UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
; BULLETIN No. 694 
Office of the Secretary 
Contribution from the Office of Farm Management 
W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief 
Washington, D. C. Vv July 24, 1918 
A STUDY OF FARM MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS 
IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MICH. 
By H. M. Dixon, Assistant Agriculturist, and J. A. Drake, Agriculturist. 
CONTENTS. 
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Description of area studied .................. 4 | Factors of organization and management.... 12 
Distribution of farm capital................-- MalCroppine systems eee ee oe ry eG 
eit OmeO til am Cees ae ty ee eee ee SoM SDeCIAL CKO DS ress sete ce prs ee ere arene 28 
CHICO S aa SR Eo OS a ee ee oe eee Ae ae 10 | Owner and tenant farms compared .......... 31 
OBJECT OF STUDY. 
The basic data here presented were obtained in a survey of 300 
owner farms and 153 tenant farms, located in Lenawee County, Mich. 
Later this work was supplemented by a special study of the more 
valuable farm practices of the region, special crops grown, and indi- 
vidual farms of more than ordinary merit. 
The objects in view in conducting these investigations are in part 
as follows:! 
(1) To obtain, through a close study, knowledge of some of the 
details of successful farming in an area typical of the northern edge 
of the corn belt. 
(2) To determine the more important factors in the profitable 
Management of the farms of this region. 
1 Acknowledgment is due Mr. E. H. Thomson, assistant chief, Office of Farm Management, for selecting 
the area and planning the work; to Messrs. J. I. Falconer, L. G. Conner, H. M. Doyle, J. H. Hamilton, 
E. L. Moffit, and D. L. Cottrill, who assisted in collecting field data; and to H. W. Hawthorne, H. F. 
Williams, and J.C. McDowell for assistance in the preliminary work. Thanks are also extended to the 
many farmers of the region who have given the information which has made this publication possible. 
The preliminary and basic data for this bulletin were gathered in 1912 and cover the farm year of 1911. 
Tt was planned to follow with a similar study five yearslater. In view of the abnormal conditions brought 
about by the war it has seemed more feasible to publish the findings as based on normal conditions. The 
basic data presented are supplemented with additional information gathered recently. 
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