The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1881-07-23
sinspIe housekeeping For f:srn-
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SinpIe Esoois4AKeepzng for f;srn,.
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! For an ordinary farm, writes a cor
respondent OF an exchange, / woula
have but one book, and that ono ruled
after the form of the merchants cash
book, and keep it very much in the
same manner, /. G., on the left-hand
page would enter all the debts. and
ON the rigllt-hand page a balance could
he obtained at any time / desired to
know how the account was running.
The first account / would open
would be the farm. On the ieft-hand
page ] would enter the present cash
valuation of my farm implements, and
all new ones bought and repairs made,
/ On the riglIt-hand page ] would enter
the amount received for any irnpIe-
ments sold or returned, etc. Next /
would have name or number for each
field on my farm and give it the same
space in my book. On the left enter
what ] consider fair price for labor
done, cost of all fertilizers put on that
field, and al seed put ON same. On
the right-hand page the cash valne of
all that field has produced. The bal
ance at the end of the year would show
me the profit or loss on that field And
from the amount of this loss or gain /
would know what TO do with it. With
out this knowledge how could / intel
ligently cultivate this field in the flu
ture! | might have an opinion as TO
what profit ] had. but such opinion
wonld be far too unreliable 10 base any
future operations on.
In like manner would treat every
field on my farm; also, ms sheep, hold
ing separate accounts with different
breeds, if j had such; with my dairy
cattle, my stock cattle, my working
cattle, my horses and horse teams, my
hogs, my poultry, etc. Each of these
accounts viii show its gains or losses,
from which ] can decide the future
management. At the end Of the wear
l would place on the right hand or Or.
side of the farm account fair valna-
ton of my farm and all farm nipple
ments, balance up all my field and cat
tie accounts, which would then show
me whether | was worth less or more
than at the commencement of the wear.
and Just where the loss was sustained
or profit made, 1. e., which field or do
partment of my farm had been the
most profitable to me, and which the
least. The farmer needs not to have
scales to ascertain actual weights. His
estimates are good enough: only be
sure and estimate against vonrself, and
then the result will happily disappoint
You, if at all,-fAmeriean Farmer.
A special to the New Orleans Dem
ocrat from Washington, of the 10Th,
says: There is tract of land, 100
miles long and 30 miles broad, norfl,
OF the Pan Handle of Texas, which
does not belong to any State or Terri
tory. On the land office maps this
land is marked .'Public Land" and at
tho last session of congress an appro-
priation of $4,000 Was made for lis
survey. Yesterday Judge Mcfarland,
commissioner of the land office, award
ed u contract for the survey of this
land to Alessrs. Chcny d Smith, re-
spcctivelv Of Iowa and Kansas. The
north fork of the Canadian river runs
through the tract. 1t is bounded on
the north by Kansas and Colorado, on
the east By the Indian Territory, on
the south by Texas, and on the west
by New Mexico. Judge Mcfarland
says that lac does not know why this
land was never Incorporated into any
Of the surrounding States or Terrific
ries.