Farm Book, page 161
by Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
Estimate of corn from
Jan 1. 1819.
Bar. | ||||
for | 90 | person from Jan. 1. to Nov. 1. 44. weeks @ 4 1/2 Barrels a week | 200. | |
9. | breeding sows to May 1. 120. days @ 1. pint a day each | 28 1/2 | 3 1/2 | |
62. | shoats to July 10. 191. days @ 1/2 pint a day | 18 1/2 | ||
26. | pigs from weaning to July 10. suppose 160. days @ 1/2 pint a day | 6 1/2 | ||
2. | beeves | 231 1/2 | 3 | |
Oats may due for these in part |
for the stable to July 1. (deducting 1. month absence) 150. days @ 14 galls. a day | 52 1/2 | ||
for the plantation horse & 6. mules to July 1. 180. days @ 1 1/2 bush a day | 54. | |||
for 63. sheep to Mar. 15. 75. days @ 1/2 pint a day | 7 1/2 | |||
for 4. oxen to May 15. 135. days @ galls. a day | 134. | 20 | ||
365 1/2 |
Corn on hand. | 65. | |
expected from the mill in 44. weeks @ 2. B. a week | 88 | 153 |
to be bought | 212 1/2 | |
3. milch cows to be fed with bran, shipstuff, etc. | ||
the other cattle on stalks, tops, shucks, chaff, straw, etc. |
1819. Oct. 1. to
Jul. 7. 1820. Estimate in corn, but it's
equivalt. in offal to be used in all possible cases.
Bar | ||
90. | persons from Oct. 1. 19. to [illegible] July 7. 20. 40 weeks @ 4 1/2 B. a week | 180 |
fattening hogs 70. @ 1 1/2 B. each | 105. | |
9. | breeding sows @1. pint a day each from Dec. 1. to Mar. 10. 100 d. | 3 |
60. | [illegible] shoats @ 1/2 p. a day 100. d. | 9 1/2 |
pigs | 5 | |
6. | beeves @ 2. g. a day Dec. 1. to Mar. 1. [killing off 1. a fortnight] say 60. d. on the whole | 27 |
stable @ 14.g. a day. Oct. 1. to Jul. 1. [-2. mo. Bedfd.] say 7. mo. | 73 1/2 | |
1. | plantn. horse & 6. mules Oct. 1. to July 1. @ 1 1/2 b. 270 d. | 81 |
sheep. suppose 80. @ 1/2 pint each from Dec. 15 to Mar. 15. 90 d. | 11 | |
4. | oxen. @ 6. g. a day. Dec. 1. to May 15. 165. d. | 25. |
1. | milch cow at the stable @ 1. peck a day 165. d. | 8 |
the other cattle to live on stalks, tops, shucks, chaff, straw, etc. | 528 |
B. | |||||
Resources. | corn on hand | 80. | |||
from Th:J.R. | 200 | ||||
mill @ 2.B. a week 40 weeks | 80 | 360 | 360 | ||
* offal of 350. B. flour @ 25. lb. per B. 8750 lb. | 35 | 100 | |||
do. to be bot at the mill. suppose | 65 | ||||
460 | |||||
corn or wheat to be bought or wheat | 68 | =340.b. | |||
528 | |||||
for every barrel of flour is allowed 2. b. bran. 1/2 b. shipstuff |