of grain 2,450.00
Food for colony 5,322.00
Food for stock 1,640.00
Seeds and fertilizers 2,155.00
Insurance and taxes 730.00
Shoeing and repairs 349.00
Replenishments 450.00
"Total $22,760.00
"The credit account reads: first quarter, $2030; second quarter, $2221;
third quarter, $5387; fourth quarter, $5957; total, $15,595.
"If we take out the $6670 for the extra piggery and the grain, the
expense account and the income will almost balance, even leaving out the
$4000 which we agreed to pay for food and shelter. I think that's a fair
showing for the three years, don't you?"
"Possibly it is; but what a lot of money you pay for wages. It's the
largest item."
"Yes, and it always will be. I don't claim that a factory farm can be
run like a grazing or a grain farm. One of its objects is to furnish
well-paid employment to a lot of people. We've had nine men and two lads
all the year, and three extra men for seven months, three women on the
farm and five in the house,--twenty-two people to whom we've paid wages
this year.
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