FARM ACCOUNTS.

In royal 8vo, bound in cloth, price 2s. 6d.,

A PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF FARM BOOK-KEEPING;

BEING THAT RECOMMENDED IN “THE BOOK OF THE FARM”

BY HENRY STEPHENS, F.R.S.E.;

ALSO,

SEVEN FOLIO ACCOUNT-BOOKS, constructed in accordance with the system, Printed and Ruled throughout, and bound in separate volumes; the whole being specially adapted for keeping, by an easy and accurate method, an account of all the Transactions of the Farm.

THE ACCOUNT-BOOKS CONSIST OF—

I. CASH-BOOK—Ruled with double money-columns for Dr. and Cr., showing the Cash received for produce sold off the Farm, the money paid on account of the Farm; and all general Cash and Banking transactions. Price 2s. 6d.

II. LEDGER—Ruled with single money columns, Dr. and Cr. on separate pages, containing Accounts with every Person or Company having transactions with the Farm. Price 5s.

III. FARM ACCOUNT—Contains the Cash received for all the Produce sold off the Farm, and the Cash paid for all the commodities required for the Farm, and these alone. Thus the Balance between the Dr. and Cr. sides of the Farm Account, at the end of the Agricultural Year, shows whether the farm has returned or consumed the largest amount of Cash. Price 2s. 6d.

IV. CORN ACCOUNT—Comprises all accounts and statements connected with—1. Wheat; 2. Barley; 3. Oats; 4. Straw; 5. Potatoes; 6. Turnips, Mangold-Wurzel, Carrots and Parsnips. These accounts show all the particulars connected with the different species of produce—the time when grain is thrashed—the parties to whom it has been sold—the uses which have been made of it on the Farm—the Balance of Grain on hand at any time in the Corn-barn and Granary—the weight of the Grain, and the prices obtained for it. Price 3s. 6d.

V. LIVE-STOCK ACCOUNT—Consists of Accounts relating to—1. Cattle; 2. Sheep; 3. Pigs; 4. Horses; showing the particulars of every species of Live-Stock, the disposal of them, the cash paid and the prices obtained for them, and the numbers on hand at different periods. Price 3s.

VI. LABOUR: ACCOUNT-BOOK—Contains, 1. Labour Journal; 2. Labour Account,—the former for showing the Labourers’ names, the days of the week on which they have been employed, and a register of the number of work-days in each week; the latter forming a summary of the amount of all the manual labour executed on the Farm in the course of a year, including the Harvest Expenses. Price 3s.

VII. FIELD-WORKERS’ ACCOUNT.—This is a simple form of keeping the Daily Labour-Account, enabling the total number of Days in which work has been done for half a year to be summed up and calculated at the rate of wages per day, when the gross amount of the half year’s earnings is brought out distinctly. Price 2s. 6d.

The Account-Books are sold separately, and the price of the complete Set, in Eight Volumes, is 24s. 6d.

ALSO,

A LABOUR ACCOUNT OF THE ESTATE.

This form of Labour Account is specially constructed for the use of Country Gentlemen, whether residing at home or abroad, who require returns to be made to them of the species of work which daily engages the time of their labourers in whatever capacity, and whether male or female; that is, besides Labourers and Field-Workers, the form is as well adapted to Gardeners, Foresters, Hedgers, Roadmakers, Quarriers, Miners, Gamekeepers, and Dairymaids. Price 2s. 6d.

“We have no hesitation in saying, that of the many systems of keeping farm-accounts which are in vogue, there is not one which will bear comparison with that just issued by Messrs Blackwood, according to the recommendations of Mr Stephens in his invaluable ‘Book of the Farm.’ The great characteristic of this system is its simplicity. When once the details are mastered, which it will take very little trouble to accomplish, it will be prized as the clearest method to show the profit and loss of business, and to prove how the soundest and surest calculations can be arrived at. We earnestly recommend a trial of the entire series of Books—they must be used as a whole to be thoroughly profitable—for we are convinced the verdict of our agricultural friends who make such a trial will speedily accord with our own—that they owe a deep debt of gratitude both to Mr Stephens and Messrs Blackwood for providing a method so complete and satisfactory to their hands.”—Bell’s Messenger.

“From experience we can strongly recommend this system to all actual and commencing agriculturists, combining, as it does, all the elements of utility with simplicity.”—The Field.

