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Show KEEPING FARM BOOKS Agricultural colleges throughout the country arc trying hard to h irnrri'rr it into the head of farmers everywhere that their in a busi-n busi-n -i-i the H irne a anything else and that there in juat as much reason v!iy the farmer should have a system of bookkeeping as there is why o'her business concerns need and must have. I laphazard farm-in,, farm-in,, buying without keeping track of expenditures, or Hellin with-out with-out keepiiiK track of revenue received, isn't the road to success in f ridi-i.. IVke the men about Gunnison who are most successful in raism;; and selling live stock, fram, poultry or fruit and you II fi th. t they keep pretty (lose tab on what they buy and what they ri' II. As a result they know more, about how to plan for the future; v!ien in lighten up or when to loosen over the books just how prices ni ift from year to year. (jet some kind of a book, no matter how fioor you may be at figures, and ijiakc an attempt to keep lab on your fmaii'cs. It'll pay bij in the long-run. |