FARM MAKAGEMEITT IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MICH. 7 



survey apply to this part of the county only m a general way. This 

 section is a part of an old lake bed and naturally is very productive. 

 The topography is very level and drainage has been difficult. Exten- 

 sive systems of tile drains have been necessary in bringing most of the 

 land under cultivation. Lying between this lake-bed section and the 

 area surveyed more or less sandy land occurs, wliich corresponds 

 generally to former shore lines. These sandy soils produce good 

 crops durmg years of average rainfall. 



AGRICULTURE OF THE AREA. 



The agriculture of the area is general in nature. There is little 

 tendency toward speciahzing on any one enterprise to the exclusion 

 of others. General farming with reasonable amounts of live stock is 

 the type which usually prevails. The organization of the average 

 farm of the area includes most of the standard farm crops of the 

 eastern half of the corn belt m fairly equal proportions, together with 

 dairying and hog raising. In addition to the sale of live stock and 

 stock products, considerable income is secured in this area from the 

 sale of cash crops. Thus in this section there has been developed a 

 well balanced and diversified agriculture. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FARM CAPITAL. 



In Table I is shown the distribution of capital on the owner and ten- 

 ant farms covered in tliis study. The average investment on the owner 

 farms in this area was nearly $12,000. Of this amount three-fifths 

 was in land and one-fifth (22.6 per cent) in buildings. The dwellings 

 averaged $1,311 and all other bmldings $1,342 per farm. The rest 

 of the farm investment was divided between live stock, machinery, 

 feeds, and other supplies, of which about $1,261 was in live stock, 

 $398 in machhiery, and $393 in feeds, miscellaneous supphes, and 

 operatmg cash. 



Table I. 



-Average capital and its distribution on 300 owner farms and 153 tenant farms, 

 Lenawee Caunty, Mich. 





Capital per farm. 





Ovmer 

 farms. 



Share-rent farms. 



Cash-rent farms. 





Total.o 



Tenant's 

 share. 



Land- 

 lord's 

 share. 



Total.o 



Tenant's f^^^' 



Average capital 



Sll,756 



S14,521 



SI, 506 



813,015 



810,827 



SI, 765 : S9,062 





Per cent of capital invested in— 

 Land 



60.0 

 11.2 

 11.4 



10.7 

 3.4 



3.3 



63.7 

 9.9 



10.8 

 9.7 

 2.8 



3.1 





17.1 

 11.1 



12.0 



4.0 



.1 



1.7 



61.7 

 13.0 



8.9 

 10.5 



3.3 



2.6 



■ 73 7 



Dwellings 





15 5 



Other buildings 





10.8 



I.ivo stock... 



59.3 

 25.8 



14.9 



64 6 



Machinery 



19.3 



Feed, other supplies, and 

 cash 



16 1 ' 







a Capital ,of tenant farms includes both that of the tenant and the landlord. 



