HARDING'S 



FARMER'S ACCOUJVT BOOK, 



CONSISTING OF 



RULED TABLES FOR KEEPING EACH WEEK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 



A JOURNAL OF OCCURRENCES ON THE 

 FARM. 



DAILY STATEMENT OF LABOUR PER- 

 FORMED. 



ACCOUNT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES. 



WEEKLY ACCOUNT OF LIVESTOCK. 

 PRODUCE AND CONSUMPTION OF 



CORN, HAY, AND POTATOES, &c. 

 DAIRY ACCOUNT. 

 ANNUAL RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES. 



TO BE CONTINUED ANNUALLY, PRICE =fl. Is. SEWED. 



PLAN OF THE FARMER'S ACCOUNT BOOK. 



The Work is divided into Fifty-two Weekly Accounts. 



Page 1. — Is a journal, in which the occurrences of each day are to be minuted down as in 

 the printed example. The account may he opened at any period of the year, and the date 

 must be inserted accordingly in the line at the top of the leaf. 



Pages 2 and 3. — Are intended for an Account of Labour, by which may be seen, at 

 one view, what men and horses are employed each week throughout the year ; on what work, 

 and the price per day. The bottom of the page is intended to contain the particulars of Task- 

 Jf'orA: For the convenience of keeping this account, and for all the purposes of communication 

 with their Bailiff or Steward, Landholders would find it very useful to have Plans made of their 

 Farms, and to distinguish the different fields b}' numbers, as is done in the printed examples. 



Page 4. — Is a statement of the Expenses and Receipts on the Farm, for one week, anil 

 into this account eveiy Receipt or Disbursement is to be entered. Thus it appears in the 

 Journal, page 1, that a Load of Wheat was sold for g£'2Q. This sum is accordingly brought 

 forward into the account of the week's Beceipt, whilst the amount of five Ewes, purchased for 

 £l. 10s. (page 1.) and the sum paid for Labour (in page 3.) are carried to the opposite side, or 

 Expense Account ; and thus every Receipt or Disbursement is to be entered on its respective 

 side of the account. 



Page 5.— Is intended to keep a memorandum of any part of the Farm that may be occu- 

 pied by Cattle, which will be found useful for several purposes. The lower part of this page 

 contains a week's account of Corn, Hay, Potatoes, &c. whether bought, threshed, sown, 

 sold or consumed. 



Page 6. — Is a table, showing the Increase or Decrease of Live Stock; it explains 

 itself, and will be found very useful. — On the same leaf is an Account of Milk and Butter, 

 which requires no explanation. 



Page 1. — Contains an account of the Stock of Corn, Hay, &c. in hand before and 

 after Harvest, which is necessary to complete the year's account of produce. 



Pages S and 9. — Shew the Yearly Account of the Farm. — Into this account all the 

 weekly amounts of Receipts and Expenses must be entered : thus the «£l0. 1 Is. placed to the 

 Dr. side of the account in the printed specimen, is the amount of Expenses of the first week 

 (brought from page 4), and the s£2l. 15s. 9d. is, in like manner, brought forward, as the 

 Jieceipts of the same period : at the end of the year both sides will be added up, and the Profit 

 or Loss ascertained. 



*** This Publication having stood the test of experience, is now recommended with 

 increased confidence to Agriculturists, as well calculated to remove the difficulty in keeping 

 Accounts, so generally experienced among Farmers: the Tables and Instructions are so clear, 

 that any person of the most moderate capacity will be enabled, by them, to keep an accurate 

 daily account of the Stock and Crops, and of every thing done on the Farm, ihroughout the 

 year ; the work, besides, is so contrived, that the Journal of each week's proceedings can be 

 separated from the Book, if required to be sent by post to an absent Employer. 



