Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850Various
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850
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England -- Periodicals; Scotland -- Periodicals
To meet this sum there is the produce of 230 acres corn crop,
10 acres potatoes, and the profits from live stock as follows:--
100 acres oats, at 48 bushels per imperial acre, 4800
Less for seed, servants' meal, and horses, 2004
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Leaving for sale, 2796 at 3s. 3d., £454 7 0
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70 acres wheat, at 32 bushels per acre, 2240
Less for seed, 220
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Leaving for sale, 2020 at 7s., 707 0 0
30 acres barley, at 48 bushels per acre, 1440
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Less for seed, 100
Leaving for sale, 1340 at 4s., 268 0 0
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30 acres beans, at 40 bushels per acre, 1200
Less for seed, 110
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Leaving for sale, 1090 at 4s. 6d., 245 5 0
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Produce of 10 acres potatoes, after deducting seed, 100 0 0
Profits from live stock fed upon 60 acres turnips and
100 acres grass, 550 0 0
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Total return, £2324 12 0
_________ 2324 12 0
Profit, £287 12 0
The like quantities of disposable grain, taken at the present prices,
fetch as follows:--
2796 bushels oats, @ 2s. 4d., £326 4 0
2020 " wheat, @ 4s. 9d., 479 15 0
1340 " barley, @ 3s. 0d., 201 0 0
1090 " beans, @ 3s. 3d, 177 12 6
10 acres potatoes, 100 0 0
Add profits from live stock, 550 0 0
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Total returns £1834 11 6
Sum chargeable as above against the farm, £2037 0 0
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202 8 6
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