FARM MANAGEMENT IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MICH. 1163 i 
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 ight on the general character of the agriculture of the 
region is gained by astudy of the sources of income. Taking an aver- 
age of 300 owner 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 farm receipts from different sources, 300 owner 
and 153 tenant farms, Lenawee County, Mich. 
Per cent Per cent 
Sources of income. of total Sources of income. of total 
receipts. receipts. 
Dairy ROGUCS ert aye ee Sse | SCOT ea Teo Nin anger e eT Lece Ceaa ie aie ce 13} 
WD ainiya Catt) Ck anee eee ey She ant 5.4 || Potatoes....:.... eR Aten eRe ap a .6 
Beef cattle and feeding steers............ TACHI AWA CVs chee Oe gee Leon ct Ran thy CN 7.9 
HET ORSG Segue eee ee mien ewe! ancy | SS WO) NE Sirens te ee ere tasere cs e U ae et oe peee ey NE 3.8 
(CLOTRSSESS ae ee BOS et an ees Jase Nn ga Ry iui S¥enel anise trans ee ey eu ins ee ee eel a SU 
PS OVSLEy OSS 5 Seis aie eee SX 6n|(MOthem eralne yeas Se) eee ee eee eal 
IRQOCHINE SINGS) Dndobs cosa n Sean seas aoe 1.9 he ee eee tr Hee aes Mees aoe 3.6 
1aIOS ns SS BES EE ODOR CATO a GEE AEe 54 IMS COGS x wise ay es Cee ee pee Oe ee vee 59 
JRO Ub] ARR es Be ae eee ia reer GHONMUC  ee e R es oc cetera hee cen eet dare w4 
| —— ll OTE Gy aera, obiS scraps oi seers iy vel re ara .9 
Motalelivelstock<s,-sia Joc. -- 2.2 - | C8108 |p Masce lane ous G22. sates letl- ot oes = ere 3.5 
Heedsand: Supplies Deeees eee eee 9. 0 
a Labor, lumber or wood sold, etc. b 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 1s 
worthy of note that the sale of poultry and poultry products accounted 
1 An animal unit isa mature horse or cow or as many smaller animals as require the feed ofa horse or cow, 
namely, 2 head of young cattle, 5 hogs, 7 sheep, or 100 hens, 
