FARM ACCOUNTS 159 



Problems. 



1. A farmer's boy hires out to a neighbor for five 

 months at $22 per month. He begins work April i, 

 with $7.35 cash on hand. He receives his pay at the 

 end of every month. April 2, he pays $2.75 for shoes. 

 April 20, 25c for a straw hat. May 3, he spends 

 $1.25 for a coat. May 31, he buys a colt for $42. 

 July i, he pays $14.75 f r more clothing. July 4, he 

 spends $2.35. July 20, he sells his colt for $55. 

 August 15, he pays $6.50 for a watch, and, during 

 the summer, he spends $4.85 for sundry small articles. 



Write out his account and determine how much 

 cash he has on hand when his time is out. 



2. Two boys rent for $4 a half acre of land on 

 which to plant onions. They allow themselves 75c 

 each per day for their time. It costs them $2 to get 

 this piece of land fertilized and plowed. They each 

 spend ten days' time planting and cultivating their 

 onions, and four days more each when harvesting 

 time comes. They sell $14.30 worth of green onions, 

 and harvest 142 bushels more. For 100 bushels they 

 get 75c per bushel, and 6oc per bushel for the re- 

 mainder. 



Write out their ONION account, and find their profit. 



3. A farmer runs an account with George White, 

 a merchant. July 7, he buys a pair of shoes for $2.40 

 and has them charged on account. July 20, he takes in 

 twelve dozen of eggs at 1 1 cents per dozen and gets 

 5oc worth of sugar. August 3, he takes in twelve 

 pounds of butter at 20 cents per pound and gets nine 



