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Show INTERESTING STORY BY GIRL Says That Children May Assist Parents Par-ents by Giving Them Benefit of Education Received. A vory interesting Btory appeared In the County Agent recently, written by a llttlo girl cloven years old, who Is her father's right hand man when It comes to hooping books. Mr. Vaplon of tho Colorado Agricultural college hopes that Inasmuch as all children aro oxpected to keep records, many will develop into homo bookkeepers. This llttlo girl, Hazel Kent, Bays: "Bookkeeping Is tho most Important part of any business; farming Is n business just the same as bunking, honco it is Just us necessary for a farmer to keep a record of his accounts ac-counts as It is for any othor man, this Is a period of investment in all lines of business; why cannot tho farmer keep up with tho times and put his business whoro It Justly belongs and run tho farm with somo system of bookkeeping, so ho can know at the end of a day, or month, or year, that tho farm is on a paying busts; lot tho daughter, or daughters, keep the books for tho homo and family accounts, ac-counts, and tho son, or sous, keep the books for tho farm. If wo children would help our parents in this way wo could givo them tho benefit of our education which thoy aro making a i sacrifice to glvo us. Your banker! would bo glad to holp you got Btarted ' with your books and would tako an ; Interest in you. I know you would ! llko it." |