FAKM ACCOUNTS. 



dragging barley field 1 man and team 6^....Eggs laid 40 

 .... Set aside for home use : If gallons milk, 3 pints cream, 

 21 eggs. 



May 3. Hours of labor: Cattle 4J; horses 2: hogs f ; 

 poultry ^ ; cleaning seed barley 2 men 1 ; sowing barley 1 

 man and team 8; dragging on barley field 1 man and team 

 6J. . . .Eggs laid 41. .. .Set aside for home use: If gallons 

 milk, 4 eggs. 



May 4. Bought of Mercantile Co. on account, oranges 30c ; 

 pepper lOc; syrup 50c; cheese 30c. . . .Sold Mercantile Co. on 

 account, 5 Ibs. butter at 23c ; 10 doz. eggs at 13c .... Hours 

 of labor : Cattle 4J ; horses 2 ; hogs f ; poultry ^ ; dragging 

 barley field 1 man and team 5; hauling manure to corn 

 land 1 man and team 2| ; gardening 1 man 2 ; planting pota- 

 toes 1 man 1J. . . .Eggs laid 27. .. .Set aside for home use: 

 If gallons milk, 3 eggs. 



May 5. Hours of labor: Cattle 4J; horses 2; hogs f: 

 poultry ^; hauling manure to corn land man and team 5|, 

 1 man J; gardening 1 man 3; cleaning yard 1 man. . .. . 

 Eggs laid 23. .. .Set aside for home use: 1J gallons milk, 

 1 pint cream, 4 eggs. 



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

 fodder 130 Ibs., hay 185 Ibs., ground feed 30 Ibs., oats 8 Ibs., 

 skim milk 50 Ibs.; horses Hay 105 Ibs., oats 50 Ibs.; hogs 

 Corn on cob 16 Ibs., barley 4 Ibs., oats 3 Ibs., and all skim 

 milk and butter milk not otherwise used; poultry Oats 5 

 Ibs. 



Each cow's milk was weighed to-day, morning and even- 

 ing, with the following results : Nell, morning 7.5 Ibs., even- 

 ing 7.1 Ibs. ; Crossy, morning 9.1 Ibs., evening 8.8 Ibs. ; 

 Black and White Cow, morning G.7 Ibs., evening 6.6 Ibs.; 

 Durham, morning 6.2 Ibs., evening 5.9 Ibs.; Dot, morning 

 11.5 Ibs., evening 11.3 Ibs. ; Holstein, morning 15.4 Ibs., 

 evening 15.6 Ibs. 



Samples of each cow's milk were taken at both milkings 

 to-day for composite test. 



"To say little and perform much, is the characteristic of great 

 minds." 



