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he pays $14.75 for more clothing. July 4, he spends 

 $2.35. July 20, he sells his colt for $55. August 15, he 

 pays $6.50 for a watch, and, during the summer he 

 spends $4.85 for sundry small articles. 



Write out his account and determine how much cash 

 he has on hand when his time is out. 



2. Two boys rent for $4 a half acre of land on which 

 to plant onions. They allow themselves 75c each per day 

 for their time. It costs them $2 to get this piece of land 

 fertilized and plowed. They each spend ten days' time 

 planting and cultivating their onions, and four days 

 more each when harvesting time comes. They sell $14.30 

 worth of green onions, and harvest 142 bushels more. 

 For 100 bushels they get 75c per bushel, and 60c per 

 bushel for the remainder. 



Write out their onion account, and find their profit. 



3. A farmer runs an account with George White, a 

 merchant. July 7, he buys a pair of shoes for $2.40 and 

 has them charged on account. July 20, he takes in 

 twelve dozen of eggs at 11 cents per dozen and gets 50c 

 worth of sugar. August 3, he takes in twelve pounds 

 of butter at 20 cents per pound and gets nine yards of 

 calico at 6 cents per yard, one pound of tea at 50 cents, 

 four pounds of coffee at 18 cents per pound, and a bar- 

 rel of salt at $1.25. August 14, he gets a pail of fish at 

 75 cents and 100 pounds of sugar at 5 l / 2 cents per 

 pound, and pays $2 in cash. How does his account stand 

 on August 15 ? 



Write out this account with Geo. White. 



