HOME PROJECTS 381 



On separate pages keep accounts of things you are doing 

 for a business. The home project you are carrying on in 

 connection with your school agriculture or club work should 

 be fully recorded in this book, in addition to such reports as 

 are required for the agriculture class or club. 



BUSINESS ACCOUNTS 

 EXPENSES CORN PROJECT 



Rent of land $5.00 



Preparation of seed-bed 3.60 



Cost of seed 25 



Cost of fertilizer 1.00 



Cost of cultivation 5.50 



Cost of harvesting 5.00 



Total $20.35 



RECEIPTS 



Total number bushels $109.37 



Total value of crop 87.50 



Less expenses 20.35 



Net profit $67.15 



How to make the desk. Probably you can find enough 

 lumber around home to make a desk. Only the ordinary farm 

 tools are necessary. For about $1 you can get enough lum- 

 ber at the mills. Have the lumber sawed to make a desk 

 top 36 inches high, 10 inches deep, and as wide as necessary 

 to fit properly your table top. Fasten together the bottom 

 and two upright ends, and make them tight and strong by 

 fastening the first cross piece to each upright so that the bot- 

 tom shelf will be 10 inches high. It would be best to have 



