Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 133

winter of
1809. 10		 10. 11 11. 12 12. 13 13. 14 14. 15 15. 16 16. 17 17. 18 18. 19 19. 20
Poplar Forest work horses 7. 6 6 5 5 5 6 8 8 6
mules
breeding mares
colts 7 + 1 1 1 1 1
steers & bulls 6 + 6 + 1 4 + 1 11 8 + 1 4 + 2 3 4 8 11 + 1 8
cows 25. 8 21–
heifers		 8. 9 17 8 7 7 8
cattle. 3.y.o. male 3 4 2
female 6 21
–cows		 10. 4 2 1 2 2 3
2.y.o. male 5. 4 ⎫
⎭		 4 1
female 6. 4
yearlings 2. 2 3 4 3 3
calves. 9. 1 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 4
ewes abve 6. wethers. rams 16 4 2 rams 6 of 12 6 7 + 6 ⎫
⎭		 21 11 18 18 23
ewes from 1. to 6.y.o. 17. 27 37. 26 30 12 21 32 32 48
lambs of last this year 13. 26 18 3 16 23 21 21 21
sows & boars. 11. 10 + 2 81 11 + 1 9 + 1 5 8 11 8 + 1 9.
shoats 84. 45 50 50 7 58 45 [. . .] 33
pigs 10. 59 28 45 34 41
bacon hogs killed 32 50 47 40 43+ 21 26 47 43 38
beeves killed 7. 3 4 2 1 2 1
Bear Creek work horses. 4. 4 8 6 5 4 6 8 8
mules
breeding mares 1 1
colts 1. 1 2 2 1
steers & bulls 3 + 2 4 + 1 6 4 2 2 4 6.3.1 4 + 1
cows 5 7 + 8 5 5 8 7 5 8 9
cattle. 3.y.o. male 6 2
female 3. 4 7 2 3 1 3
2.y.o. male 5
female 2 2 4
yearlings 4 8 4 2 4
calves. 5. 5 4 3 4 3 5 7
ewes abve 6. wethers. rams 10 2.6 wethers 8 2 + 1 7 ⎫
⎭		 24 8 11 15
ewes from 1. to 6. y.o. 14 11 18 12 19 9
lambs of last year 15 4 3 6 8 11 4
sows & boars 9. 8 + 2 64 9 + 1 10 + 1 6 5 10 8.1 8
shoats 55 37 25. 35. 13 18 29 57 67 36
pigs 25 13 5 16 24 34 37 22
bacon hogs killed 18 34 28 32 32+ 34 6 35 46 37
beeves killed 2 2 1
sows and boars. 6.
shoats 31.
pigs 8.
bacon hogs killed
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Source Information

Author Thomas Jefferson
Date 1809-1820
Place of Origin Monticello
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