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Monday, May 2, 1836
At Wilkins'. It rained hard all the forenoon,
by which I was prevented from
going out. Cleared up at noon. Had milk and strawberries for
dinner; said he had them from the 1st of April. After dinner rode over
the plantation; it is large and in fine order. Went through the sugar
house. He showed me a section of cane ----- inches in diameter, the wood
of the cane one inch thick. Supposed it was washed on the shore from
South America; none such in United States. Returned to New Iberia.
Proceeds of crop of J. D. Wilkins, 1835:
| 32 bales cotton | net | $2,098.06 | |
| 23 bales cotton | net | 1,402.51 | |
| 8 bales cotton | net | 477.86 | |
| 23 bales cotton | net | 1,295.43 | |
| 10 bales cotton | net | 499.59 | |
| 11 bales cotton | net | 669.44 | |
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| 107 | | $6,442.89 | |
| 6,956 gals. molasses, at 32c | | $2,110.72 | [sic] |
| 11 hgds. sugar sold 6th March, | | | |
| average wt. 1138 lbs. net | $1188.98 | | |
| 163 hgds. average wt. 1138 | | | |
| lbs., 185,494, at 12 1/2c | 23,186.75 | --$24,375.73 | |
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| | | $32,919.34 | |
| 1500 bbls. corn, at $1 per bbl. | | $ 1,500.00 | |
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| | | $34,419.34 | |
200 acres in cotton.
90 acres in cane, rolled.
26 acres in cane, sowed for seed, and half the crop
of 1836 planted from the tops of last year.
Worked sixty hand in the field.
115 Negroes on the place, 18 little fellows, sometimes turned out to thin corn,
etc.; the rest are cooks, scullions, etc.
Charges:
| 115 Negroes at $500 each, $57,000, | |
| at int. of 10 per cent | $5,750.00 |
| Land, say $13,000, int. 10 per cent | 1,300.00 |
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| Interest on land and Negroes | $6,050.00 |
| Overseer | 800.00 |
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