Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1918 — THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER [ARTICLE]

THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORNER

A DEPARTMENT OF FARM WELFARE CONDUCTED BY CO. AGENT LEAMING. Farm Accounts Desirable. Readjustments of prices on products and supplies this year have made certain lines of farming extremely profitable and others losing propositions, so that there is an unusual interest in the keeping of accurate records of the business done by many of the farmers. The income tax law requires an accounting on the part of most of the farmers as well as ‘the business men. To give them an opportunity to determine their net labor income, Purdue University has prepared a new 'farm record book, which makes the keeping of cost accounts comparatively simple. Farmers who will keep accounts may receive copies of this book upon application to their county agent. M i January and February are the best months to begin keeping records as stocks of supplies are usually low and other work is not as pressing as later in the season.