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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
In Cooperation with the 
Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station 
DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1271 
Washington, D. C. T December 12, 1924 
A STUDY OF FARM ORGANIZATION 
IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA 
GEORGE A. POND, Assistant Agriculturist, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Minnesota, 
and JESSE W. TAPP, Assistant Agricultural Economist, Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
CONTENTS 
Description and History of the Agriculture of the Area 2 
Unit Requirements of Labor and Materials for Crops .13 
link Requirements of Labor and Materials for Livestock 45 
Miscellaneous Labor Requirements and their Relation to the Crop and Livestock Labor 
Requirements 66 
The Principles of the Choke and Adjustment of Crop and Livestock Enterprises . .80 
Summary <•>.. •••••.«•. •>• M 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1924 
