FARM MANAGEMENT 



On 22 farms in Minnesota in 1907 the average value of 

 produce furnished by the farm for use in the house was 



TABLE 1. AVERAGE QUANTITY OF PRODUCE RAISED ON THE 

 FARM AND USED IN THE HOUSE, 106 FARMS IN LIVINGSTON 

 COUNTY, NEW YORK, IN 1909 



2 Eighteen inch wood. 



Probably the same materials could not have been pur- 

 chased in a city for much less than $350 to $400. Again, 

 a part of this produce was used for boarding the hired-men, 

 so that it is not all to be counted as a gain on the family 

 cost of living. 



Table 2 shows the quantity of some of the farm prod- 

 ucts used per farm on 22 farms in Minnesota. These 

 farmers are producing more butter, eggs, and meat for home 



1 Journal of Home Economics, Vol. I, No. 1, pp. 34-51. 



