SUBURBAN POULTRY-KEEPING 
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«After the sale of the birds on 14th September X. was able to 
draw up her trading account and balance-sheet as follows :— 
Trading Account, 31st October 1914-14th September 1915 
£ os. d. f Sd. 
To 18 Pullets at 3s. 214 0 By Sale—6 Pullets,1/6 0 9 Oo 
,», Carriage (birdsandfood) 0 10 o » 1 Pullets,1/1o 1 0 2 
,, Straw litter . Of 4 » » Eggs F - 16 6 5 
1, Food £6 5 54 
Less Stock 
Temaining o 8 o 
517 5% 
», Balance c/d . 812 of 
£1715 7 £17 15 7 
,, 10 per cent. Deprecia- 
tion on Plant, £303} 0 6 of » Balance b/d . 812 9 
,, Interest for one year at 
5 per cent.on {3034 0 3 0 
» Capital. ; s 8 3. 9 
£8 12 of £8 12 9f 
Balance-Sheet as on 14th September 1915 
Liabilities Assets 
£ Ss Be s. d. 
From Trading a/c. » 8 3 9] Plant £30 34 
Less 10 percent. 0 6 of 
214 3 
Stock of food in hand « % 8 io 
Cash : « §. © 6 
£8 3 9 £8 3 9 
“The profit on the 10$ months’ working was thus £8, 8s. 9d. 
Allowing half-an-hour a day for the work, this represents pay- 
ment at the rate of a fraction over a shilling an hour. 
«During the following year X. repeated her experiment with 
variations. She began work on the same day, 30th October, but this 
time she had twenty pullets, including Leghorns, Minorecas, Orping- 
tons and first-cross breeds. 
She paid 5s. each for the fowls, and 
she fed exactly as during the first year. Owing to earlier holiday 
