Perkins' accounts demonstrate the mix of job work and stove production for individuals. According to the 1870 manufacturing census, the company did a business of $17,875, about $14,000 of which was stoves. Perkins' shop had one lathe, two blowers, and a one and a half ton furnace. Perkins' accounts for 1871-1872 also list monthly payments to his workforce of 13, one of whom may have been the son of the Gustavus Thomas who lived in his house in 1850. Perkins paid his workers well. Monthly base salaries ranged from $35 to $96 in 1872, and several of the workers had the opportunity to earn extra money beyond the base. There are also monthly accounts of sales, merchandise on hand, and rent. On pages 492 and 493, there is also a detailed description of the company's worth (over $15,000), annual profits ($5,289), and the worth of Perkins ($8,762), Gustavus Thomas ($1,684), and O.G. Thomas ($1,051) for the year 1870.