UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 694 



Office of the Secretary 



Contribution from Office of Farm Management 

 W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



July 24, 1918 



A STUDY OF 



FARM MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS IN 



LENAWEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN 



By 



H. M. DIXON, Assistant Agriculturist and 

 J. A. DRAKE, Agriculturist 



CONTENTS 



Object of Study . . . . , 



Summary 



Description of Area Studied . 

 Distribution of Farm Capital . 

 Utilization of Land . . . , 



Crops 



Live Stock , 



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 4 

 7 

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 10 

 10 



Sources of Income H 



Factors of Organization and Manage- 

 ment 12 



Cropping Systems 25 



Special Crops 28 



Owner and Tenant Farms Compared . 31 



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WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1918 



