BULLETIN" 651, IT. 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 surveyed, their innu- 
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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, 
