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#1 yellowdingo Apr 14, 2006 10:28:55	Estate of Marilenev One of the earliest estates established in Traladara, It occupies some of the better agricultural lands. Marilenev is self-sufficient in the production of grains, vegetables, fodders, meats, fowl, fish, salt, wine, honey & wax, timber & wood, and even a range of cheeses. Although it has all ways been the power in the region, there has been a distinct shift since the arrival of Duke Stephan Karameikos some thirty years previous where Marilenev could field a small army of Knights, and following the crushing military defeat at the hands of the Usurper Duke, the long and difficult economic rise of the Estate. Compared to the rest of Karameikos, the peasant farmers of Marilenev are well off, with reasonable stability. No longer do armies of Knights ride through farms, torching vital crops, seize grain harvests, or march their children off to die in castle sieges. Now the small lanes that crisscross the estate and divide farmland are being paved in stone and even being repaired and maintained, as thousands of wagons continuously move vital produce to market. Area: 940 square miles Population (as of AC1000): 11,000 (8,500 in farm) Marilenev Village: 900 The Logging Camps With 358,400 acres of light forest, there is a managed harvest plan to ensure a permanent supply of firewood and timber for the estate. There are 200 families employed across this region, each family harvesting 17 acres of wood per year. 17 acres x 20,000lb = 340,000lb 340,000lb x 20 families x 10 hexes = 71,680,000lb The Fishing Communities Occupying some 40 miles of coastline are 100 families employed in fishing and salt production. 8 months a year, six days a week they fish from their small fishing boats. Salt Production for fish preservation provides for the manufacture of 4,800 firkin of preserved fish only leaving 96 firkin of Salt. This is representative of 12 Cran of fish per year per fishing family (1 Cran = 37.5 gallons of fish or 750 fish). Firkin of Preserved fish requires ¼ Cran fish & 50lb salt. 12 Cran x 4 firkin x 100 families = 4,800 firkin of preserved fish. 36 gallons of seawater x 6 days x 4 weeks = 216lb Salt 8 months x 216lb x 100 families = 1,296 firkin of Salt 4,896 firkin required. The Cattle herds Tended by 200 families over 35,640 acres of reasonably good grazing land, each family runs a herd of 74 cattle 200 families, 178 acres, 74 cattle 35,640 / 1.5 x 0.63=14,968 head Every year each family sends 20 head to the sale yards. 20 x 200= 4,000 head The Vineyards The Vineyards along this part of the river are the work of thirty years, and the families who own these vineyards have reaped considerable wealth from the distinct change in Estate Policy that they represent: A change from warfare to commerce and production. 400 vineyards x 70 acres @ 63% yield +20% (Bees) 2 x 200 families x 71 acres = 28,000 acres 28,000 acres x 2.5 ton x 0.83 = 58,100 ton 58,100 ton x 2,240lb = 130,144,000lb grapes produced annually. 130,144,000lb/90lb=1,446,044 (x 5 gallons) Wine produced is 7,230,222 gallons per year. (7,230,222 gallons / 9 gallons) = 803,358 firkin of wine per year. Honey & Wax 400 vineyards x 7 skep hives 400 x 7 = 2,800 hives 28,000 lb honey 2,800 lb wax 1.4129 x 10 lb= 1 gallon of honey 28,000lb / 14.129=1981.7 gallon of honey 1981.7 gallons/9 gallons=220 firkin of honey 803,577 firkin required. The Dairy District Dairy grazing on some 14,000 acres are 200 dairy farms 200x70=14,000 acres 1&1/2 acres per cow. 14,000/1.5=9,333 cows x 0.63=5,879 cows 29 cows per family Milking season 8 months per year 29 x 140 gallons = 4,060 gallons 10.31 x 4,060=41,858lb milk 41,858 x (5/43.25)= 4,839lb cheese 4,839lb x 200 farms= 967,800lb cheese/year The West Country These are perhaps the oldest and earliest parts of the estate of Marilenev. Consisting of 168 square miles of agricultural land, it includes in its heavily populated region the capital city (the once guild town) Specularum and the village and castle Marilenev. Of the 105,600 acres only 42,600 acres is held by farming families. This leaves over 98 square miles of countryside. Marilenev Village is a veritable storehouse of goods. With Six hundred families farming in the West 71 acre farms: 3 fields of 23 acres @63% efficiency 23 acres of barley x 57 bushes x 63%=825 bushels barley. 825 x 50lb= 41,250lb grain 825 x 213lb chaff= 175,725lb chaff 23 acres of turnip x 25 ton x 63%=362.25 ton 9 sheep overgrazing 23 acres with thirty ton of chaff as fodder support. 9 sheep x 2.5lb wool= 22.5lb wool & Dairy 180 days @ ¼ gallon 8 ewes x 45 gallons=360 gallons 360 x 10.31 x (5/ 43.25) = 429lb cheese 808,473 firkin are manufactured across the estate each year using 7,276,257lb wood. Total Annual Production Yields Produce Marilenev..............Farmers.............. Salt Tax..............Church Tithe Timber & Wood 25,088,000lb 35,123,200lb 7,168,000lb 4,300,800lb Wine 281,175 firkin 393,643 firkin 80,335 firkin 48,200 firkin Honey 77 firkin 108 firkin 22 firkin 13 firkin Wax 490lb 686lb 140lb 84lb Fish 1,640 firkin 2,304 firkin 480 firkin 336 firkin Salt 40 firkin 48 firkin 5 firkin 3 firkin Cheese 338,730lb 474,222lb 96,780lb 48,390lb Cattle 1,400 head 1,960 head 400 head 240 head Turnip 760,725 ton 213,003 ton 21,735 ton 13,040 ton Wool 4,725lb 6,615lb 1,350lb 945lb Cheese 90,090lb 126,126lb 25,740lb 15,444lb Barley 8,662,500lb 12,127,500lb 2,475,000lb 1,485,000lb Chaff 10,080 ton 11,172 ton 2,880 ton 1,728 ton Single Farm Incomes Type..................................Produce Share 1,700 acre woodlot 175,616lb (219.52 Cord) Fishing family, Small Boat 230.4 firkin fish, 0.48 firkin salt 178 acre Cattle Herder 9.8 head 71 acre Vineyard 984.1075 firkin wine, 1.715lb wax 0.27 firkin honey 70 acre Dairy Farm 2,371.11lb cheese 71 acre Farms 355 ton turnip, 11.025lb wool, 210.21lb cheese, 20,212.5lb barley grain, 18.62 ton chaff
#2 thorf Apr 14, 2006 12:59:01	Wow, that's a lot of details! Nice work.