Show FARM RECORDS HELP FARMERS TO PLAN A activities C T I 1 V I 1 T I 1 E S in order to wisely select the crops to be grown and the livestock to be produced and to keep costs consistent with market prices the farmer needs information about the various operations according to agricultural economists ot of the utah state agricultural college this information must be accurate specific and often detailed in fit nature herein lies the value of farm accounts they are a means of securing this valuable knowledge by keeping farm accounts the farmer may assemble and analyze specific information about the performance of the factors ot of production on his own farm valuable information will be obtained about his land machinery equipment livestock current expenses and his own labor and management such information is indispensable to the most efficient operation of a farm in case a large number of farmers keep keel comparable farm account records as is being done by some farmers in utah each may compare his results with those from a group of similar farms arms the weak and strong points in his own organization and management can call then be easily determined which enables him to arrange and conduct his own farm on a profitable basis farm account records become increasingly n crea singly valuable as the number of years for which the record is kept increases the economists point out although the farm account project of the U S A C extension service has been in progress but two years many valuable results have already been obtained most farmers who have kept records during the past two years are continuing and many more are eager to start in 1931 and 1932 records show that some farmers have made a profit in spite of adverse conditions even where prof proffitt pro fits have not been realized losses have lave often been greatly curtailed many far farmers are successfully meeting the ever changing economic eco Homic conditions by resolutely j facing the facts acts which their tarm farm records place at their disposal farm accounts will lend valuable aid in the solution ot of many tarm farm problems A tarm farm account book may be obtained from the county extension agent or by writing to the extension service of 0 the utah state agricultural college at logan |