 5 0 
Garden produce 10 0 0 
Estimated Expenditure. 103 0 0 
Wases of 1 man, at 1/;-. per day, £ s, d. 
taking the avera^je of the year 14 10 0 
1^ ton guano at 121. .." 18 0 0 
liates and taxes 3s. 3d. per acre 1 12 6 
2 pigs 4 weeks old at 7s. Qd 0 15 0 
34 17 6 
Gross profit 68 2 6 
Against this return we must put the waj^es of two men, on the 
same scale as if they were hired ; but we think that nothing need 
be allowed for the wages of the proprietress, who is very old. 
A man gets 75 centimes per day and his food in summer, and 
45 centimes in winter with nourishment. Taking the larger 
sum all the year round, on account of the additional labour which 
they perform in the garden, Sic, the amount will be 22/. I65. The 
rent is another item which should be deducted, and computing this 
at 45*. per acre, it would amount to 22Z. IO5. We therefore have a 
remaining sum of 22/. 16s. Qd., or 45s. Qd. per acre as the farmer's 
profit ; while the actual income of such a peasant-proprietor, if 
unencumbered, would be 56/. 14s. 66?. after paying for his food.. 
That a considerable sum of money is really saved, is shown by the 
fact that the existing farm buildings were erected only a fevf 
years ago at a cost of more than 200/. 
Comparison with the condition of an English Agricultural 
Labourer. — To render such a comparison perfectly fair, we ought 
to assume that the capital of the farm is borrowed at five per 
cent, interest, and that one of the brothers is the farmer. The 
farmer's income is, then, as follows : — 
£ s. d. 
Wages 1180 
Profit 22 16 () 
34 4 6 
Less interest on capital, 
say, 140Z.f at 5 per cent 7 0 0 
27 4 6 
* We should have placed this item somewhat higher but for the fact that the 
cows are u-ed for tillage and draught purposes. 
t We compute the capital which would be required to take and work this farm 
