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088
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RIVERVIEW RANCH CUMRO NEBRASKA
October 1,1930 [sic]
Assets
Stock cows (54 head @ $50.00) $2,700.00
Yearling heifers (20 head @ $50.00) 1.000.00 [sic]
Calves (64 head @ $30.00) !,920.00 [sic] $5,6200.00 [sic]
Sows (7 @ $30.00) 210.00
Pigs (60 @ $12.00) 720.00 930.00
Feed
Prairie hay (200 tons @ $5.00) 1,000.00
Alfalfa (50 tons @ 10.00) 500.00
Corn (70 Acres Est. 30 bu. @ 75¢) 1,575.00
Oats 1(200 bu. @ 25¢) 50.00
2,225.00
Income from pasture rental 500.00
Miscellaneous
Pickup 1929 Ford 500.00
Household furniture 500.00
Horses (6 Head) 200.00
Machinery 1,000.00
Laying hens (175) 100.00
2,300.00
$11,575.00
Liabilities
Unsecured Note (Runs indefinitely) $4,950.00
Unsecured note (Runs indefinitely) 1,000.00
Mason City Bank,(Secured 20 heifers) 800.00
Unsecured note (payable on demand) 100.00
Total $6,850.00
Our contract Oct. 1929, when we went on the ranch, stipulated that the feed for cattle would be included with the price of the cattle. That was really a generous gesture on the part of Verna's Father. When he had to return to the ranch in Sept. 1932, in order to keep the Federal Land Bank loan, it seemed necessary for us to do as he and [sic] done. The price of cattle, as shown on the sale bill for July 20, 1932, tells the story. In some parts of the United States, farmers were killing small pigs because the [sic] couldn't afford to feed them.
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