Farm Management 



By G. F. WARREN, Ph.D., Professor of Farm Management, 

 New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University. 



Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo, xx+592 pages, $1.75 net 



"Farm Management is the study of the business principles in 

 farming. It may be defined as the science of the organization and 

 management of a farm enterprise for the purpose of securing the 

 greatest continuous profit. 



"Successful farming requires good judgment in choosing a farm 

 and in deciding on a type of farming. It demands clear business 

 organization and management for the efficient use of capital, labor, 

 horses, and machinery. It requires good judgment in buying and 

 selling. 



"The change from cheap land, hand tools, and farming to raise 

 one's own food and clothing, to farming as a commercial under- 

 taking has come upon us so suddenly that business principles are 

 not always well understood by farmers. Nor do those who under- 

 stand the application of such principles to city conditions often 

 know how to apply them on the farm. 



"Long ages of experience and a generation of scientific research 

 have resulted in a fund of popular knowledge on how to raise crops 

 and animals. But there is less background of tradition concerning 

 business methods on the farm, and colleges have given little atten- 

 tion to this kind of problem. The success of the individual farmer 

 is as much dependent on the application of business principles as it 

 is on crop yields and production of animals. 



"The best way to find out what methods of farm organization 

 and management are most successful is to study the methods now 

 used and the profits secured on large numbers of farms, and deter- 

 mine how the more successful ones differ from the less successful, and 

 find to which of the differences the success is due. After such prin- 

 ciples are found, they need to be tested by use in reorganizing farms. 



"The conclusions in this book are based on investigations of the 

 kind given above, and on cost accounts, census data, travel and 

 study in different parts of the United States and experience in 

 farming. It is hoped that the conclusions may be of use to farmers 

 and students." Preface. 



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