Other Form of Name
Ball, James Stuart, 1872-
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1924
Abstract
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 are some of the questions a set of farm cost accounts will settle.
Relational Format
article
Series Title
Farmers' bulletin (United States. Dept. of Agriculture), no. 572
Recommended Citation
Ladd, C. E. and Ball, James Stuart, "System of farm cost accounting" (1924). Federal Publications. 284.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/acct_fed/284