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Tlie summary is this : 



Dr. Cr. 



To men and team labor - . . $70 69 



student' labor - 19 32 



By cash receipts of labor. $3 70 



expenditures, labor account - - - - 87 31 



$90 01 $90 01 



The Sheep Barn has been charged with all the labor in care and feed to 



sheep. The account is as follows : 



Dr. Cr. 



To inventory of sheep, Dec. 1, 1875 $782 50 



'' " ATOoh 834ilbs. @40c 329 70 



expenditure, student labor 11 33 



" men and team labor 9 00 



produce consumed - - 281 50 



By inventory of sheep, Sept. 30, 1876 $744 00 



receijits of wool sold, crop 1875, as per inventorv, 



(net returns) ...".. 232 32 



receipts of wool crop of 1876, 871 lbs. 9 ozs., 



(net returns) 198 10 



sheejj sold -- 15 00 



. use of rams ..- - _ 4 00 



pelts sold 10 00 



mutton sold 6 73 



100 loads manure @ 50c - - - 50 00 



loss to balance. - - . 153 88 



$1,414 03 $1,414 03 



The loss in the sheep account is only a very slight one, as the falling off in 

 the price of sheep and wool shows a loss on the inventoried wool of crop of 1875, 

 and also a loss on inventory when the flock was really larger in numbers. 



The loss on wool was $97 38 



" '' inventory was 38 50 



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Total $135 88 



Loss to balance in account above, $153 88, showing a real loss of $18 00 for 

 the year. 



The flock was sheared earlier than usual this year, so that the year's wool 

 clip only represents 11-| months' growth. The shearing was done on May 16th 

 to 18th, and the various divisions of the flock sheared as follows : 



Pure Merinos, — 



5 rams average - - - - 13 lbs., 2 2-5 oz. 



13 ewes average 7 " 5 12-13" 



average of pure Merinos 9 '^ 2-9 " 



Black-faced Highland sheep, — 

 2 pair average 4 ^' 7^ '* 



