moment been published, was originally intended for the Agricultural Society, of Kane Co. The farm of Mr. West containing 240 acres, this account deserves particular notice, because of its comprising all the branches of rural economy. The account is herewith subjoined: 1852. 66 23 ACRES, ......... June. To breaking 23 acres, 3 inches deep, at $150 per acre 66 66 66 66 ........... DR. $34 50 16 00 34 50 2.00 12 00 34 50 55 20 13 80 $202 50 CR. $655 50 202 50 $453 00 17 ACRES WHEAT on Corn Ground. Aug. 20.-To sowing 14 days, at $1 per day.......... Aug. 20.-To 4 days' work, man, horse and shovel plough, at $150 per day... DR. $1.50 "35 bu. Soule's seed wheat, at 75c....... 26 25 6 00 66 "2 days' work, man, horse, and small harrow, at "6 days' work, hoeing in wheat around hills........ 6 00 26 25 31 52 66 "carting 214 bu. to market, at 2c. per bush......... 4 28 66 "4 days' harrowing, at $2. "36 bu. oats for seed, and 1 day's work at $1...... DR. $10 00 8.00 10 00 60 00 $88 00 1853. By 87 bu. per acre, making 1050 bu., at 250............... Net profit.... ......... Cost per acre....................................................................................... ........................... Net profit per acre........................................................................................................ 1852. Sept.—To 5 days' ploughing, 8 inches deep, at $2............................... "19 bu. Rio seed wheat, at 75c...................... 66 1853. 9 ACRES SPRING wheat. March 25.-1 day sowing the same....... 3 days' work harrowing, at $2......................... .................................. ................ 6 00 14 25 18 24 4 56 $68 30 1853. To carting the same to market at 2c............ Total cost. By 9 acres, 24 bu. per acre, 228 bu., at $1........... Net profit........ Cost per acre.. CR. $228 00 68 30 $159 70 ............. $7 20 Net profit per acre.. 16 81 By 21 acres, 22 bu. and 7 qts. per acre, 50 bu. at 50 c... $25 00 Cost...... $14 75 CR. By 5 acres, 33 bu. 3 qts. per acre, 180 bu., 40c........... ............... DR. $5.00 4 80 1 00 3 00 825 3 64 25 69 $40 25 CR. $72 90 40 25 32 55 $7 32 5 92 28 ACRES Corn ground. One half of this was fall ploughed, the balance timothy sod, broke May 1st, 1852, 7 inches deep. Cost of tending about the same as fall ploughing. To 28 acres ploughing, at $1 per acre........................ To 57 days' husking, $1.. 3 00 ................. 8 31 30 50 10 56 57 00 Shelling and marketing 1710 bu. at 4c...................................................... ................... 68 40 Total cost... $216 27 By 28 acres, 60 bu. per acre, 1710 bu. at 50c...... To washing and shearing sheep, and marketing wool...... DR. $25 00 15.00 10 00 10 00 $60 00 CR. By 103 fleeces, average 3 lbs. 10 oz. 373 lbs., at 46c............... $171 58 By 53 lambs at $1 25......... 66 25 Net profit....... $103 00 Dr. To fatting one sow and four pigs, 80 bu. corn at 50c....... 40 00 The preceding twelve accounts kept of farms in the most widely separated parts of the State, will be sufficient to give the reader an idea of the comparative profitableness of husbandry in Illinois. To these accounts we now add several other communications, which, though not calculations themselves, serve nevertheless very well to show that the Illinoisian farmer has all reason to be satisfied with his lot. John Williams, Esq., of New Albany, Coles Co., says, in a letter dated Dec. 23, 1855: "I can raise on my farm, and have done it, 60 to 100 bushels of corn to the acre; 30 to 40 bushels of wheat per acre, and every kind of vegetables in the greatest abundance. I harvested off my farm this season 15,000 bushels of corn; two men raised for me with but little more than their own labor, about 7,000 bushels of corn and oats; this corn is now worth in the crib over 25 cents per bushel. My neighbors raised from 25 to 38 bushels of wheat per acre, and sold it on the spot at from $1 25 to $1 30 per bushel. Early in the season, Mr. Cuthbertson, a neighbor of mine, sold the crop of wheat off of 50 acres of land, as it stood, for $1500, cash." "The "Chicago Democratic Press," dated Dec. 23, 1855, states that, in that year, Mr. Lewis Prettyman derived from his farm of 80 acres, the sum of $3965, receiving, among others, $230 for cider, $460 for apples, $10 for pears, $20 for asparagus, and other potherbs, $375 for wheat, $168 for oats, $1320 for Indian corn, $20 for potatoes, $200 for hay, $400 for horned cattle, $450 for horses, &c., &c |