132 FABM ACCOUNTS. 



June 28. Hours of labor : Cattle 3J ; horses 1 ; hogs ; 

 poultry -J; cultivating corn 1 man and team 7^; hoeing 

 potatoes 1 man f ; gardening 1 man C4; picking strawberries 

 1 man ; churning 1 man 2, 1 woman -J. . . .Eggs laid 17. ... 

 Set aside for home use: f gallons milk, 1 quart cream, 6 

 eggs, 9 quarts strawberries. 



June 29. Hours of labor : Cattle 3J ; horses 1J ; hogs ^ ; 

 poultry -J; gardening 2 men and 1 horse 2; pulling weeds 

 along fence 2 men -J ; poisoning potato bugs 1 man 2J ; sack- 

 ing oats for market 2 men f ; cultivating corn 1 man and 

 team 8. . . .Eggs laid 18. .. .Set aside for home use: f gal- 

 lons milk, 1 quart cream, 11 eggs, 2^ pounds butter, 27 

 quarts strawberries. 



June 30. Paid for repair of furnace f 4 ; repairs of mower 

 20c; barber lOc; hay fork and whetstone 50c. . . .Sold 3 Ibs. 

 butter at 20c ; 12 dozen eggs at 12c ; exchanged 18 bu. wheat 

 at 84c for 550 Ibs. flour (This wheat cleaned from succotash) 

 .... Hours of labor : Cattle 3 \ ; horses 1-J ; hogs J ; poultry 

 ; marketing oats 1 man and team 5; picking strawberries 

 1 man f ; churning 1 man 1-J, 1 woman 1. . . .Eggs laid 19 

 .... Set aside for home use : If gallons milk, 16 eggs, 5 

 quarts strawberries. 



The rate of wages during the month is $25 per month and 

 board. The board is figured at $2.50 per week. 



ThF prices of feeds and products used during the month 

 are as follows: Hay $7 per ton; oats 36c per bushel; corn 

 40c per bushel; barley 37c per bushel; whole milk 80c per 

 hundred ; skim milk lie per hundred ; cream 70c per gallon ; 

 butter 20c per pound; eggs 13c per dozen; dressed chicken 

 9c per pound. 



Note. No inventory is given at the end of June because the value 

 of growing crops would be largely an assumption. If it is thought 

 best to close the accounts the students may be required to make an 

 assumed inventory throughout. 



The tree that does not bend is broken. Machetanz. 



