FARM MANAGEMENT IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MICH. 7 
survey apply to this part of the county only in a general way. This 
section is a part of an old lake bed and naturally is very productive. 
The topography is very level and draimage has been difficult. Exten- 
sive systems of tile drains have been necessary in bringing most of the 
land under cultivation. Lying between this lake-bed section and the 
area surveyed more or less sandy land occurs, which corresponds 
generally to former shore lines. These sandy soils produce good 
crops during years of average rainfall. 
AGRICULTURE OF THE AREA. 
The agriculture of the area is general in nature. There is little 
tendency toward specializing on any one enterprise to the exclusion 
of others. General farming with reasonable amounts of live stock is 
the type which usually prevails. The organization of the average 
farm of the area includes most of the standard farm crops of the 
eastern half of the corn belt in fairly equal proportions, together with 
dairying and hog raising. In addition to the sale of live stock and 
stock products, considerable income is secured in this area from the 
sale of cash crops. Thus in this section there has been developed a 
well balanced and diversified agriculture. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FARM CAPITAL. 
In Table I is shown the distribution of capital on the owner and ten- 
ant farms covered in this study. The average investment on the owner 
farms in this area was nearly $12,000. Of this amount three-fifths 
was in land and one-fifth (22.6 per cent) in buildmgs. The dwellings 
-averaged $1,311 and all other buildings $1,342 per farm. The rest 
of the farm investment was divided between live stock, machinery, 
feeds, and other supplies, of which about $1,261 was in live stock, 
$398 in machinery, and $393 in feeds, miscellaneous supplies, and 
operating cash. 
TABLE |I.—Average capital and its distribution on 300 owner farms and 153 tenant farms, 
Lenawee County, Mich. 
Capital per farm. 
| Share-rent farms. Cash-rent farms. 
Owner 
5 ».| Land- ania} Wand- 
farns|' Totalle | ants | tora’s | Tatake | TOMAR’ S|” qorars 
: share. : share. 
Average capital: .............--.| $11,756 | $14,521 | $1, 506 | $13,015 | $10,827 | $1,765 $9, 062 
Per cent of capital invested in— | 
An Gee ee a 60. 0 GS oes 17-1 OU ei oae ee TEST 
Dwellings == 5- 2225 Se: 2 DEON Sete eee ible al PS Op esse as ees Gy. & 
Other buildings-== =. 2.2: 11.4 LOR Ss | Se sere ee: 12.9 $29) |e Sa 10.8 
HIV OISLOGKe = Sars ee eee 1OS7AI 9.7 59.3 4.0 10.5 G45 Geo eee eee 
Ma GhInGhyieren 5, =3 G2 a As - 3.4 | 2.8 25.8 1 a3) } LORS: ee Bee 
Feed, other supplies, and 
nS Nees so ba oe 3503 | 3% 1 14.9 We7/ 2.6 dU Gy Ie eae Soe 
a Capital of tenant farms includes both that of the tenant and the landlord. 
