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Publication Date

1920

Abstract

One year ago the Michigan State Grange entered into co-operation with the Michigan Agricultural College and the United States Department of Agriculture, in the matter of securing data on the costs of farming and income of farms. By this co-operation it was proposed to discover the types of farming that are paying best in Michigan, and to furnish data which farmers may use in changing their farm business to a basis of greater profits. Under this plan the Grange distributed 1,075 account books to their members. These account books contain two parts. One part is for crop records only, and it was intended that the crop records would be kept by farmers and furnished to the College in time to be summarized and presented to the State Grange at their meeting in December, 1920. The second part of the book was for a full year's record and was to be completed and summarized at the end of the full twelve months. The following data is, therefore, a preliminary report upon the important crops of the State. It shows the yields and income from each crop, and it also shows the enterprise or special costs on each crop. The term, enterprise returns, means total yields in money less special costs. Figures on enterprise returns when used with proper consideration as to labor distribution will give a farmer the data necessary to determine the best paying combination of enterprises for his farm.

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