Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-12-07

Half an acre of Carrots, 440 bushels at shil-
ling per bushel, 20 g.
Tho moving and cultivated crops take up 10
acres, leaving 10 acres for pasturage, which will
keep aud keep well, z cows yoke of cattle, and
u horse 10 head, at So ench, 60 90
Produce worth to feed the stock, 647 ~
FxPENsE OF cULTIvArINs TWENTY ACRES OF LAND.
Moving one acre of heavy grass first time, So 90
Making and cutting first crop, 4 90
Moving second crop, j 90
Making and cutting second crop 2 50
Moving acres, at 9 so per acre, IS 90
Labor in CuLtiuating Onc acre Of Wheat.
Ploughing twice, 800
narrowing and sowing, so
Reaping, binding and caring, 3 90
Thraslling and cleaning 30 bushels 9 50
Labor in cultivating2 acres at $40 per mere, 20 90
Labor in cultiuating an acre Of Potatoes.
Carng thirty buck loads of manure and spread
ing, %
Ploughing turf once, 90
Narrowing thoroughly, l 90
Planting, 4 90
Hoeng 3 times at | so each time, so
Digging one acre, 400 bushels, at l-2 cents per
bushel, 10 90
Labor in cultivating acre of Potatoes, 30 so
Labor in culiiuating an acre Of Corn.
Caring and spreading thirty buck loads of MA
nure, 90
Ploughing turf once, 100
narrowing thoroughly, 90
Planting, 30
Hoeing times, 10 90
Gathering, husking and shelling 8 90
Labor in cultivatIng | acre of corn, % so
Labor in cultirdting one acre Of Sugar Beets.
Pougbing first time, so
Caring 40 buck loads of manure, ut 20 cents, 8 90
Ploughing second time, so
Narrowing, rs
Sowing seed with Drill Barrow, 80
Hoeing A times, 10 on
Gathering and securing crop, 90
Labor in cuvating acre of Sugar Beets, 30 25
Labor in culhirating acre of Ruta Baga.
Carting 30 buck loads of manure, 6 90
Poughing twice, 3 90
Narrowing and bushng, 90
Sowing with Drill Barrow, 50
Hoeing B times, 6 90
Gathering and securing, & 90
One halt acre, at % so per acre. IL 25
Labor of c,tltiuating acre Of Carrots.
Carting manure 6 90
Plougbing twice, 3 90
Narrowing and busbsng, / 90
Sowing with Drill Barrow IS
1oeing times, A dollars each time, I6 90
Gathering and securing ID 90
One half acre, at 40 75 per acre, 20 81
Seed for acres Of Wheat, z bushels to the a
cre bushels at dollar, 90
Seed for acre OF Corn, %
Seed for one acre Sugar Beet, 3 lbs at 60 cts so
25 cents, 50
Half ID. Ruta Baga seed half an acre. 81
III. Carrot seed to seed half an acre, 20
| bushe of Herds Grass and ~ Quarts Of Glover
seed to seed down acres of Wheat, sowed
thick, so as 10 occupy ground to the exclusion
of weeds, 30
Keeping Fences in repair on 20 acre Farm, 10 10
Whole expenses of labor seed, &c. on 20 acre
Farm, 206 ID
Net profit on small farm, S43l SO
| 1t will be seen from this statement that the
small farm nets 81 dollars 33 cents mo re than
the large one. Ii we add TO this the difference in
extra time spent IN going to work, caring crops
and driving stock TO and from distant parts of
large farm, we shall readily perceive that the
small rich farm has greatly the advantage over the
large one Ut mlddling quality. The crops
timated AT fair value 10 feed 10 stock on both
farms. The small farm, having the greatest n.
mount Of produce, Will have in The spring the
greatest amount of manure in the yards which is
all put upon acres Of This already rich land
while the manure on ibe large farm is spread
over il acres OF this middling land. ! wish to
ask, whether with such management, il does not
look reasonable that such crops are stated in
the small farm account may not reasonably he
exported j will here add that they are stated nc.
cording to crops produced ON my own farm which
have been measured and weighed and they have
greatly been exceeded according To statements in
which place confidence from other parts OF the
country.
Il mny be asked how are we 10 get our lands
into this high state of cultivation. | answer hy
paying more attention to the making and saving
Of manure. hat farmer is there amongst us that
could not, 10y keeping his yards vel supplied with
turf, or muck, or soma other substance sufficient.
to absorb the liquids Of the yard, make double or
treble his present quantity Of manure ? That it
costs capital, mr. labor, which is the same as mo-
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