The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-14

oUR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.


oUR Observation-Disclosures
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matters OF interest to our Country
El1fi l. aa Readers. '--
g. WHAT n COsTs 10 BrvK-The ques-I
tfon is often asked, how much ought a.
medium-sized family to live on a years
Itis avery different thing how much
ought to be expended and what Is e6-
pended, and tits therefore hard to an
.sWer the question at all approximating
to correctness. If q clear basis be laid
down there is no trouble I'M giving a
true estimate; but as there i. such a
difference in the ideas of family IN re-
gard TO domestic economy, as Wen as In
the manner in which they have hitherto
lived, and the extent of their income,
no one can set downs a yearly sum with
any degree of accnracy.T z.is.l
have known some farmers to i've
comfortably and not spend in money
over four hundred dollars a year, in
addition TO what was derived from the
premises. and bring mp and educate a
family of sons and daughters; while
other families ofthe same number will
spend six, eight, and tenhundred, the
latter sum being considered large. y 4
But when we come to families, wholly
consumers, the heads OF which are in
some mercantile business, the family
expenses assume a greater. magnitude.
Expensive company, fndulgeuce in OPP
eras, theaters, summer excursions 70
some watering place, n couple OF SER
wants, costly dresses, &c, will run up
to a large sum, to be graded only by the
desires OF. the family and perhaps e1-I
tent of income While one careful
family, who will enjoy all needful do
mestic comforts, will get along with
from ten to hffeen,. hundred dollars,
others, more eluxuriouslyi inclined, Will
not get along on two or three times the
sum. 4a -s.,i35. q ,lls- ts- ~
The only way is to exercise a just
economy in all household affairs espe-.
cially when the income is limited, and
,relysupon it there is as much real en~
joyment in it as there is where three or
four times the amount is expended or
wasted. Everything is in being con-
tented, and wealth with all Its trappings
rarely confers this blessing.-GeTRl0Is-
torn Telegraph. s.7.L.51.7. e-E
TIE Taxes OF FARNERs.-The fol-
lowing is very important to farmers,
and the decisions have recently been
given by the Commissioned of Internal
Revenue at Washington: -5Se
/. Farmers will not be required to
make return of produce consumed in
their own immediate families. ER
. The farmers profits frOIu sale OF
live stock are to be found by deductinE
from the gross receipts for animals sold,
the purchase money, paid for the same.
If animals have been lost during the
year by death or robbery, the purchase
money paid for such animals may be
deducted from the gross income of the
farm.
3. No deduction can be made by the
farmer for the value of services rem
dered by his minor children, whether
he actually pays for such services or
not. II his adult children work for
him, and receive compensation for their
labor. they are to, be regarded as other
hired laborers in determining his In
come. =
4. Money paid for labor. except such
as Is used or employed in domestic ser
vice, or in the production OF articles
consumed In the family of the producer,
may be deducted.
8. No deduction can be allowed in
any case for the cost OF unproductiTel
labor. Ii house servants are employed
u portion of the time in productive
labor, such as the making of butter
and cheese for sale, proportiOnate
amount of the wages paid may be de-
Quoted. aa s aDe
6. Expenses for ditching and clean
ing new land are plainly expenses for
permanent improvement, and are not
deducted. r @ SIS: ,1thaE5 U
fertilizers applied during the year to
the farmers land, may be deducted;
but no deduction Is allowed for fertfli.
zers produced on the farm. The cost of
seed purchased for sowing and plant
ing may be deducted. -5-lsz 4
8. If a person sells timber standing,
the profits are to be obtained by esti-
mating the value of the land AFTER the
removal of the TIMBER and from the
sum thus obtained dedncting the esti-
mated value of the land on the 1st day
of january, 1852, or on the day OF pur-
chase, IL purchased since that date.
e Q. Where no repairs have been made
by the taxpayer upon any building
owned by him during the preceding five
years, nothfHg can be deducted for re-
pairs made during the year for which
his income is estimated. -f4
10. A farmer should make return of
all his produce sold within a year, but
a mere executOry contract for q sale Is
not a sale delivery, either actual or
constructive, is essential. The criteri-
on by which 10 judge whether sale is
complete or not, Is to determine Wheth-
sr the vendor still retains in that char
acter right over the property If the
property were lost or destroyed, upon
which Of the parties, in the absence Of
any other relation between them than
that of vendor and vendee, would the
loss fall. rs. sat .ii.its ft
RorATIoS OF CRoPs.-A writer in the
Cbltptry Gentleman says: "The great
object of a. rotation of'crops is stated
by high authority to be the securing
of the largest net return, while the ca
pabilities of the land are at the same
time maintained and increased. This
is maintained by a tjudieious selection
of the kind of crops, and careful ar
rangemeTit of their succession. CaSrd
saws this selection and arrangement
will be governed by climate. nature of
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