Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 91

Source Record
Communication: TJs_FarmBook
SOURCE INFORMATION
Author Thomas Jefferson
Document Type Communication: TJs_FarmBook
Date 1772-1826
Place of Origin Monticello
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TRANSCRIPTION

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.

Manuscript (Massachusetts Historical Society, Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 91). Scan available online here.