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Show Good Farming Needs Book Record Farming without keeping any records is like playing ball without with-out keeping score; only the gamej of farming is much more serious for the farmer may be losing without knowing it. Records are , now needed on every farm, declares de-clares S. R. Boswell, Utah county agent. Now, that income taxes affect so many farmers, accurate and complete records of the farm business for the entire year are essential, Mr. Boswell asserts. Records properly kept enables the farmer to know whether he has gained or lost and how much; also they show where or in connection with what farming operations the gain or loss occurred. oc-curred. Records point the way to checking farm leaks and taking tak-ing 'advantage of opportunities for increasing farm returns. The county agent points out that where records are kept there's no danger of forgetting things that will be important to know in filing income tax returns, re-turns, making reports on fire losses for insurance, applying for a loan, asking for deferment of a son or farm laborer, filing an application for fertilizer, reporting re-porting compliance with the agricultural ag-ricultural conservation program, and many other things that require re-quire accurate information about the farm business. "Farmers who are not keeping keep-ing record books this year, will find it helpful to start right away," declared Mr. Boswell. Those who desire copies of the extension service account book may obtain them at cost by applying ap-plying to a county agent's office or by writing to the state extension exten-sion service at Logan, Utah. |