PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2013

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Abstract]

NOTE 6: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

	January 31,
	2013		2012
Land	$	1,949,449	$	1,946,228
Buildings and improvements		21,799,914		20,980,144
Machinery and equipment		14,975,564		14,201,851
Furniture and fixtures		6,172,741		5,514,662
Automotive equipment		1,607,259		1,504,380
Construction in progress		838,530		1,654,176
		47,343,457		45,801,441
Less accumulated depreciation		27,843,864		26,479,005
	$	19,499,593	$	19,322,436

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment charged to operations amounted to $1,919,497, $1,806,567, and $1,772,668 for the fiscal years ended in 2013, 2012 and 2011, 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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