CHAPTER IX 

 FARM MANAGEMENT 



BY PROFESSOR ANDREW Boss, MINNESOTA EXPERIMENT STATION 



UNDER the term farm management is included the 

 conduct of the business of a farm in connection with 

 actually growing the various crops and classes of live 

 stock. The one who directs or is responsible for the 

 management is termed the farm manager. 



Farm management in its best interpretation means 

 the application of progressive scientific and business 

 principles to the business of farming. 



The farm manager holds the same relation to the 

 farm and its business as does the business manager to 

 the store or other business enterprise ; that is, he is the 

 one responsible for the success or failure of the enter- 

 prise from the financial point of view. Therefore, he 

 must know every detail of crop growth, of cost of pro- 

 duction, of marketing, of operating, and of all business 

 transactions performed in connection with the farm. 



Farming is a business, and the one who can grow the 

 largest crops of the best quality and at the same time 

 produce them at the lowest cost, sell them at the high- 

 est price, and make the best investment of the money 

 received should rank as the best farm manager. While 

 farming has not commonly been regarded as a business, 

 the fact remains that the successful financial opera- 

 tion of a farm presents a more complex problem and 



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