UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 716 



OFFICE OP THE SECRETARY 



Contribntion from the OflBce of Farm Management 

 W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER September 26, 1918 



A FIVE-YEAR FARM MANAGEMENT 

 SURVEY IN PALMER TOWNSHIP 

 WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO, 1912-1916 



By 

 H. W. HAWTHORNE, Scientific Assistant 



CONTENTS 



Page 



General Nature of the Area and the Study 1 



Objects of the Study t . 1 



Summary of Results 2 



General Description of Area 3 



Method of Study 10 



A Five- Year Study of 25 Farms 11 



A Stndy of 73 Farms, by Size and Quality of Bnsinesa . . .47 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



