Farm Book, page 40
by Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
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 | 123 |
days is 1/3 a day. |
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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.
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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 |