FARM MAN^AGEMEISTT IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MICH, 



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of live stock and their equivalent in terms of animal units ^ per farm. 

 The relative importance of each class of live stock expressed in per- 

 centage of total animal units is also shown in the last column of this 

 table. 



On these farms there was an average of 8 cows per farm, which 

 constituted 38.7 per cent of the total animal units kept. Brood 

 sows averaged over 2 per farm and other hogs 17, all kinds together 

 constituting 18 per cent of the total animal units. Horses consti- 

 tuted over 15 per cent. Sheep made up an average of 11.5 per cent 

 and young stock of the dairy herd 6 per cent. It is worthy of note 

 that poultry averaged 115 head per farm, or 5.5 per cent of the total 

 animal units. 



SOURCES OF INCOME. 



Further light on the general character of the agriculture of the 

 region is gained by a study of the sources of income. Taking an aver- 

 age of 300 o^vner and 153 tenant farms which were studied dairy 

 products constitute the largest source of income. Hogs ranked sec- 

 ond, and wheat third, with the income from poultry ranking a close 

 fourth. Table VI gives in detail the proportion derived from the 

 different sources on all farms studied. Figure 6 shows graphically 

 the relative importance of these different sources of income. Less 

 than one-fifth of the farm receipts are from the sale of crops. Sales 

 of crops were practically the same on owner and tenant farms. 



Table VI.- — Average per cent of total farvi receipts from different sources, 300 owner 

 and 153 tenant farms, Lenawee County, Mich. 



Sources of income. 



Per cent 

 of total 

 receipts. 



Dairy products 



Dairy cattle 



Beef cattle and feeding steers. 



Horses .- 



Colts 



Sheep -. 



Feeding sheep 



Hogs 



Poultry 



Total KvG stock . 



31.8 



5.4 



.7 



.3 



2.0 



3.6 



1.9 



15.4 



6.9- 



8.0 



Sources of income. 



Com 



Potatoes 



Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Other grain 



Hay 



Seeds 



Truck 



Fruit 



Miscellaneous o 



Feed and supplies 6 . 



Per cent 

 of total 

 receipts. 



.7 



.1 



3.6 



.2 



.4 



.9 



3.5 



9.0 



a Labor, lumber or wood sold, etc. 



6 Increase inventory. 



A study of Table VI shows that dairy products brought nearly one- 

 third (31.8 per cent) of the total receipts of the 453 farms studied. 

 Hogs stood second in importance, receipts from hog sales averaging 

 15.4 per cent of the total. Wheat brought 7.9 per cent, and it is 

 worthy of note that the sale of poultry and poultry products accounted 



1 An animal unit is a mature horse or cow or as many smaller animals as require the feed of a horse or cow, 



namely, 2 head of young cattle, 5 hogs, 7 sheep, or 100 hens. 



