Radford Inc. manufactures a sugar product by a continuous process, involving three production departments—Refining, Sifting, and Packing. Assume that records indicate that direct materials, direct labor, and applied factory overhead for the first department, Refining, were $386,100, $135,100, and $88,800, respectively. Also, work in process in the Refining Department at the beginning of the period totaled $21,600, and work in process at the end of the period totaled $26,600.
a. Journalize the entries to record the flow of costs into the Refining Department during the period for (1) direct materials, (2) direct labor, and (3) factory overhead. .
b. Journalize the entry to record the transfer of production costs to the second department, Sifting.