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System Of Farm Cost Accounting, C. E. Ladd, James Stuart Ball
System Of Farm Cost Accounting, C. E. Ladd, James Stuart Ball
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The business farmer wishes to know how much he is making or losing on his business each year, how much he is making or losing on each crop or class of animals, and how he can improve his business so as to make more money. The function of farm cost accounting is to supply this information. Cost accounting for the farm is the same sort of work large manufacturing companies do to learn whether they are making a profit on their different products. The farmer wants to know whether his wheat pays, whether his cows pay, or his orchard. These …