FARM ACCOUNTS. 43 



Jan. 21. liours of labor: Cattle 4-J; horses 2; hogs f ; 

 poultry ^ . . . . Eggs laid 9. ... Set aside for home use : 1 gal- 

 lon milk, 1 pint cream, 5 pounds butter. 



Jan. 22. Paid for syrup 47c ; medicine $1 ; Grinding feed 



60c Sold 25 Ibs. butter at 20c; 925 bu. oats at 34c 



Hours of labor : Cattle 4^ ; horses 2 ; hogs ; poultry ^ ; cut- 

 ting wood 1 man ; hauling grist 1 man and team 4 .... 

 Eggs laid 5.... Set aside for home use: 1 gallon milk, 1 

 pint cream, 3 eggs. 



Jan. 23. Sold 1 quart cream at 20c Hours of labor! 



Cattle 4 J ; horses 2 ; hogs ; poultry ^ . . . . Eggs laid 5 .... 

 Set aside for home use : 1 gallon milk, 1 pint cream, 6 eggs. 



Jan. 24. Hours of labor: Cattle 4| ; horses 2; hogs ; 

 poultry ^....Eggs laid 6.... Set aside for home use: 1 

 gallon milk, 1 pint cream. 



Jan. 25. Paid A. O. U. W. assessment and dues $3 (Charge 

 family Expense) .... Delivered to Crescent Creamery Co. 

 three five-gallon cans nearly full of cream, to be paid for 

 on their test for butter fat, estimated for the purpose of this 

 charge 14 gallons at 60c. . . . Bought sugar fl; toilet soap 

 25c (Charge Family Expense) ; stationery for business cor- 

 respondence 20c (Charge to Farm Expense) ... .Hours of 

 labor: Cattle chores 4J; hauling cream 1 man and team 

 2; horses 2; hogs ; poultry ^. . . .Eggs laid 8. . . .Set aside 

 for home use: 1 gallon rnilk, 1 pint cream. 



Weight of feeds fed to live stock to-day : Cattle Shred- 

 ded corn fodder 135 Ibs., unshredded corn fodder 139 Ibs., 

 hay 131 Ibs. ; ground feed to milch cows 60 Ibs. ; ground feed 

 to fattening cattle 47 Ibs. ; skim milk to calves 60 Ibs. ; . . . . 

 horses Hay 120 Ibs., oats 45 Ibs., corn on cob 10J Ibs. ; . . . . 

 hogs Corn on cob 140 Ibs., all skim milk and buttermilk 

 not otherwise used;. . . .Poultry Corn on cob 10 Ibs., oats 

 10 Ibs. 



Weighed the milk of each cow at both milkings to-day, 

 with the following results : Red Heifer, morning 6.8 Ibs., 

 evening 7.6; Nell, morning 12.4 Ibs., evening 12.5 Ibs.; Black 



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