FARM MANAGEMENT IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MICH 13 
producing capacity of livestock. In regard to crops, maximum yields 
are sometimes expensive and not desirable, but under the conditions 
that prevail in this area, unless the soil produces fair yield without the 
use of expensive fertilizers, there is little basis for profitable farming. 
On farms where live stock are kept this live stock must be of good 
5 quality and efficiently handled. On farms where dairying is an im- 
portant enterprise the quality of the cows, as measured by the amount 
of milk produced per cow, is one of the most important factors of 
success. How these important items influence the returns on the 
farms studied in this area will be shown later. 
TYPE OF FARMING. 
The farms studied in Lenawee County fall under four fairly dis- 
tinct classes or types, according to predominating enterprise or com- 
bination of enterprises on which the general organization is founded. 
Fig. 7.—Scene on Lenawee County farm on which dairying is combined with grain farming. 
On this basis were found farms devoted principally to dairying, hogs, 
and grain; dairying and hog raising; dairymg alone; and dairying 
and wheat production. In each of these classes, however, dairying 
is of considerable importance (see fig. 7). It is Interesting to note 
that, even with this very general classification, a study of the data 
gathered shows there is a distinct relation between the type of farm- 
ing and labor mcome. For this study 213 of the owner-farms were 
selected which conform most naturally to this classification. The 
results of this arrangement of data are given in Table VII. 
