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and machinery. They also show a decrease in the debt 

 and a gain in the net assets. Such an account is easily 

 kept and it gives the man of the soil a good working basis 

 and something to be guided by. It would not add much 

 labor to itemize the inventory more fully, putting in a 

 few more particulars respecting animals and machinery. 



Illustration of Milk Report for Week 



Pounds and Tenth-pounds 

 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 



Total. 



11.7 11.6 12.0 11.4 11.2 11.4 11.6 80.9 



10.2 9.8 8.7 9.0 9.4 9.2 9.1 65.4— 146.3 



13.2 12.8 13.6 13.4 12.7 13.3 13.0 92.0 

 7.4 7.5 8.0 6.9 7.7 8.2 6.8 52.5- 



144.5 



9.3 

 9.0 



9.5 

 7.3 



9.2 

 8.0 



8.9 36.9 



7.7 32.0 — 68.9 



11.3 11.5 12.0 11.8 12.2 11.9 11.8 82.5 



10.6 10.8 10.0 11.2 10.7 11.0 11.3 75.6— 158.1 



12.0 12.4 11.9 12.3 12.6 11.8 12.2 85.2 



10.2 9.6 10.0 9.8 10.3 9.3 9.9 69.1— 154.3 



12.5 11.9 12.2 12.0 12.4 12.6 11.8 85.4 



12.0 11.6 11.3 11.7 10.9 11.2 11.4 80.1— 165.5 



13.0 13.5 12.9 13.2 12.8 13.4 12.9 91.7 



13.6 12.7 13.1 13.0 12.7 13.2 12.8 91.1— 182.8 



11.5 11.8 11.2 12.0 11.6 11.4 12.2 81.7 



10.7 11.0 10.9 10.6 11.2 10.4 11.3 76.1— 157.8 



159.9 158.5 157.8 176.6 175.2 175.5 174.7 



—1,178.2 



After keeping such an account as the above for two 

 weeks an owner can tell whether any cow is worth feed- 

 ing or not. Make such a record about twice a year. 



