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per feed tanks. Only 7 ton
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and see them, Louck's
Grain Equipment, Inc.
717 755-2868
FOR SALE-10 ton feed bin
with 2 ton compartment
on 1 side, good condition
Lane Co. 717-656-8052
Moorman Mfg. Co Top-
Kream Dairy Minerals to
fit your forage. For Ser
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New Holland, PA 17557
717-354-4174
TAKING
INVENTORIES
Inventories should be a
necessary part of your
management job. Inventories are
no' .he waste of time that some of
j v a think it is. Let’s list some of the
uses of inventory.
Credit - a good annual inventory
would be very useful to anyone
interested in having a sound credit
program.
Analysis - a complete business
analysis requires annual in
ventories.
Planning - an inventory can help
you plan feed purchases, fertilizer
purchases, etc. It can also give you
a good idea of what you would have
available to sell in the way of
excess crops or livestock.
Sales - yes, you can often sell
excess inventory. It may help pay
some of those bills. Without annual
inventories it may be hard to
determine the amount of excess
you have.
What Should
Be Inventoried?
You should inventory assets and
liabilities. Some of the primary
inventory items are:
1. Livestock - how many animals
of each age bracket do you have?
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By John E. Brocket!
]■ Farm Management Agent
Lewistown Extension Office
2. Harvested Crops - grain, hay,
other forage - how many bushels or
tons do you have on hand?
3. Supplies On Hand - items
purchased in prior years that still
have some use.
4. Prepurchased items - items
you bought in 1984 for the 1985
season.
5. Accounts Receivable - how
much have you sold that you have
not received payment for.
Don’t forget the negative items -
particularly:
6. Accounts Payable - unpaid
bills, especially those over 30 days
old.
There are some secondary items
that can be inventoried, such as
machinery, standing crops,
buildings, and land. These are
usually not as critical as the ones
above.
There is nothing easy or
glamorous about taking inventory.
Perhaps we should develop an
inventory contest. Prizes could go
to (a) most accurate account, (b)
fastest inventory where everything
was accounted for, (c) highest
inventory, (d) most improved
inventory, etc.
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P.O. Box 366
Lititz, PA 17543
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HowTo
Inventory
The following categories
are available for your
classified advertising
in Section C. Deadline-
Thursday morning at 9 of
each week’s publication
1 - Farm Equipment
2 - Farm Equipment
Wanted
3 - Silos and Unloaders
4 - Building and Supplies
5 - Gram Equipment
7 20
7 73
8 28
8.83
9 38
9 94
10 49
11.04
6 - Dairy Equipment
The following categories
are available for your
classified advertising, in
Section B. Deadline-
Wednesday afternoon at 5
of each week's publication.'
7 - Livestock Equipment
8-Cattle
9 ■ Horses & Mules
10 -Sheep & Goats
11 -Swine
12 - Artificial Breeding
13 - Hog Equipment &
Supplies
14 - Poultry & Supplies
• 15-Feed & Seed
16 - Fertilizer
17 -Plants
18 - Fruits & Vegetables
19 - Nursery
20 ■ Lawn & Garden
21 - Services Offered
22 - Custom Work
23-Help Wanted
24 - Situations Wanted
25 - Business
Opportunities
26 - Household
27-
28-
29 - Found
30 - Computers
31 - Notice
32 - Miscellaneous
33 - Recreational Vehicles
34 - Autos
35 - Trucks and Trailers
36 - Real Estate
One suggestion on taking in
ventory - get someone to help so
one person can count and the other
can be a note-taker. Measure bins,
cribs, silos, hay storages. You can
often save time if you have an idea
of the amount a storage will
contain if it is full.
Measures
How to measure and guidelines
on capacities are often considered
as problems by those who make an
attempt to inventory crops. I have
a mimeograph with inventory
guidelines. If you want a copy, just
ask for it.
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