Farm organizations and farm profits in Tama County, Iowa

To learn in detail how farmers in Tama County, Iowa, have combined the elements of their businesses into going concerns, and the financial results which have attended their attempt to secure the most profitably organized farm, is the purpose of this study. It seeks not only to learn the anatomy or organization, but also, as far as possible, the physiology , or operation, of the farming business as found in this area. It compares the organization of these farms in 1921 with that in 1918 and in 1913. These three years, for which data have been secured, represent pre-war conditions, war-time prosperity at its height, and post-war depression at its worst. They provide a critical test for the economic principles which have been laid down for the guidance of farmers in the organization and management of their farms