Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850Various
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850
Various
England -- Periodicals; Scotland -- Periodicals
This farm has been put into good productive condition by means
of the tenant's capital, at a cost in draining and lime, (sunk,) of
£2500. It is well known that nearly twice this amount has in many
instances been thus expended; but we assume this as a fair average
on a farm so rented.
Interest upon which sum, to enable him to recover the same during
an ordinary lease of from nineteen to twenty-one
years, at 10 per cent, £250 0 0
Interest on capital invested in stock, &c., yielding an
annual return of £1500, at 5 per cent, 75 0 0
Expenses of management--wages, tradesmen's accounts,
extra manures, &c., 550 0 0
Casualties, loss on stock, &c., 50 0 0
Public and Parish Burdens, 45 0 0
-------- £970 0 0
---------
£1770 0 0
To meet this sum, there is the produce of 200 acres of grain, in each
year, distributed as follows:--
Acres. Bushels. Bushels. Bushels.
100 Oats, at 48 per acre--4800. Off seed, horses, and servants, 2420
60 Wheat, 33 1980. Off seed, 180
40 Barley, 40 1600. Off seed, servants, 210
Remain disposable, at the prices on which his calculations were
founded and warranted by the rates, as is proved, under protection:--
Bushels.
2380 Oats, at 3s., £357 0 0
1800 Wheat, at 7s., 630 0 0
1390 Barley, at 4s., 278 0 0
-------- £1265 0 0
Returns upon stock estimated, at prices then current,
to yield, 750 0 0
-------- £2015 0 0
---------
Profit--remuneration for tenant's industry and skill, £245 0 0
The above grain produce yields, at the highest average I feel warranted
in assuming, under free trade--
Bushels.
2380 Oats, at 2s., £238 0 0
1800 Wheat, at 5s., 450 0 0
1390 Barley, at 2s. 9d., 191 0 0
--------
£879 0 0
In place of, as above, 1265 0 0
-------- £386 0 0
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