Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 40

hogs killed Dec. 94. beeves killed.
Monticello. Shadwell
℔ ℔
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
S. of   510 97
3003 96
1/27 111. 94.
107 88
105 84
    83 s of   510
3298 3942
1/[50] 110 1/32 123
[adjacent and rotated 90 degrees to table above:]

Purchased from Brydie & co. for plantation Albemarle
1792. 3. 1793. 4.
£ s d £ s d
Cottons 208. yds. 25– 19– 8 } 301. yds 40– 11– 1
White plains 57½ 7– 13– 4
cold half thicks   66   7– 14–   70. 11– 1– 8
331½ 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 493¾ yds 30– 17– 2¼ 512. yds 40– 7– 8
salt 3. sacks 3– 2– 0 7. sacks 11– 4– 0
steel 40¾ ℔ 1– 17– 10½ 52¼ ℔ 3– 5– 3¾
iron 410½ ℔ 8– 13– 6½ 455 ℔ 9– 9– 7
nails 11. 6– 8– 6
109– 16– 9¼ 146– 8– 11¾
a ploughman is worth. a plough horse; lasting 6. years, is worth
his hire £ 10– 0– 0 as follows. his corn for a year 6– 12– 6
his clothes 2– 0– 0 fodder 1– 17– 6
his food 3– 8– 0 pasture 1– 0– 0
tools 1– 0– 0 xd by y 9– 10
overlooking 2– 0– 0 xd by 6. years 57– 0
18– 8 first cost 15– 0
divided on 300. working
days is ⅓ a day		 3. years int. 2– 5
for 6. years 74– 5
for 1. year 12– 7– 6
divided among 150. ploughg
days is ⅛ 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 Cr £ s d

5 weedings

 10

by fodder, tops & shucks

 0– 10– 0

gathering, carting, shocks, shelling, etc.

 6

3. Bar. 3. bush. corn @ 12/

 2– 3– 0

double rent while in that culture

 12 2– 13– 0
2– 13
Manuscript (Massachusetts Historical Society, Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 40). Scan available online here.

Source Information

Author Thomas Jefferson
Date Dec. 1794
Place of Origin Monticello
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