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Male persons operated 190,G71 farms; and fe- 

 males, 5,776 farms. Of the owners, 153,872 were 

 males and 5,534 females. Of the managers, 2,300 

 were males and 19 females. Of the tenants 34,499 

 were males and 223 females. Females operated 440,- 

 426 acres. 



The total area of organized drainage enterprises 

 in Michigan was 9,778,269 acres. Improved farm 

 land amounted to 7,754,161 acres, while timbered 

 and cnt-over land comprised 1,663,345 acres. Other 

 unimproved land was 360,763 acres. The total land 

 area of the State was 36,787,200 acres. The area in 

 drainage enterprises was 26.6 per cent. Swampy or 

 wet lands or those subject to overflow in organized 

 drainage enterprises was given as 1,037,361 acres. 

 The cost of organized drainage enterprises was re- 

 ported at $25,480,099. 



The census returns show the total value of all 

 farm crops in Michigan in 1919 to have been $404,- 

 014,810, distributed as follows: cereals, $170,897,- 

 885; hay and forage, $105,280,992; vegetables in- 

 cluding potatoes $65,096,550; all other crops, $62,- 

 739,383. The total value of live-stock products in 

 1919 was $111,076,235, as compared with $48,380,- 

 551 in 1909. Of dairy products the value was 

 $71,074,727 in 1919, and $26,727,538 in 1909. 

 Chickens and eggs returned a value of $34,960,771 

 in 1919 and $17,926,239 in 1909. Wool and mohair 

 were valued at $4,623,778, as against $3,430,032 a 

 decade earlier. Honey and wax had a value of 

 $416,959 in 1919 and $296,742 ten years before. 



