PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2012

Property Plant And Equipment Disclosure Abstract

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Text Block]

NOTE 6: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

	January 31,
	2012	2011
Land	$1,946,228	$1,950,190
Buildings and improvements	20,980,144	20,051,371
Machinery and equipment	14,201,851	13,769,406
Furniture and fixtures	5,514,662	5,612,378
Automotive equipment	1,504,380	1,459,614
Construction in progress	1,654,176	1,546,477
	45,801,441	44,389,436
Less accumulated depreciation	26,479,005	25,098,628
	$19,322,436	$19,290,808

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment charged to operations amounted to $1,806,567, $1,772,668 and $1,894,465 for the fiscal years ended in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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