“Mr Stephens is so thoroughly conversant with all that is essential to be set down in the Farmer’s Account-Book, that it is something to find him induced to prepare a set of books for the agriculturist. These we find reduced by him to what must be regarded as the simplest and most essential element of a sound double entry system.... The ease and obvious accuracy of these books abundantly recommend them.”—Notts Guardian.

WORKS OF PROFESSOR WILSON.

EDITED BY HIS SON-IN-LAW,

Professor Ferrier.

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NOCTES AMBROSIANÆ.

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CONTRIBUTED TO BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE.

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THREE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA.

By J. D. Borthwick.

WORKS OF SAMUEL WARREN, D.C.L.

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Vol. I. Diary of a Late Physician, 5s. 6d. Vols. II. & III. Ten Thousand a-Year, 2 vols., 9s. Vol. IV. Now and Then, &c., 4s. 6d. Vol. V. Miscellanies, 5s.

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RUSSIAN SHORES OF THE BLACK SEA IN THE AUTUMN OF 1852.

WITH A VOYAGE DOWN THE VOLGA AND A TOUR THROUGH THE COUNTRY OF THE DON COSSACKS.

By Laurence Oliphant, Esq.

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MINNESOTA AND THE FAR WEST.

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LIFE IN THE FAR WEST.

By G. F. Ruxton, Esq.

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Two Volumes Octavo, with Maps, &c., price £1, 10s.

NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY THROUGH SYRIA AND PALESTINE.

By Lieut. Van De Velde.

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INSTITUTES OF METAPHYSIC: THE THEORY OF KNOWING AND BEING.

By James F. Ferrier, A.B., Oxon.

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HISTORY OF THE FRENCH PROTESTANT REFUGEES.

By Prof. Charles Weiss of the Lycee Buonaparte.

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NOW COMPLETED,

In Two large Volumes Royal Octavo, embellished with 1353 Engravings,

THE BOOK OF THE GARDEN.

By Charles M‘Intosh,

Late Curator of the Royal Gardens of His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and latterly of those of His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, at Dalkeith Palace.

Each Volume may be, had separately, viz.:—

I.—ARCHITECTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL. Pp. 776, embellished with 1073 Engravings, price £2., 10s.

II.—PRACTICAL GARDENING. Pp. 876, embellished with 280 Engravings, price £1, 17s. 6d.

“We must congratulate both editor and publishers on the completion of this work, which is every way worthy of the character of all concerned in its publication. The scientific knowledge and great experience of the editor in all that pertains to horticulture, not only as regards cultivation, but as a landscape-gardener and garden architect, has enabled him to produce a work which brings all that is known of the various subjects treated of down to the present time; while the manner in which the work is illustrated merits our highest approval.”—The Florist.

“Mr M‘Intosh’s splendid and valuable ‘Book of the Garden’ is at length complete by the issue of the second volume. It is impossible in a notice to do justice to this work. There is no other within our knowledge at all to compare with it in comprehensiveness and ability; and it will be an indispensable possession for the practical gardener, whether amateur or professional.”—The London Guardian.

In Two Volumes Royal Octavo, price £3, handsomely bound in cloth, with upwards of 600 Illustrations.

THE BOOK OF THE FARM.

DETAILING THE LABOURS OF THE

FARMER, FARM-STEWARD, PLOUGHMAN, SHEPHERD, HEDGER, CATTLE-MAN, FIELD-WORKER, AND DAIRY-MAID, AND FORMING A SAFE MONITOR FOR STUDENTS IN PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.

By Henry Stephens, F.R.S.E.

Corresponding Member of the Société Imperiale et Centrale d’Agriculture of France, and of the Royal Agricultural Society of Galicia.

THE EIGHTH THOUSAND.

“The best practical book I have ever met with.”—Professor Johnston.

“We assure agricultural students that they will derive both pleasure and profit from a diligent perusal of this clear directory to rural labour. The experienced farmer will perhaps think that Mr Stephens dwells upon some matters too simple or too trite to need explanation; but we regard this as a fault leaning to virtue’s side in an instructional book. The young are often ashamed to ask for an explanation of simple things, and are too often discouraged by an indolent or supercilious teacher if they do. But Mr. Stephens entirely escapes this error, for he indicates every step the young farmer should take, and, one by one, explains their several hearings.... We have thoroughly examined these volumes; but to give a full notice of their varied and valuable contents would occupy a larger space than we can conveniently devote to their discussion; we therefore, in general terms, commend them to the careful study of every young man who wishes to become a good practical farmer.”—Times.

“A work, the excellence of which is too well known to need any remarks of ours.”—Farmers’ Magazine.

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