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Show TOO FEW RECORDS ARE KEPT Result Is Lack of Knowledge on Part of Farmer as to Cost of Producing Produc-ing Different Crops. There can be no doubt but that too few farm records are being kept; and the result is a lack of definite knowledge knowl-edge on the part of most farmers in regard to cost of producing crops and live stock. Many things are frequently frequent-ly produced at a loss, and so far as possible this should be reduced to a minimum. Sometimes a dozen cows , are kept that barely pay market price ! for the feed consumed. This is usually usual-ly the result of the herd containing a number of drones that do not produce enough to pay for their board. In such a case records showing the amount of feed each cow consumes would soon point out the guilty ones, which would then be sold to the butcher. In other instances unprofitable grain crops are grown that tend to reduce the annual farm income. To help the farmer to get in the habit of keeping simple records, such as will enable him to find the leaks, the United States department of agriculture has published Farmers' Bulletin No. 661, entitled "A Method of Analyzing the Farm Business." This bulletin contains, con-tains, in addition to descriptive matter, mat-ter, a series of blank forms designed to enable the farmer to record the essential facts concerning the crops raised .during the year, the transactions transac-tions from his live stock products, such as the income from butter, eggs, wool, beef, and pork, the current expenses, ex-penses, and the depreciation in his buildings and machinery. The bulletin bulle-tin may be had free of charge by addressing ad-dressing the Division of Publications. Washington, D. C. |