Up to this the settler's expenses have been $621 75.
Let us see what the land is likely to set off against this sum,
| 50 acres of wheat 20 bushels to the acre | $1,000 00 |
| Charges | 621 75 |
| Balance in favor of crop | $378 25 |
Adding to this the sixty dollars the man earned the first harvest, he has in hand $438.25.
It must be borne in mind that the settler has supported himself and family for sixteen months, his home is made, stock paid for, his farm opened, and at least $300 added to the value of his land. We will suppose that he plows the second year fifty acres more and has one hundred acres under his second crop. With this good set off, we leave him. Now we will give the
CASH EXPENSES,
for the same number of acres, where a man hires all his work done. He may prefer to do this, to buying cattle or horses to break, as he may be a man who can earn high wages, until his first crop comes in.
| Breaking 50 acres, at $2.50 per acre | $125 00 |
| Seed wheat | 75 00 |
| Seeding and dragging, at 90 cents per acre | 45 00 |
| Cutting and binding, $1.50 per acre | 75 00 |
| Stacking, five days, two men and team | 25 00 |
| Threshing and hauling to market, at 12 cents a bushel | 120 00 |
| Cash expenses of crop | $465 00 |
CREDITS.
| Fifty acres of wheat, 20 bushels to the acre, at $1 per bushel | $1,000 00 |
| Charged to the crop | 465 00 |
| Balance in favor of crop | $535 00 |