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Topic: Records and Book keeping
Content: Types and uses of farm records
The farm records which a good farmer should keep include: Farm diary, Farm inventory, Input records, Production records, Consumption records, Sales records, Payroll or Labour record, Profit and loss account
It serves as a good reference book to obtain information about the farm
Example: Prepare a Profit and Loss Account for John farms for the year which ended 31/12/2012 using the following data:
Solution
John Farm Profit and Loss Account as at December, 2012
S/N | Debit | N : K | S/N | Credit | N : K |
1 | Cost of feed | 5,000:00 | 1 | Sales of eggs | 20,000:00 |
2 | Cost of drugs | 2,000:00 | 2 | Eggs for domestic use | 2,000:00 |
3 | Loss due to mortality | 3,000:00 | 3 | Value of stock left | 10,000:00 |
4 | Farm wages | 10,000:00 | 4 | Sales of spent layers | 20,000:00 |
5 | Transportation | 3,000:00 | |||
6 | Depreciation | 2,000:00 | |||
7 | Electricity | 7,000:00 | |||
Total Expenditure | 32,000:00 | ||||
8 | Net profit | 20,000:00 | |||
Grand Total | 52,000:00 | Grand Total | 52,000:00 |
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