FARM MAN'AGEMENT IIST LENAWEE COUNTY, MICH. 9 



Table III. — Distribution of crop area on 300 oiuner and 153 tenant farms, Lenavjee 

 County, Mich., as compared ivith 1910 census figures for entire county. 





Percentage of total crop 

 area. 



Crops. 



Percentage of total crop 

 area. 



Crops. 



453 farms 

 surveyed. 



1910 United 

 States cen- 

 sus data for 

 all farms 

 in county. 



453 farms 

 surveyed. 



1910 United 

 States cen- 

 sus data for 

 all farms 

 in county. 





26.2 

 2.2 

 1.1 





Oats 



Barley.... 



17.5 

 2.0 



28! 8 



1.6 



1.0 



.1 



3.5 



20.0 



Corn for silage 





2. 7 







.8 







Hay 



30 8 



Total corn 



29.5 



2S. 6 



Alfalfa ...... 



.4 





Other hay 6 



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2.0 

 .9 



Potatoes.. . 



.6 

 14.2 



.7 



1.5 



8.7 





Fruit 



2.7 















Average crop area, 56 acres. 



a Includes speltz, oats and barley, rye, buckwheat, oats and peas, peas and beans, clover and timothy seed. 

 b Millet, oats and peas, oat hay," barley, sorghum and rape. 



Table IV. — Yields of crops on 300 owner and 153 tenant farms, Lenawee County, Mich. 





Corn for 

 grain. 



Com for 

 silage. 



Potatoes. 



Wheat. 



Oats. 



Barley. 



Hay. 



Owner farms 



Bushels. 



54 

 54 

 51 



Tom. 

 10 

 10 



Bushels. 

 85 

 86 

 82 



Bushels. 

 23 

 21 

 22 



Bushels. 

 40 

 41 



38 



Bushels. 

 24 

 25 

 22 



Tons. 

 1.1 



Share-tenant farms ... 



1.1 



Cash-rent farms... 



1.0 









Table IV shows the average yield of the principal crops grown in 

 this area on farms operated by both owners and tenants. 



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Fig. 4. — Rainfall in Lenawee County for year 1911, as compared with 10-year average (1904-1914). 



A comparison of the yields received upon the owned and share- 

 rented farms shows only a slight advantage to the share-rented farms. 

 The cash-rented farms are producing the lowest yields. 



The rainfall for the year 1911, as compared with the 10-year average 

 (1904-1914), is shown in figure 4. 



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