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
25 acres potatoes, 30 tons per acre,
horse and cow manure, driven from
Edinburgh, at 5s. per ton, 187 10 0
20 acres beans, 20 tons manure per
acre, at 5s. per ton, 100 0 0
35 acres turnips, 25 tons do., at 3s. 6d.
per ton, 153 2 6
Guano and other extra manures applied
to turnip, potato, and other crops, 125 0 0
Keep of 15 horses, at £22 per annum, 330 0 0
Keep of 1 riding horse, do., 22 0 0
Wages of farm overseer, per annum, 30 0 0
Do. 8 ploughmen, at £25 per do., 200 0 0
Do. 2 labourers, at 9s. each, and
1 boy 5s. per week, 59 16 0
Outdoor women workers, per annum, 165 0 0
Reaping 160 acres corn crop, at 10s. 6d.
per acre, 84 0 0
Wages of extra men securing crop, 12 0 0
Cutting 30 acres hay, at 3s. per acre, 4 10 0
Cutting hedges, and keeping fences,
gates, and houses in repair, 10 0 0
Smith work, per annum, 35 0 0
Carpenter's 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 horses' food, 10 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 under
New Poor Law, 54 0 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 acres, at £4, 10s. per
acre, 1,440 0 0
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Expenses of Management, £3,786 14 0
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JOHN GIBSON,
WOOLMET, _18th December 1849._
{JOHN FINNIE, Swanston.
Attested by {GEORGE WATSON, Libberton Mains.
{ALEXANDER SCOTT, Craiglockhart.
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