Show its a good time to take inventory it has always been a good policy for farmers to take an occasional ilvento inventory ry and keep regularly some simple records february Is a good month for inventory taking most past season crops are sold and the returns know few of the next seasons expenses have yet been incurred the long iona winter evenings of the new year furnish a fine time for the farmer to sit dow down n with a good harp pencil and check up on his past years work how far ahead oi 01 how far behind has he gone financially what is a reasonable valuation for all the things he owns how do they balance against the debts which are re coming due maybe this will not be a happy comparison but it if probable income and expense comparisons are made and the best means of balancing thoughtfully worked out the debts will assuredly be worked off more quickly bount county agent C R richards advised perhaps a shift to a larger acreage of more intensive cash crops may be the way of meeting the payment due next fall or in paying fo for r the home improvement so badly needed possibly the farm expensed expense are high why can some of them be lowered or avoided by ri planning the cropping and livestock enterprises could more work be exchanged with the neighbors to avold avoid the peak season rush and the high cost of infrequently used mach anery it much fun to figure just how much income the farm can be expected to produce but it helps greatly in preventing the purchase of items that become became tremendously difficult to pay for coples copies of an inventory and record boo book are available free of cost at the county agents office |