Show MANY FARMERS KEEPING BOOKS I Adopting More and More the Practice of Analyzing Their Business GET AID FROM UNCLE SAM Experts of Department of Agriculture and County Agents Are CoOperating Co Oper With Agriculturists Agriculturists' in Making Surveys That the farmers of the coun country y are adopting more and more the practice of analyzing their business carefully and uj using this anal analysis In keeping books Is the opinion of ot experts in the theoffice office ollice of farm farni management of ot Uncle Sams Sam's department of or agriculture It is interesting to note in this connectIon connection connection con con- that the office of ot turin farm management man mane which Is trying In every way to help build up the farming business ness has provided blanks for use In n analyzIng analyzing i ing nga a farm tarm business In such a way th that t. t the farmer can readily ascertain the I various sources from which he be derives derives' I his lilg income the tile ways in which h he spends hI his money the total Income from the farm and the amount which should be charged o off for interest dahis on da n I his Investment County Agents Aid Ald County agents of ot the department It Itis Itis Its is s said sald make good gooel use of ot these blanks They The rhe take them to the farmer sit down with him and work out with him hima a 1 complete analysis of his business so that at he Is able to see exactly in what respects he Is losing money and In what t respects he be Is making It t Furthermore these blanks are frequently fre fre- q used when farmers write to for advice and assistance assist assist- ance In many cases It is customary to o request the inquirer to analyze his business justness The information Urns thus ob ob- t tamed is compared with sl similar lIar Information I nation mation on file In the department and the specialists In La the office of ot farmr farm farm- r I i managements ar are thus enabled to point j out Oit th the h mistakes s which are causing I I tro trouble In any anyone one Individual case It It may be found f for r example that a dairyman is spending from three to tour our times Umes as much money money for tor labor AS other as-other other farmers larme conducting business cp on a similar scale Farm Surveys Made To secure the the necessary data that enable n- n the department to determine whether or not a farmer Is conducting his business as efficiently In any anyone one oner r respect ct as 08 UP he Sho should ld exten extensive l e farm form surveys ar are made mad In represent representative lo lo- lo A group of ot from 5 to contiguous farms is 18 selected and a detailed analysis o of the b business of ot each one o of the these made by by- trained experts exports ex ex- ex- ex ports They They ascertain what yes t vest mP Ms how much o of It is In land and arid and how bow much much In live stock stock machinery h f rr fec supplies t tc The production of the farm tarm fn In crops and live ive stock is Is- next net studied nud aud the tile r re l urns rn from tb sales o of all ull products as as- The survey al als' als j ln an estimate pf pt th the a amount of gt d pr cl atio of ot the work jim ma chinery etc on n n. n the i farm rm VI With i this Information it Is Is po possible t to dt determine tern Uie approximately what tIle the average e farmer furmer farm furm- farm er e er In th that t section iI I is doing and when ben this his avera average e Is ia compared ln Individual Indi l- l vidual cases It I la is possible 4 to o t throw It lighton Ight ton on why the lu farmer f Is s succeeding and why his le H fortunate fortunate fortu fortu- nate mite neighbor Is s not aoL It It Is sald that approximately one- one third bird of ot the t farmers who have been en induced to analyze business In thIs his way are now pow Reaping 6 books ks erto say suy these farm experts rt many farmers have bave been discouraged etl from this his by hy thi apparent complexity of ot the tilt systems employed employ d. d By simplifying th thie he systems system so that the farmer er can canell cantell tell ell what the figures are ure au all a about out and how jow to uS use uso them the department Is greatly Increasing the amount mount of bookkeeping bookkeeping book- book keeping being done dime on ou the farms |