Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-31

This sum he will absolutely require to have
when he arrives on the land. TO this. in his
calculations, he must add his expenses coming
here.
Now having no crop the first year. he works
out in the harvest and earns $50. This he re-
quires now, and more when he puts in his first
crop, but, as he will get time for some, perhaps
all. of the following charges, we will not
charge them to his original capital.
SECOND SPRINGS WORK AND EXPENSES.
] drag to put in the crop, shaking the
seed by hand. ....................$ - 90
Seed wheat for 50 acres bushel and
pecks to the acre. Observation-Disclosures. rs 90
Hires his grain cut and bound ~ rs 90
Shocking, stacking, ETC., done by ex-
changing work with neighbors.
Machine threshing at cents a bushel.. so co
Extra labor done by exchanging work.
We have, now come down to the harvest and
the second year on the land.
Up to this the settlers expenses have been
$62i75. 0''0' 4''0 N'ei-
Let us see what the land is likely to set off
against this sum:
80 acres Of wheat, 20 bushels to tho
Charges ... ...................... 621 rs
Balance in favor Of crop. ....... 1878 Is
Adding to this the sixty dollars the man
earned the first harvest he has in hand S5433. rs.
1t must be borne in mind that the settler has
supported himself and family for sixteen
months, his home is made, st ock paid for, his
farm opened, and at least $500 added to the
value of his land. We will suppose that he
plows the second year fifty acres more, and has
one hundred acres under his second CROP With
this good set off, we leave him. Now we will
give the
CASH EXPENSES
for the same number of acres where a man
hires all his work DONE He may prefer to do
this, to buying cattle and horses to break, az
he may be man who can earn high wages
until his first crop comes in.
Breaking so acres, at $3.50 per acre. .$125 90
SEED wheat ................ rs 90
Seeding and dragging, at 80 cents per
acre. $500. IS %
Cutting and binding $1.50per acre.. rs 90
Stacking, five days, two men and team Is 90
Ihreshlng and hauling to market. at IL
cents bushel. Observation-Disclosures. 100 90
Cash expenses OF CROP. $465 GO
CREDITS.
Fifty acres of wheat, 20 bushels to
the acre, at ST. per bushel. $500. 81 600 90
Charged to the CROP. 1865 90
Balance IN favor of crop........ $685. 90
Now, the expense of breaking by right
sAou1u Ho1 NC charged 10 Che nrst crop, for it |
is permanent value, added to the value of
the tn land, and should be calculated as capital;
80 acres broken on a farm of 16O, adds fully SO
an acre to the value of the property.
But in the above calculation, we have not |
alone charged the first crop with the breaking
expenses, but also with cash price of every dol.
lars worth of labor expended, until the wheat |
is in the railroad elevator, ard the owner has !
nothing more to do, unless to receive the money
for it; and yet there is clear profit over all |
expenses of $685..
In making these calculations, it is necessary |
to put a certain value on the wheat per bushei. |
and to ALLOW for a certain amount of bushels |
to the acre, but it will be obvious to any reader
that in both these important items there are
continual variations. The calculations we
now give appeared in the edition of our
pamphlet for 1877, and were based, in meas
ure, on our fine wheat crop for that year. The
crop of 1878, as we have already stated, fell |
short of 1877, and we were basing our estimate
on it we should calculate wheat second grade
at 66 cents per bushel but the crop of 1879
may surpass the crop of 1877; taking the aver
age of many years. crops and prices, our cal
Gu lations are as near correct as can be made.