THE HEADMAN GENERALIZES 305 
sold nearly eighteen hundred dozen eggs during 
this quarter, for $553. The butter account 
showed nearly twenty-eight hundred pounds 
sold, which brought $894, and the sale of eleven 
calves brought $130. These sales closed the 
credit side of our ledger for the year. 
Apples Oh a ee ee a Ree 
Calves . . . . . . 130.00 
Cockerels . 4 é é ; - 215.00 
1785 doz.eggs. -« «© « «  « 858.00 
2790 Ib. butter ‘ . ° ‘ 894.00 
283 hogs . - , ‘ ° , - 2702.00 
Total ‘ . é . - $4831.00 
In making up the expense account of that 
year and the previous one, I found that I should 
be able in future to say with a good deal of 
exactness what the gross amount would be, 
without much figuring. The interest account 
would steadily decrease, I hoped, while the wage 
account would increase as steadily until it ap- 
proached $5500; that year it was $4662. Each 
man who had been on the farm more than six 
months received $18 more that year than he did 
the year before, and this increase would continue 
until the maximum wage of $40 a month was 
reached; but while some would stay long enough 
to earn the maximum, others would drop out, 
and new men would begin work at $20 a month. 
I felt safe, therefore, in fixing $5500 as the maxi- 
mum wage limit of any year. Time has proven 
the correctness of this estimate, for $5372 is the 
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