The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1920-05-21

tPrspassd ~ tAe uHHst stA,ss Depart
rieat % Asriea'iarsb
Here IS agt-liey az familiar say
tnes some With variations each Of
which applies TO fartu accounting and
81 ~ 'be prl,em u marketing farm
products
'tiepv,s da8't Vie ="
"A calculation Ia time saves n'ne
! 'tuFesKhi i' tet,er than kinasigtr"
| III pays Ia c0anf the ,vs~t
Specialists In the argiye ~ tgryh nan.
sgrmcpt could udd 50 ti,s lis, almo,,
indefinitely. fur lhetr stH'jes ~ meth
eds ~ sartn management reveal The
tretUendogs nevd ~ aerauHgns SIS.
tnius on AUcryeaU faryaS Tb, farmer
wants g. knvS aheFhar b.. wheat PAYS
whether his cows psy. and Ahs.brr
his orchard pays, snd Yet he srIdpn
has sufficiently accurate figures te an
W"r such questions Above all he
ougtt 80 kanw RhA ytt frequently does
rot know. II bis fa1u as ahoie
IA paying proposition. Department
Of agriculture specialists io pp, claim
that the systems ~ accounting for
farns which thyy rer0Hmcnl viii he
absolutely exact They arr. nr,erthe-
IesS. sufficiently accurate Tor an ordi-
nary r,Eairaments TIE Arrar'meut
does not furnish sets Of books 10 farm.
crr The ssstetns which IL r~urn.
meUds require only such books rs can
he purchased of vatloner ~ deater
In books and sehnol sHpplies
No Special framing Required.
Practical working sy%teBs ~ Ne.
counts which anyone may adopt with
OCT Sf.cc'at study are recommended.
nur ~ these ~ a direct entry system
requiring ~ preliminary books Cor
original entries. wh.h latter would
have ta be- posted or e0piFd into Ter
mauvni accounts
tvom two to lrn mlHutes dag. IN.
vesylsatiun shows 10 all fhe time 70
quir'd In keeping huoks, according to
the simpler Hlethols suggested by fed
ess' specialists. THIS does not include
\ day ~ two, possibly more required
ut The ,na Vt The year 10 close M thf
books and START nsw set. Il - rvs,
ouimenhcd tia, the accounting wear nv
started same ume after the last crop
IL harvested In the fsl! and before the
erSt crop operations are Married IN
the spring Thr hcsluE'0s should be
madr an the first slsy ~ sotfa utoEth |
Inventory Hahly Important
To many the Inventory required "
effective farm accounting 81 Blk tusa |
hpe. but unnecessarily 50, Ma0y farm |
e-s Keep careful accauuts throughout
TIE Year. but fsIl ta r.sl5ge that the, |
ARE # relatively little use, Without ,t@ |
Inventory. In showing the years L.
come. As matter NJ fact the tasiag /
OF lbe Inventory ~ not sucli dtsscras |
task az many think. ard probably VII !
mr. require more than four or eve
haurs--fs,.~Ihy only two hours to \
cea,pltte,
The inventory should I've detailed
list " sil itrras ~ targn property and
the values thereof. Including The farm, |
the farm hgld'ucs, tht. horses the cat
te and other live stock, machinery,
,sols fer,l pgN,iWer, sUppltes cash va
AaWd snd In TIE hank, amounts due
fr,1a, other ygrsca~ asi eesea tn other
PERSONS. and tie vajWe az growing
sr,sv>, Tic latter - calculated ~
aa3jng ,hP yalae - Sahar aai mate |
rsats aireaty sp-nt er 'Aase crWps
ire tn'ns which Use CGItNd Sta'~s |
asg,s,taetl If agriculture esapaaSiEes /
is the Gr9e0t reed ~ srepsag so'fae 4
tay1n ~ sys1etas'ir ACCOUNTS The J
elsn.rs,e{gpSs ~ the reevsriS ull de-
p%,na u.on what the far7aFg a&a's 10 /
tnns ard the ttsss Dc has aTsissNle !
for sesGSnS aesonats Tne itp@ rfN1eat
Will hx g3aa 10 sGSg,.>t 4 sys,en wh!rh /.
x4,l spaMe him t. FgTa-e rs ingagne
tax ar8 a~cvrta'H whsc rs faran A.
aAels Is nassin< L. csr e,.sa su<E'~t ]
a svstssu which vii sable hri - 60
ten, ~ sbYoeIiasstc pevNiuetst8 t>vs's
"a hss ssril Fer others, rat ieularlT
ewo.,rS az rery large farms the ae-
sartn.srt Il sgriggitgTS : F7eTared
- --~>amrend a siriaiifs! crs. sNcNza'' \
az sys,em waicA Csy r,@gi-s the
.~rx,c,.s - eo~esfe~gsr Fer the