from three to five years, would, in good
seasons, very often approach these latter figures."

We will now give the results of a very detailed account of the
management of a farm of 240 acres, in Kane County, Illinois, an average
farm as to soil and situation, but probably much above the average in
cultivation,--at least, we should judge so from the intelligent and
business-like manner in which the account is kept; every crop having a
separate account kept with it in Dr. and Cr., to show the net profit or
loss of each.

23 acres of Wheat, 30 bushels per acre, net profit $453.00
17-1/2 " " on Corn ground, 22-1/2 " " " 278.50
9-1/2 " Spring Wheat, 24 " " " 159.70
2-1/2 " Winter Rye, 22-7/12 " " " 10.25
5-1/2 " Barley, 33-1/4 " " " 32.55
12 " Oats, 87-1/2 " " " 174.50
28-1/2 " Corn, 60 " " " 638.73
1 " Potatoes, 150 " " " 27.50
103 Sheep, average weight of fleece, 3-1/2 lbs., " 177.83
15 head of Cattle and one Colt " 103.00
1500 lbs. Pork " 35.00
Fruit, Honey, Bees, and Poultry " 73.75
21 acres Timothy Seed, 4 bushels per acre, " 123.00
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$2287.31

A farm of this size, so situated, with the proper buildings and stock,
may, at the present price of land, be supposed to represent a capital of
$15,000--on which sum the above account gives an interest of over 15 per
cent. Is there any other part of the country where the same interest can
be realized on farming capital?

But this farm of 240 acres is a mere retail affair to many farms in the
State. We will give some examples on a larger scale.

"Winstead Davis came to Jonesboro', Illinois, from Tennessee, thirty
years ago, without means of any kind; now owns many thousand acres of
land, and has under cultivation, this year, from 2500 to 3000 acres."

"W. Willard, native of Vermont, commenced penniless; now owns more than
10,000 acres of land, and cultivates 2000."

"Jesse Funk, near Bloomington, Illinois, began the world thirty years
ago, at rail-splitting, at twenty-five cents the hundred. He bought
land, an