Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-02-08

ventory is secured, the only additional
record necessary Is one OF receipt
and disbursements. This latter record
is valuable because many small cash
transactions take place in years
farm business which are easily forgot
ten when no record Is kept and which
would not be shown by the check
stubs and bank book.
There is another benefit 10 be de-
rived from keeping the account book.
by this means, you can determine
which Of your farm enterprises Is the
most profitable, and its relation to
the other enterprises. The method OF
keeping labor and feed records along
with financial and inventory accounts
and summarizing them at the end OF
the year, involves 50 much detail that
it will be done by only a comparative.
~ few farmers. The farm account
books and the survey data sheet (sum.
mariesl give not only the total re-
ceipts, but also the sources of these
receipts. The expenditures, however,
are listed as labor, feed etc, and are
not distributed to the various farm en-.
terprises as cattle, hogs, corn, oats,
etc. 1t will be necessary to distribute
those before the problem can be an.
alyzed as it should.
If YOU will look over your last years
farm record, you can determine from
what source you received the greater
part OF your income, This will help
you decide which part OF your farm
/ business needs the closest study.
/ There were u men in the county
who started to keep complete cost &C.
count records for this year OF this
number, 10 have kept the records for
the entire year. It is hoped that by
these records they may be able to
analyze the elements Of cost that en-.
ter into the production OF their crops,
and to work out better methods OF
farming. The main idea is to lead
to better organization OF their farms,
with view to reducing costs and in.
creasng profits. This in the end will
be a benefit not only to the producer
but also TO the consumer.
The main idea in all OF this work Is
to help us to strengthen our weak
points in our farm business, and to
give us a much more advantageous
position in bartering off our products.
II is quite common for a farmer to
say that he has no time for keeping
accounts. As economic conditions are
causing more intensive farming, high.
err land values and higher rents, ii
will not be possible much longer to
farm in the extensive fashion that has
characterized our farming in the past,
1t will become necessary to plant those
crops, or raise those animals, or use
such fertilizer or rotation of crops, as
prove most valuable under the con.
ditions A knowledge of what pays
best can be most accurately. deter.
mined by keeping proper accounts
Studies wherever carried on have
shown that size Of business, yield OF
crops, production per animal and eff
cheney in the use OF labor are the pri.
mary factors for success on ma.
jority of farms. Farmers, whether they
are operating small or large bust
. nesses must consider themselves in
the role Of manager, and their success
, will depend upon how well they can
combine their land, their labor and
the equipment into an efficient pro-
duCtiOn unit.
La Sale County from Nov. &c. 1919, to
November 80, 1920.
/. Date of Annual Meeting -.
= ......,.....,.,. March 9, 1920
2. Memberships in farm bureau
December /, 1919 ..... SAC
,. Memberships in farm bureau
December |. 1920 ....... 1928
4. Memberships in ILL., Ayr
Assn, December /, 1920 Bits
5. Membership fee mot includ-
ing Ill. Ayr. AssnD...... $40
6, Which are you working I'm.
p der, the township or com
munity plan OF organiza
ton? ...........,..,..T Township
. Z How many townships or com
munitieS are represented
in farm bureau organizd.
tlonI ........,.......,. 81
s. How many of these have def
mite local organizations
with president and secre-
tary? Observation-Disclosures. 10
9 How many have only a chair
man. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. II
~, How many have additional
community committee
iii'Il
H. How many Of these local or
carnations or COmmun.
tiles with committees are
actually working? .... %
T.. Different farmers visited on
their farms ............
Is. Total number of farms Wis
tied Observation-Disclosures. 50i
~, ONCE consultations relating
to farm bureau work 49,. 3.22i
10. Days in central office ...... 1856
10. Personal letters written and
mailed Observation-Disclosures. 1904
/ L. Agricultural articles written
by adviser and published
IN local papers ........ u
Is. Have you farm bureau
news or similar publjCa.
tom ................... Yes