DIGITAL ARCHIVE of SLAVERY to FREEDOM at MONTICELLO   (beta)

Fodder.

an acre of corn yields in blades, tops, & shucks what is equivalent to about 400. ℔ of blades.

8. or 10. ℔ of blades serve a horse a night.

blades are generally put into cocks of about 1000. ℔.

Straw.

2600. ℔ of wheat straw to the acre is reckoned a tolerable crop. Agricult. of Middlesex pa. 29.

another estimate is 100. ℔ of straw & chaff to every bushel of grain yielded.