224 A YEAR IN AGRICULTURE 



NOTEBOOK QUESTIONS 



1. Why must the successful farmer be a good business 

 man? 



2. What are the sources of income for the farmer? 



3. Name some of the attractions of farming as a vocation. 



4. What are some of the problems of farm management 

 most considered on your father's farm? 



5. Why is it as essential in the farming business to have 

 a good market as it is to grow the products? 



6. What constitutes a good market? 



7. How is the parcel post aiding the farmers in marketing? 



8. Give some principles essential to successful marketing 

 of farm produce. Criticize the markets and the marketing 

 in your locality. 



9. Why is it helpful in the business of farming to keep 

 records and accounts? 



10. What are some records and accounts the farmer 

 should keep? 



11. What is a farm inventory? 



12. What records and accounts are kept on your home 

 farm? 



PRACTICAL EXERCISES AND HOME PROJECTS 



1. Farm income. Calculate the labor income on the fol- 

 lowing farm year records, allowing 5 per cent interest on 

 the capital invested: 



Farm contains 80 acres valued at $150 per acre. 



Two horses worth $200 each. 



Three milk cows worth $50 each. 



Three sows worth $25 each. 



Thirty pigs worth $400. 



One hundred chickens worth $75. 



