P9-9 (Statement and Note Disclosure, LCM, and Purchase Commitment) Garth Brooks Specialty Company, a division of Fresh Horses Inc., manufactures three models of gear shift components for bicycles that are sold to bicycle manufacturers, retailers, and catalog outlets. Since beginning operations in 1975, Brooks has used normal absorption costing and has assumed a first-in, first-out cost flow in its perpetual inventory system. The balances of the inventory accounts at the end of Brookss fiscal year, November 30, 2007, are shown below. The inventories are stated at cost before any year-end adjustments.