Farm Income and Expenses

I wanted to share a few pages from the accounting books that my parents kept on the farm we rented a couple of miles outside Dayton. It is, of course, the same farm where Pete and Maude Linn also lived. The records are written in pencil, so the copies may not be very clear. Still, it's an interesting look at the daily details and records that had to be kept in order to survive. The record book dates from 1947 to 1957.

1948 income from cattle, hogs, and chickens. The A. G. Barquist is the great-grandson of John Barquist. Aubrey Barquist died in 1963.

Labor hired in 1949; machine hire for grinding corn, shelling, bailing

Grain sold in 1950

Repairs and Maintenance in 1952; bolts, tractor wheels, fan belt, etc.

1953 or 1954 - Donations to Farm Bureau, Red Cross, Cancer, and Methodist Church; blacksmith and welding and gasoline expenses

I'm not sure how to preserve this book and the pencil handwriting. If anyone has a good idea, I'd love to hear it. I think that this type of record, some dated more than 70 years ago, is worth preserving for future generations.