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LESSONS IN AGRICULTURE 

 Cash 



Date 

 1905 



Item 



Rec'd 



Data 



1905 



Item 



Paid 



Beginning with September of our year on the farm, 

 fill out the receipts and expenditures of each month, esti- 

 mating them as best you can from the probable accounts 

 of the general farming operations upon this farm for 

 an average year. 



What should be a fair net income from a forty-acre 

 farm, providing the farmer does as much of the labor 

 himself as he can? 



LESSON XXXVIII 



2. CEOP RECORDS 



It is an important business matter for the farmer to 

 keep, year by year, a record of the production of each 

 field. This lesson should impress upon the pupils the 

 importance of keeping such records neat and accurate. 

 Use the form below, and require each pupil to keep a 

 record of one of the fields at his own home. Neatly fill 

 out the form in the agricultural note-book, and add the 

 data from time to time as the field is farmed. 



Name P. O 



Crop Previous Crop . 



Kind of Soil No. of Acres . . 



Date of plowing. . 

 Depth of plowing. 

 Cost of plowing. . . 



Preparation of the Soil 



Date of cultivation.... 



Implement used 



Cost of prep, seed bed. 



