BULLETIN 651, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



combination of enterprises. This shows the relative importance of 

 the major features of the farm-management problem and is an indi- 

 cation of how the effort to improve these farms should be divided. 



The purpose of this bulletin is to show the bearing of these out- 

 standing factors on the business of the farms surve} 7 ed, their infiu- 



WESTERN 



SOUTH CAROLINA 



Piedmont & Northern Electric R. R. 

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Fig. 1. — Map showing district sun-eyed (shaded area). 



ence on farm efficiency, and how that efficiency can be improved. 

 Effort has been made to make the discussions such that anyone 

 operating a farm under the conditions that prevail on the farms 

 surveyed may, by applying the principles laid down, organize and 

 operate his farm with a high probability of success. Many local and 

 individual forces may suggest deviations from the general plan, but, 



