HARDING'S 



FARMER'S ACCOUJWT BOOK, 



CONSISTING OP 



IIULED TABLES FOR KEEPING EACH WEEK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 



A JOURNAL OF OCCURRENCES ON THE 

 FARM. 



^AILY 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 £\. Is. SEWED. 



PLAN OF THE FARMER'S ACCOUNT BOOK. 



The IVork is divided into Fifty-two Weekly Accounts. 



Page l.^-Is ajournul, in wliicli the occurrences of each clay arc to be miiuited down as in 

 (lie printed example. Tiic account may l)c opened at any period of the year, and the date 

 must be inserted accord iiigl)' in the line at the top of the leaf. 



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

 one view, what men and iiorics are employed each week throughout the jcar ; on what work, 

 and the ])rice per day. Tlie bottom of tlie page is intended to contain the particulars of Task- 

 ITork. 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 difl'erent fields by inimbers, as is done in the printed examples. 



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

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

 Journal, page 1, that a Load of Wheat was w/f/ lor ^20. This sum is accordingly broughf 

 forward into the account of the wcek'n Beceipt, whilsf the amount of five Ewes, purchased i'ov 

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

 ^.r/?c«.se 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 (tf the Farm that may be occu- 

 pied by Cattle, whicli 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 C. — Isatable, showing the Increase or Decrease of Live Stock; it explains 

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

 which requires no explanation. 



Page 7. — 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 ^10. 1 Is. placed to the 

 Dr. side of the account in the printed specimen, is the amount of .iV/jeH^'i of the first week 

 (brought from page 4), and the ^21. 15s. 9d. is, in like manner, brought forward, as the 

 lieceipts of the same period : at the end of the j^ear 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, throughout 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. 



