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1789. 



SPECIMEN STATEMENTS OF CROPS, AND 

 OF REPORTS BY THE MANAGER 



April 14, 1792. 



These Specimen Statements of Crops, and Reports of the 

 Manager are here inserted to give the reader an idea of the 

 system of farm accounts used by Washington, as well as to 

 indicate the thorough and methodical way he kept in touch 

 with the operations upon his plantations while he was in office. 



It may surprise some farmers of today who look with doubt 

 upon various systems of farm accounting, considering them 

 only new fads in farming, to realize that one hundred and 

 twenty five years ago George Washington believed in the util 

 ity and value of such procedure. 



FIRST STATEMENT OF THE CROPS IN 1789 



