Exercise 15-18 Buffalo Company reported the following amounts in the stockholders' equity section of its...

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Exercise 15-18 Buffalo Company reported the following amounts in the stockholders' equity section of its December 31, 2016, balance sheet. Preferred stock, 9%, $100 par (10,000 shares authorized, 1,900 shares issued) $190,000 Common stock, $5 par (108,500 shares authorized, 21,700 shares issued) 108,500 Additional paid-in capital 116,000 Retained earnings 424,000 $838,500 Total During 2017, Buffalo took part in the following transactions concerning stockholders' equity 1. Paid the annual 2016 $9 per share dividend on preferred stock and a $2 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends had been declared on December 31, 2016 2. Purchased 1,600 shares of its own outstanding common stock for $39 per share. Buffalo uses the cost method 3. Reissued 800 treasury shares for land valued at $31,600. 4. Issued 460 shares of preferred stock at $103 per share. 5. Declared a 10% stock dividend on the outstanding common stock when the stock is selling for $42 per share. 6. Issued the stock dividend 7. Declared the annual 2017 $9 per share dividend on preferred stock and the $2 per share dividend on common stock. These dividends are payable in 2018 Prepare journal entries to record the transactions described above. (Credit account titles are automatically indented when amount is entered. Do not indent manually. If no entry is required, select "No Entry" for the account titles and enter 0 for the amounts.) Prepare the December 31, 2017, stockholders' equity section. Assume 2017 net income was $316,000. (Enter account name only. Do not provide any descriptive information.) BUFFALO COMPANY Stockholders' Equity $

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