50 TOM’S EXPERIENCE 
an account of stock, as it were. Take a sheet of 
paper and set down carefully what you own, then 
what you owe, and strike a balance and see how you 
stand. | 
[ did so, and this was the result: 

RESOULKCES. 
160 acres of land with Improvements, house, barn, 
etc., with 145 acres under cultivation, - $4,000 00 
Equity in tree claim with 35 acres under cultivation, 350 00 
One self-binding reaper, say - ‘ - 250 00 
** mower. r - - - F 50.00 
% wagon, : 4 - - - 65 00 
Two plows, - - - - : 30 00 
“ seeders - - - - - 50 00 
Four head of horses, _— - - - = 425 00 
Five head of cattle, - = - - - 150 00 
Seven head of hogs, : - - ¥ 70 00 
Cash on hand, Ca - - - - 500 00 
Total, - - - - - $5,940 .00 
LIABILITIES. 
Due Samuel Brigh’*, - - - - $1,400 00 
All other debts, - : - . 110 00 
Total. - ~ - . . - $1,510 00 
“ There it is,” I said, handingitto him. ‘I think 
that is about correct. I have not put in anything for 
household furniture, the smaller farming tools nor 
poultry. I have a fine lot of the latter and count 
them quite valuable in the way of furnishing a por- 
tion of our living. But I let these things go by way 
of margin so the statement may be entirely safe.” 
