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- FARM MANAGEMENT RECORD KEEPING PROGRAM
- Additional Documentation
- Comparing the Shareware & Registered Versions
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- Dale L. Ratcliff
- CALMO AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES
- Rt. 3, Box 203A Telephone 314-796-2759
- California, MO 65018
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- The Shareware Version of the Farm Management Record Keeping Program
- is a full working set of programs as they relate to the cash accounting
- part of the farm business. The programs will allow you to enter your
- receipts and expenses on a daily, weekly, monthly, etc. basis - however
- your system operates.
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- The program includes all of the modules necessary to make the
- entries, edit out any mistakes that might be made and were not
- identified while making the entry, print your reports, create a cashflow
- file, and do enterprise listing if you desire.
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- Some of the differences between this version and the registered
- version are identified in the text that follows.
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- PRINTER CODES: Some of the printouts require that your printer be
- set to operate in the 16-17 characters per inch mode while
- other reports operate in the 10 characters per inch mode.
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- Shareware Version: You are required to enter the proper code
- each time you wish to produce a report that requires the
- smaller print style.
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- Registered Version: You will set up these codes one time into
- a parameter file and then the programs use the codes that
- are appropriate at the time of printing the report.
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- DISK DRIVE DESIGNATIONS: The programs require you to identify the
- destination and source of your data files.
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- Shareware Version: You must enter the disk drive designation
- when prompted for it during the operation of the program.
- Floppy and Hard Disk Paths are not supported in that you
- are allowed to have your program disks in one area and
- data in a different area that requires a path identifier
- in order that it be located.
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- Registered Version: You may designate a different drive and
- drive path if you wish for your data source and
- destination.
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- FARM MANAGEMENT RECORD KEEPING PROGRAM
- Additional Documentation
- Comparing the Shareware & Registered Versions
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- Dale L. Ratcliff
- CALMO AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES
- Rt. 3, Box 203A Telephone 314-796-2759
- California, MO 65018
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- COLOR CAPABILITIES:
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- Shareware Version: No support is provided for changing the
- color in the program.
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- Registered Version: If you have a color monitor, you may so
- designate that and your background color will change to
- a more pleasing blue rather than the normal black
- background. (Future versions will probably allow you to
- select your own color combinations.)
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- FARM/BUSINESS IDENTIFICATION and ENTERPRISE CODES: These
- codes are used to allow you to help identify strengths and
- potential weaknesses in your farm business. There is a Enterprise
- program which allows you to create a hard copy report whereby all
- receipt items that were categorized into any given combination of
- Farm/Business & Enterprise Code combinations are printed together
- and then the same function is done for all expense items. A number
- of totals (such as total head, pounds, etc.) are also printed for
- each combination.
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- Shareware Version: You have the capability of identifying
- each item and categorizing it into any of 4 different
- Farm/Business Identification Codes and 12 different
- Enterprise Identification Codes. This allows for
- breaking a given item into any of 48 different
- combinations.
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- Registered Version: Your number of codes have been increased
- to 30 for both the Farm/Business and Enterprise
- Identification functions. With the increased codes, you
- now can break any given item in any of 900 different
- combinations.
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- ADDITIONAL MODULES: In addition to the modules that you have
- as a part of the Shareware Version, the Registered Version will
- provide you with additional modules to help you with other parts of
- your farm accounting and business needs.
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- These modules include:
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- UTILITIES MODULE: This module allows you to set up your disk
- drive locations and paths, your printer codes, and color.
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- PARAMETERS MODULE: This module allows you to change a number
- of the receipt and expense headings codes to better fit
- your own business operation. In addition, this module
- allows you to change the headings of all of the
- Farm/Business and all but two of the Enterprise
- Identification headings codes.
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- INVENTORY MODULES: There are three different inventory
- modules, livestock, crops and livestock and crop supplies, and
- machinery, land and buildings modules. These are designed to allow
- you to track you inventories and also get a hard copy of those
- inventories for use in your business. The machinery, land, and
- buildings module allows you to also track information such as
- model and serial numbers, original purchase dates, original and
- current value, etc. for better asset tracking.
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- ANALYSIS MODULES: There are four different analysis modules.
- There are individual livestock and crop enterprise analysis
- modules, and two different farm analysis modules. One of the farm
- analysis modules is a stand alone module (as the livestock and crop
- modules are) and the other farm analysis module interacts with your
- summary data file and beginning and ending financial statements.
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- DATA CONVERSION MODULE: This module allows you to convert
- your Summary Data file from the previous year into a Cashflow File
- that can be used for comparisons in the current year. It also
- allows for farm/business and enterprise identification codes
- conversion between the Shareware and Registered Versions.
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- FINANCIAL STATEMENT MODULE: This module allows you to create
- a financial statement for your business. It also prints out some
- of the more common financial ratios as they relate to your farm
- business.
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- FARMLOAN MODULE: This module allows you to track your farm
- loan activity. It allows you to track who an individual loan was
- originated with, the payment (principal and interest) record of
- that loan, the original terms (length and interest rate), purpose
- and additional borrowings on that particular folio.
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- The brief descriptions that have been provided are hopefully
- adequate enough to allow a proper business decision. It is the
- hope of the author that the proper use of this software will
- enhance your ability to be successful in agriculture. Virtually
- no person "likes" to keep records; however, they are becoming
- increasingly important as lending agencies are becoming more
- selective in their lending practices.
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- FARM MANAGEMENT RECORD KEEPING PROGRAM
- Additional Documentation
- Comparing the Shareware & Registered Versions
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- Dale L. Ratcliff
- CALMO AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES
- Rt. 3, Box 203A Telephone 314-796-2759
- California, MO 65018
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- This is the first try at the "Shareware" concept of marketing
- of software by the author. If it is reasonably successful, there
- is a possibility that some of the many additional agriculturally
- related software programs that have been written by the author will
- be released in a similar manner.
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- Please feel free to pass along copies of this set of programs
- to your friends, etc. if you feel that they would be able to make
- good use of them.
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- If you have any comments, suggestions, or needs as they relate
- to agriculture, please feel free to write the author with your
- requests and effort will be made to help you.
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- Happy Computing ---- Sincerely,
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- Dale L. Ratcliff, Author
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