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
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e {50 Potatoes, at £2 per Scots acre, 100 0 0
e {30 Turnip, at 4s. per do, 6 0 0
d {50 Wheat, 23 qrs. at 60s., 69 0 0
{30 Barley, 14 qrs. at 35s., 24 10 0
f {50 Pasture, at 17s. per acre, 42 10 0
o {30 Hay, at 15s. per do., 22 10 0
r {80 Oats, at 40 qrs. at 28s., 56 0 0
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320
50 acres potatoes, 34 tons per
acre, horse and cow manure
driven from Edinburgh, at
6s. per ton, 510 0 0
30 acres turnip, 30 tons do., at
4s. per ton, 180 0 0
Keep of 15 horses, at £28 per
annum, 420 0 0
Do. of 1 riding horse, do., 28 0 0
Wages of farm overseer, per
annum, 32 0 0
Do. 8 ploughmen, at £27
per do., 216 0 0
Do. 2 labourers at 10s.,
and 1 boy at 5s. per week, 65 0 0
Outdoor women-workers per
annum, 165 0 0
Reaping 160 acres corn crop,
at 12s. per acre, 96 0 0
Wages of extra men securing
crop, 13 0 0
Cutting 30 acres hay, at 3s. 9d., 5 12 6
Cutting hedges, and keeping
fences, gates, and houses in
repair, 10 0 0
Smith work, per annum, 35 0 0
Carpenter work, do., 22 0 0
Veterinary surgeon, do., 7 0 0
Saddler work, do., 17 0 0
Millwright, engineer, mason,
and slater's accounts, 10 0 0
Coals for steam-engine, and
steaming and bruising horse
food, 12 0 0
Annual loss on live and dead
stock, from death and tear
and wear, 90 0 0
Tolls, custom, and marketing
expenses, 25 0 0
Insurance, 6 0 0
Poor-rates and statute-labour,
previous to passing of New
Poor Law, 30 17 0
Assessed taxes and income tax, 19 18 0
Interest on £1500 capital, sunk
in permanent improvements,
at 10 per cent, 150 0 0
Interest on floating capital of
£2000, at 5 per cent, 100 0 0
Rent of 320 Scots acres, at
£4 10s. per acre, 1440 0 0
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Expense of management, £4025 17 6
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