Farm Book, 1774-1824, page 138, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]

Farm Book, page 138
by Thomas Jefferson

Page 138

Estimate of corn necessary for Monticello from Jan. 15. to Nov. 1. 1812.

			Bar.
bread.	100. pecks = 25 bushels a week, for 40. weeks 200
	to be drawn from the rent of the toll. from 4th Sat. of Jan. to last Sat. of Oct. 40. weeks mill @ 5. Bar. a week.			200.
The Stable.	suppose 7. horses @ 2. galls. a day is 2 1/2 bar. a week 25. weeks		62 1/2
	to be drawn at a waggon load of 7 1/2 Bar. every 3 weeks from Tufton			62
Stock.	3. horses @ 6. galls. & 10. mules @ 13. galls. a day. for 90. days		65.
	the same at half allowance after grass comes 90. days more		65.
	a mare & colt @ 2. galls. between them 90. days		4 1/2
	23. grown hogs @ 1. ear a piece per day 75. days		4 1/2
	60. sheep @ 1/2 pint of meal a day 75. days		7.
	2 beeves @ 1 1/2 gallon a day each for 30. days		2 1/2
	2. do. [@ 1 1/2 gallon a day each for] 75. [days ]		5 1/2
			89
	heretofore recd. from Tufton	27 Bar
	to be still brought from thence	33
	to be bought	29	89

3 milch cows @ 1. peck of bran a day. pr. week	21. pecks
2 oxen @ 1. peck of bran a day besides chaff	14
3. other cows	35 = 8 s. 3 p.
	21

Estimate for Tufton
	B
bread @ 31. pecks a week 40. w.	62.
9 horses. at the above rates	60.
56. hogs as above	10 1/2
3. beeves as above abt. 50. days	5 1/2
60. sheep as above 75. days	7
	145.
the gage of the corn in the barn	125
deficiency to be economized	20
7. milch cows at the above rates	147. b.
4. oxen at do. both for 12 weeks	84
	231.
of the 95. (in addn. to 27. B. from Tufton
33. to be delivd. to E. Bacon
62. for the stable
95

Estimate for Lego.
		B.
bread. 27. pecks a week for 40. weeks		54.
2 horses & 2. mules as above		22 1/2
35 hogs as above		6 1/2
3. beeves as above for 60. days		6 3/4
16. sheep as above		2.
		91 3/4
the corn gaged at		69.
deficiency to be economized		22 3/4
2. milch cows	42. bush. bran
2. oxen	42
	84.

Cite web page as: Farm Book, 1774-1824, page 138, 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.