Farm Book, 1774-1824, page 40, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]

Farm Book, page 40
by Thomas Jefferson

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	hogs killed Dec. 94.
	Monticello.		Shadwell	beeves killed
	lbs.		lbs.
	106.		212
	82.		188
	161.		178
	132.		166.
	106.		164.
	97		146.
	134.		146.
	124.		145.
	86.		144.
	77.		140.
	174.		133
	106.		128.
	117.		128.
	152		118.
	98		112.
	65		112.
	165		106.
	98		105.
	120		102.
	85		100.
	98		100.
	110		100.
5. of	510		97.
	3003		96.
1/27	111		94.
	107		88.
	105		84.
	83	5. of	510.
	3298	1/32	3942
1/50	110	1/32	123

a ploughman is worth.
his hire	10-	0-	0
his clothes	2-	0-	0
his food	3-	8-	0
tools	1-	0-	0
overlooking	2-	0-	0
	18-	8

divided on 300. working
days is 1/3 a day.

a plough horse, lasting 6. years, is worth as follows.
his corn for a year	6-	12-	6
fodder	1-	17-	6
pasture	1-	0-	0
	9-	10
Xd. by 6years	57-	0
first cost	15-	0
3.years int.	2-	5
for 6. years	74-	5
for 1. year.	12-	7-	6
divided among 150. ploughg. days is 1/8 a day

then a ploughman, 2 horses, & the plough cost 5/ a day, or by the acre
and one half of that, to wit 2/6 the days the horses are idle, supposing
them half fed, and the ploughman to be at work.

the culture of an acre of corn Dr.	-	s
2 flush ploughings & 5. intervals do.= 5. flush do.	1-	5
5 weedings		10
gathering, carting, shocks, shelling, etc.		6
double rent while in that culture		12
	2-	13

Cr.		s	p
by fodder, tops & shucks	0-	10-	0
3. Bar. 3. bush. corn @ 12/	2-	3-	0
	2-	13-	0

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Purchased from Brydie & Co. for plantations Albemarle.

	1792.3.				1793.4
			s	d				s	d
cottons	208. yds.	25-	19-	8
white plains.	57 1/2	7-	13-	4		301. yds.	40-	11-	1
cold. half thicks	66	7-	14		70		11-	1-	8
	331 1/2				371
plaiding	30. yds.	3-	2-	6	30. yds.		3-	2-	6
hose	50. pr	5-	16-	8	58. pr.		7-	8-	8
blankets	30.	15-	0-	0	30.		13-	10-	0
oznabrigs	493 3/4 yds.	30-	17-	2 1/4	512. yds.		40-	7-	8
salt	3. sacks	3-	2-	0	7. sacks		11-	4-	0
steel	40 3/4 lb	1-	17-	10 1/2	52 1/4 lb		3-	5-	3 3/4
iron	410 1/2 lb	8-	13-	6 1/2	455 lb		9-	9-	7
nails					11.M		6-	8-	6
		109-	16-	9 1/4			146-	8-	11 3/4

Cite web page as: Farm Book, 1774-1824, page 40, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]. Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive. Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Historical Society, 2003. http://www.thomasjeffersonpapers.org/

Original manuscript: Jefferson, Thomas. Farm Book, 1774-1824. 174 pages. Original manuscript from the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Source of transcription: Baron, Robert C., ed. The Garden and Farm Books of Thomas Jefferson. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum, 1987.