390 



THE FAT OF THE LAND 



ment for the last quarter of the year. The sales 

 were : apples, from 150 old trees at 3 per tree, 

 450; 10 calves, $115: 360 hens and 500 cock- 

 erels, 430; 5 cows (the common ones, to Jack- 

 son) at 35 each, 175 ; eggs, $827 ; butter, 1311 : 

 and 281 hogs, rushed to market in December when 

 only about eight months old and sold for 3.70 

 per hundred to help swell this account, 2649 ; 

 making a total for the fourth quarter of $5957. 

 The items of expense for the year were : 



1 "."> _. :; = :-ii- 



V. PM 



iboifci ntey 



Food lor stock 

 BM* Hri :-r-:.--r> 



"Total 922,70040 



Tlie credit account reads: first quarter, 

 8030; second quarter, 2221; third quarter, 

 5387; fourth quarter, 5957; total, $15.595. 



u If we take out the 6670 for the extra pig- 

 gery and the grain, the expense account and the 

 income will almost balance, even leaving out the 

 4000 which we agreed to pay for food and shel- 

 ter. I think that's a fair showing for the three 

 years, don't you?" 



Possibly it is; but what a lot of money you 

 pay for wages. It's the largest item.' 9 



<* Yes, and it always will be. I don't claim 



