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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 



ens, this entry is made in the right hand column under 

 the word creditor. Study the following account : 



CHICKENS. 



The above account shows that these chickens re- 

 ceived from you a total of $9.35 in coops and feed, 

 and that they paid you in eggs and young chickens, 

 which you sold, and in other eggs and chickens, 

 which you ate during the summer, a total of $19.40, 

 giving you a profit of $10.05 on the investment. 



If farmers would form the habit of keeping ac- 

 counts of their stock and their crops, much unprofit- 

 able farming might be avoided, as attention would 

 thus be directed to those products which, on the aver- 

 age, yield the largest returns for the labor and money 

 expended. 



