Weekly, Monthly, Or Quarterly Statement And Balance Sheet
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This section is from the book "Commercial Gardening Vol3", by John Weathers (the Editor). Also available from Amazon: Commercial Gardening, A Practical & Scientific Treatise For Market Gardeners.
Weekly, Monthly, Or Quarterly Statement And Balance Sheet
JANUARY I, 1912 TO MARCH 31, 1912
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Estimated Receipts for the Year 1912. | Actual Receipts to Date from Jan. 1. | Actual Receipts corresponding Period last Year. | |||||||
£ | s | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
To Fruit Crops (as per Sales Book): | |||||||||
Apples ......... | 480 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Pears ......... | 200 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Plums.... | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cherries.. | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Currants ... | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Raspberries ...... | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Strawberries ...... | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Grapes ......... | 150 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 0 |
Tomatoes......... | 125 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 |
150 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 | |
Peaches, etc. ...... | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
By Vegetable Crops (as per Sales Book) ...... | 160 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 0 |
250 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | |
Total ...... | 2445 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 15 | 0 | 236 | 0 | 0 |
Balance at Bank, Jan.1 | .. | .. | .. | 568 | 7 | 6 | |||
Cash in hand, Jan. 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 5 | 0 | |||
834 | 7 | 6 | |||||||
Cr. | |||||||||
Estimated Expenses for the Year 1912. | Actual Expenses to Date from Jan. 1. | Actual Expenses corresponding Period last Year. | |||||||
£ | 8. | d. | £ | «. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
By Wages ... | 430 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 107 | 10 | 0 |
,, Manure,, | 50 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
,, Horses... | 80 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 |
,, Rates, Taxes, etc.,, | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
,, Repairs,, | 60 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
,, Household ...... | 200 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 10 | 0 | 67 | 5 | 0 |
,, Interest | 150 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 10 | 0 |
,, Sundries | 150 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
Total ...... | 1145 | 0 | 0 | 331 | 0 | 0 | 321 | 5 | 0 |
Balance at Bank, March 31 | .. | 494 | 4 | 0 | |||||
Cash in hand ... | ........ | 9 | 3 | 6 | |||||
834 | 7 | 6 | |||||||
By keeping an account in this style there is no necessity to use the ordinary kind of Cash Book. The details may be as elaborate as may be desired if still greater accuracy is required. Thus the items under the "Vegetable Crops" and the "Plants and Flowers" may be extended, so that one may see at a glance whether he is exceeding his estimates or not. By comparing the receipts and expenses for the corresponding period of the previous year, the grower will naturally look into the working of any department that shows a tendency to fall much below what has been done in the past.
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