| Acres. | Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. | |
| 100 Oats, | at 48 per acre— | 4800. | Off seed, horses, and servants, | 2420 |
| 60 Wheat, | at 33 per acre— | 1980. | Off seed, | 180 |
| 40 Barley, | at 40 per acre— | 1600. | Off seed, servants | 210 |
Remain disposable, at the prices on which his calculations were founded and warranted by the rates, as is proved, under protection:—
| Bushels. | ||||||
| 2380 Oats, at 3s., | £357 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1800 Wheat, at 7s., | 630 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1390 Barley, at 4s., | 278 | 0 | 0 | |||
| £1265 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Returns upon stock estimated, at prices then current, to yield, | 750 | 0 | 0 | |||
| £2015 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Profit—remuneration for tenant's industry and skill, | £245 | 0 | 0 |
The above grain produce yields, at the highest average I feel warranted
in assuming, under free trade—
| Bushels. | ||||||
| 2380 Oats, at 2s., | £238 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1800 Wheat, at 5s., | 450 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1390 Barley, at 2s. 9d., | 191 | 0 | 0 | |||
| £879 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| In place of, as above, | 1265 | 0 | 0 | |||
| £386 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Thus the difference of proceeds of grain crop alone, more than absorbs all the tenant's remuneration, by | £141 | 0 | 0 |
JOHN DUDGEON, Spylaw, 3d December 1849.[22]
We addressed the following circular letter to some of the most eminent agriculturists in Scotland, enclosing copies of the above statements:—
"Edinburgh, 8th December 1849.
"Sir,—Wishing to publish in our Magazine as accurate a statement as we could obtain of the real condition and prospects of agriculture in Scotland at present, we have for some time been engaged in correspondence on the subject with various gentlemen connected with agricultural pursuits.
"The enclosed statements of the working of a farm, and the quantity and value at present prices of the produce, have been drawn out by Mr Watson, Keillor, Forfarshire, and Mr Dudgeon, Spylaw, near Kelso, assisted by Mr Stephens, author of the "Book of the Farm."
"At the suggestion of Mr —— we write to ask whether you will consent to allow us to affix your name to these statements, as attesting their accuracy, to the best of your experience, in farming. If it strikes you that in any of these statements the profits are either over or under estimated, we shall feel greatly obliged by your pointing out where you think the error lies. Any correction you may make we shall submit to the consideration of one or all of the above-mentioned gentlemen, with whose names, as competent judges of the working of a farm, you are probably acquainted.
"We shall feel further obliged by your making any remarks that may occur to you, and stating any facts that have come within your own observation, our only wish being to get as near the truth as may be. The article in the Magazine, into which this attested statement will be introduced, is founded upon the facts that we have been able to gather in the course of somewhat extended inquiries by ourselves, or rather by friends on whose knowledge of agriculture we could safely rely.
"Will you be so good as to send any answer you may think proper to this application, within a week from this date, or sooner if you can, as we have very little time to get everything into order for publication in the January number of our Magazine.—We are," &c.
The following gentlemen have given us permission to use their names, as attesting the accuracy of these statements, to the best of their experience, in farming:—