THE MASTER'S EXPENSES 115 



AVERAGE YEARLY EXPENDITURE 



It will, of course, happen that the price of forage 

 and hound meal shows some variation in different 

 seasons but if we take the average of, say, six years, 

 we shall find it work out approximately as given 

 above. 



Let me advise intending Masters to post a ledger of 

 their expenses accurately, noting all moneys paid out 

 and putting them down at the time, and not from 

 memory. In this way only can they exercise proper 

 control, know exactly how they stand, and, what is 

 more important still, perhaps, see at a glance, when 



