moment been published, was originally intended for the Agricultural Society, of Kane Co. The farm of Mr. West containing 240 acres, this account deserves particular notice, because of its comprising all the branches of rural economy. The account is herewith subjoined: June. To breaking 23 acres, 3 inches deep, at $1 50 per acre Sept. 1st.-To 46 bu. Soule's seed wheat, at 75c. per bu......... 66 DR. $34 50 16 00 34 50 2. 00 12 00 34 50 55 20 13 80 1852. $453 00 $8.80 19 70 17 ACRES WHEAT on corn GROUND. Aug. 20.-To sowing 14 days, at $1 per day......... 66 "35 bu. Soule's seed wheat, at 75c............ Aug. 20.-To 4 days' work, man, horse and shovel plough, at $150 per day... DR. $1.50 26 25 6 00 66 "2 days' work, man, horse, and small harrow, at 3 00 66 "6 days' work, hoeing in wheat around hills........ 6 00 "cost harvesting 17 acres, at $1 50 per acre..... 26 25 31 52 66 "carting 214 bu. to market, at 2c. per bush......................... 4 28 Total cost.. $104 80 66 "36 bu. oats for seed, and 1 day's work at $1...... 10 00 60 00 ...... ........... $88 00 CR. 1853. Total........... By 87 bu. per acre, making 1050 bu., at 25c............................................................ $262 50 Cost....... Net profit......... ........................ ............................... 9 ACRES SPRING wheat. Net profit per acre.... ..................................................................................................................... 1852. Sept.-To 5 days' ploughing, 8 inches deep, at $2... "19 bu. Rio seed wheat, at 75c............................................................. 66 1853. March 25.-1 day sowing the same. 88 00 $174 50 3. days' work harrowing, at $2.............. To carting the same to market at 2c........................................ By 9 acres, 24 bu. per acre, 228 bu., at $1................... To threshing 50 bu. rye, 8c.................................................................... .................................... 4 00 1 00 1852. Total cost. By 24 acres, 22 bu. and 7 qts. per acre, 50 bu. at 50 c......... $14 75 CR. $25 00 14 75. 10 25 $6.50 4 55 April. To 2 days' ploughing, at $2... To 1 day's work sowing same................................................................................................ Total cost 1853. DR. $5.00 .......................... 4 80 1 00 .......................... 3 00 8 25 3 64 ......................... 25 69 $72 90 40 25 32 55 $7 32 5 92 By 51⁄2 acres, 33 bu. 3 qts. per acre, 180 bu., 40c................... One half of this was fall ploughed, the balance timothy sod, broke May 1st, 1852, 7 inches deep. Cost of tending about the same as fall ploughing. By 28 acres, 60 bu. per acre, 1710 bu. at 50c.............. ONE HUNDRED AND THREE SHEEP. To cutting and stacking 25 tons hay, at $1............ To feeding 30 bu. corn, 50c........ To feeding and salt To washing and shearing sheep, and marketing wool........... DR. $25 00 15 00 10 00 10 00 $60 00 CR. By 103 fleeces, average 3 lbs. 10 oz. 373 lbs., at 46c............... $171 58 By 53 lambs at $1 25......... Cost............ Net profit....... FIFTEEN HEAD OF CATTLE AND ONE COLT. .... 66 25 $237 83 60 00 $177 83 Net profit... ........... DR. $25.00 12.50 10 50 $47 00 CR. Dr. To fatting one sow and four pigs, 80 bu. corn at 50c......... 40 00 The preceding twelve accounts kept of farms in the most widely separated parts of the State, will be sufficient to give the reader an idea of the comparative profitableness of husbandry in Illinois. To these accounts we now add several other communications, which, though not calculations themselves, serve nevertheless very well to show that the Illinoisian farmer has all reason to be satisfied with his lot. John Williams, Esq., of New Albany, Coles Co., says, in a letter dated Dec. 23, 1855: "I can raise on my farm, and have done it, 60 to 100 bushels of corn to the acre; 30 to 40 bushels of wheat per acre, and every kind of vegetables in the greatest abundance. I harvested off my farm this season 15,000 bushels of corn; two men raised for me with but little more than their own labor, about 7,000 bushels of corn and oats; this corn is now worth in the crib over 25 cents per bushel. My neighbors raised from 25 to 38 bushels of wheat per acre, and sold it on the spot at from $1 25 to $1 30 per bushel. Early in the season, Mr. Cuthbertson, a neighbor of mine, sold the crop of wheat off of 50 acres of land, as it stood, for $1500, cash." "The " Chicago Democratic Press," dated Dec. 23, 1855, states that, in that year, Mr. Lewis Prettyman derived from his farm of 80 acres, the sum of $3965, receiving, among others, $230 for cider, $460 for apples, $10 for pears, $20 for asparagus, and other potherbs, $375 for wheat, $168 for oats, $1320 for Indian corn, $20 for potatoes, $200 for hay, $400 for horned cattle, $450 for horses, &c., &c |
