Garden Book, 1766-1824, page 27, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]

Garden Book, page 27
by Thomas Jefferson

Page 27

[1792]

[Aug.]31.

*G. Divers thinks feilds of 50. acres of wheat the best size.

*he estimates 2. bushels of wheat for every cubic yard of wheat in the straw when stacked.

Sep. 18.

the lower Round-about measured by the Odometer to my Phaeton is 4420 feet = 1473 yds. 1/3 = .837 mile

Cite web page as: Garden Book, 1766-1824, page 27, 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. Garden Book, 1766-1824. 66 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.