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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1258 
Washington, D. C. 
October 17,1924 
FARM ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT IN 
CLINTON COUNTY, INDIANA 
A BUSINESS ANALYSIS OF 100 FARMS, IN FOREST AND 
JOHNSON TOWNSHIPS, FOR EIGHT YEARS 
1910, AND 1913 TO 1919, INCLUSIVE 
H. W. HAWTHORNE, Associate Agricultural Economist 
and H. M. DIXON, Farm Economist 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS Page 
Description of Area '. 2 
Definition of Terms 3 
Organization and Management of 100 Farms 4 
Livestock Production . . . /" » . . 20 
Work Animals . 25 
Man Labor 26 
Farm Capital 28 
Farm Receipts 30 
Farm Expenses 34 
Farm Earnings 35 
Quantities of Products Sold 42 
Prices Received for Products 42 
Acres, Crop Yields per Acre, Etc 43 
Farm Tenure 50 
Summary • 66 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1924 
