Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-13
Raising Wheat.

Ralsing Wheat.
Ayasrand half ago says the Ohic,go Times.
Mr. Wilson, the fiuarcial and commercial writer
OF the London Times. ascertained that tho cost
of raising quarter of wheat in Eoelspd and
Scotland was forty. shliuRs sixpenoe to
forty eight shiliuRs. In round figures this is
81. bushel. Mr.. Kendall. one Of the own
ers of farm Of 1000 acres, eight miles west of
Wiadom, Mun., furnished writer for the At.
lantic Monthly last fall With detailed statement
of the cost of wheat raising on bis farm. From
this statement it appears that, incudlog 10 per
ceGt. interest on the permanent investment, and
25 per csot. for the wear and tear of tools,
machinery aud stock, hsuliog TO the railroad
aud freight to Chicago, the cost was 1910 per
scte. AS tie average yield was twenty bushels
an acre, this made tho wheat cost 48 cents
bushe delivered 10 this city. Mr.. Dalrymple's
estimate of tho c,st of raising wheat on bis
celebrated farm 10 Dskota was even less than
this.
Mr.. G. W. Buell.. of Greeley, Col.. has furu.
isbed the public with statement OF what it cost
him to raise sixty Eve acres of wheat. last year.
Without any allowance for interest on the 10.
vestment. which could not have been very high
$435 SO for l,096 bushels 10 the bin. This is
about 40 cents bushe, or $6 62 an acre.
Tue agricultural reports OF Kansas give the
cost of different crops 10 macy localities. Three
pieces of winter wheat 10 Edwards, Jewell. aud
Ottawa counties, harvested 10 1878. cost 81 IA.
81 5S3. aud 81 80 per acre, including seed,
labor. and harvesting, but not including inter.
est on the Investment. Ga these three tracts
the yields were respectively thirty-nine, fly.
seven, and forty-four and half bushels per
acre. These are exceptionally large yields. but
taking sixteen bushels as the average yield of
40 acre, and many counties in Kansas have
averaged twenty two. the cost of the wheat would
have been little over forty five osots bushel.
The cost of carrying wheat from Chicago to
Liverpool was estm ,ted by Mr.. Wilson, 10 40
article already referred to-, as less than 30 cents
bushel. A detailed statement lately published
10 this CITY, including expenses 10 Ohio sgo and
Liverpool, put it at 424 csnts.
COMING HOME TO REST The Herald cor
respondent ct the White Sulphur dsabus.s the
public ct very grave error, which is that peo-
pie 90 to summer resorts to res; on the con-
trsry they 20 there to become worn out that
they may come home occasionally to rest. 10
bis letter of July 90 b, written at the White,
be says:-
"Why are you not at the spriogs" ssked.s
youog gentleman. who is a fashionable frtqusnt.
ar of the White Sulpur, few days ago 10
Richmond.
Il havs been there" he rsplisd.
"But, why are you not there now, the wealth.
| or is certainly hot enough?'
81 bsd TO come back for rest"
IA rest thought people went there for
| rest"
"Some people may, bu; 6nd it mush harder
| work than staying at home"
"Yo do. Pray tell me the nature of your
| Iaborious work at the White ?"
well, hirt, frolic. mesnder. chin and roll
| ten.pins with the girls all day. dance half the
| night and plsy cards the balance of 1t, until
| get 30 used up that have to come for rest.
| "But you are re going back again.
| "Oh, yes, I'll tackle it again as soon as I get
we'll on my pins"
The young gentleman who thus briefly and
lucdily illustrated the daily routine of the fish
| ionsble yourg people here is q talented rising
and most robust specimen OF the legal fraternity
| in the capital Of Virginia He is about the last
| one whose broad, rotund and manly proportions
| would be suspected of giving way under the
pressure of any amount of quiet White Sulphur
dissipation Yet nevertheless it Is 30. he had
| to 20 home to recuperate and no doubt he will
return fully restored and invigo:sted for ths
grand campaign in August. when the season will
be at its heigut and tue rush. will bring its
| pleasures, follies and e1travsgauces