390 THE FAT OF THE LAND 
ment for the last quarter of the year. The sales 
were: apples, from 150 old trees at $3 per tree, 
$450; 10 calves, $115; 360 hens and 500 cock- 
erels, $430; 5 cows (the common ones, to Jack- 
son) at $35 each, $175; eggs, $827; butter, $1311; 
and 281 hogs, rushed to market in December when 
only about eight months old and sold for $3.70 
per hundred to help swell this account, $2649; 
making a total for the fourth quarter of $5957. 
« The items of expense for the year were : — 
“Interest on investment ‘ ° - $5,132.00 
New hog-house  . . . 0 el) ee 
10,000 bu. of grain Pa ety Bk . 2,450.00 
Wages . . . : . . - 5,822.00 
Food forcolony . . . « «+  41,620:00 
Food for stock . F ° ° - 2,155.00 
Seeds and fertilizers . . + - 730.00 
Insurance andtaxes . + «+ « 312.00 
Shoeing and repairs . . « « 349.00 
Replenishments . .« «+ « -« 450.00 
gt «> 9 Eanes Sen » «+ $22,760.00 
“The credit account reads: first quarter, 
$2030; second quarter, $2221; third quarter, 
$5387; fourth quarter, $5957; total, $15,595. 
“If we take out the $6670 for the extra pig- 
gery and the grain, the expense account and the 
income will almost balance, even leaving out the 
$4000 which we agreed to pay for food and shel- 
ter. I think that’s a fair showing for the three 
years, don’t you?” 
‘Possibly it is; but what a lot of money you 
pay for wages. It’s the largest item.” 
« Yes, and it always will be. I don’t claim 
