FACTORS OF SUCCESSFUL FARMING NEAR MONETT, MO. 5 



SOURCES OF RECEIPTS. 



Table 1 shows the sources from which these 244 farms obtained 

 their income. 



Table 1. — Sources of receipts (2^ farms near Monett, Mo.). 

 [Figures represent percentage of total receipts.] 



Source. 



Com 



Oats 



Wheat 



Small fruits 

 Other fruits 

 Other crops 

 All crops. .. 

 Cattle 



Grain 

 and 

 live 



stock 



Grain 



Grain 

 and 



Fruit 



farms 



fruit 



farms 



(66). 



farms 



(17). 



(116). 





(41). 





Perct. 



Per ct. 



Per ct. 



Per ct. 



4.3 



8.0 



1.6 



2.2 



.8 



1.0 



.6 



.3 



48.2 



60.7 



34.9 



1.7 



2.3 



1.8 



30.1 



50.3 



1.3 



.3 



7.7 



8.5 



1.1 



1.6 



2.2 



2.6 



58.0 



73.4 



77.1 



65.6 



15.4 



6.7 



5.4 



11.9 



Source. 



Horses 



Sheep 



Hogs 



Poultry 



Other stock. . 



All stock. 



Miscellaneous 



Grain 

 and 

 live 



stock 

 farms 

 (116). 



Per ct. 



6.5 



.1 



7.1 



5.0 



.4 



34.5 



7.5 



Grain 

 farms 

 (66). 



Per ct. 

 5.2 



2.0 

 4.9 

 .2 

 19.0 

 7.6 



Grain 

 and 

 fruit 

 farms 

 (41). 



Per ct. 

 3.7 



3.6 

 4.5 

 .2 

 17.2 

 5.7 



Fruit 

 farms 

 (17). 



Per ct. 

 3.5 



2.7 

 4.2 

 .1 

 25.4 

 7.3 



It will be seen that there is a considerable degree of diversity in 

 the farming of this region. Wheat is decidedly .the most important 

 source of income on the grain and live-stock and on the grain farms, 

 about equal to small fruits on the grain and fruit farms, while on the 

 fruit farms there is no other important source of income from crops 

 than small fruits, especially strawberries. Among the various classes 

 of live stock, cattle lead as a source of income in all the groups. 

 Poultry furnishes from 4 per cent to 5 per cent of income in each 

 group. Hogs are unimportant, except on the grain and live-stock 

 farms, where the income from them constitutes about 7 per cent of 

 the total receipts. 



PERCENTAGE AREA IN DIFFERENT CROPS. 



Table 2 shows for the four principal types of farming the per- 

 centage of land devoted to various crops. 



Table 2. — Relation of type of farming to percentage area in different crops (2Jrf 

 farms near Monett, Mo.). 



[Figures represent percentage of land devoted to crops specified.] 



Crop. 



Grain 



and 



live 



stock 



farms. 



Grain 

 farms. 



Grain 

 and 

 fruit 



farms. 



Fruit 

 farms. 



Crop. 



Grain 



and 



live 



stock 



farms. 



Grain 

 farms. 



Grain 

 and 

 fruit 



farms. 



Fruit 



farms. 





Per ct. 



26.9 



48.5 



11.3 



6.8 



1.0 



.7 



Per ct. 



26.0 



53.1 



11.3 



5.1 



.4 



.3 



Perct. 



19.6 



50.2 



8.8 



5.0 



.6 



.6 



Perct. 

 33.9 

 9.0 

 7.4 

 7.7 

 2.6 

 2.9 



Other forage 



Perct. 



1.3 

 .5 

 .1 



2.1 

 .3 

 .5 



Perct. 

 1.1 



.4 



1.0 

 .5 

 .4 



Per ct. 

 0.4 

 5.1 

 1.2 

 6.3 

 1.0 

 1.2 



Perct. 

 5.8 



Wheat . 



Strawberries 



9.3 



Oats 



Other small fruits. . . 

 Apples 



10.8 



Hay 



5.8 



Millet 



Other fruits 



3.2 





Other crops 



1.6 









