Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 138

Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, 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 2½ bar. a week 25. weeks				62½
	to be drawn at a waggon load of 7½ Bar. a 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				4½
	23. grown hogs @ 1. ear a piece a day 75. days				4½
	60. sheep @ ½ pint [. . .] of meal a day 75. days				7
	2. beeves @ ½ 1½ gallon a day each for 30. days				2½
	2. do75.				5½
					89
heretofore recd from Tufton		27 Bar.
to be still brought from thince		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		s	p
	3. other cows	35	=	8 –	3
		21

Estimate for Tufton					Estimate for Lego.
		B					B.
bread @ 31. pecks a week. 40.w.		62	.		bread. 27. pecks a week for 40. weeks		54	.
9 horses. at the above rates		60	.		2 horses & 2. mules as above		22	½
56. hogs as above		10	½		35 hogs as above		6	½
3. beeves as above abt 50. days		5	½		3. beeves as above for 60. days		6	¾
60. sheep as above 75. days		7			16. sheep as above		2	.
		145	.				91	¾
the gage of the corn in the barn		125			the corn gaged at		69	.
deficiency to be economised		20			deficiency to be economised		22	¾
7. milch cows at the above rates		147	.b.		2. milch cows	42. bush. bran
4. oxen at do both for 12 weeks		84			2. oxen	42
		231	.			84.
of the 95. (in addn to 27.B. from Tufton
33.	to be delivd to E. Bacon
62.	for the stable
95

Manuscript (Massachusetts Historical Society, Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 138). Scan available online here.

Source Information

Author	Thomas Jefferson
Date	1812
Place of Origin	Monticello

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