FACTORS OF SUCCESSFUL FARMING NEAR MONETT, MO. 



RELATION OF TYPE OF FARMING TO SIZE OF FARM. 



In Table 3 the 244 farms are divided into groups based on area in 

 crops. The table shows for each of these size-groups the percentage 

 of farms that follow the different types of farming. 



Table 3. — Percentage of farms in each of six size-groups, devoted to type of 

 farming specified (data from 244 farms in the vicinity of Monett, Mo.). 





Number. 



Acres in crops. 



Type. 



39 or less. 



40-79 



80-119 



120-159 



160-199 



200 or 

 more. 





116 

 66 



41 

 17 

 4 



Per cent. 

 19 

 19 

 24 

 38 



Per cent. 



43 



34 



20 



2 



1 



Per cent. 



59 



24 



12 



2 



3 



Per cent. 



66 



23 



8 



Per cent. 

 60 

 20 

 20 



Per cent. 

 67 





33 







Fruit 







3 

















244 



37 



103 



58 



35 



5 



6 







It will be noticed that of the farms having less than 40 acres in 

 crops 38 per cent are fruit farms and 24 per cent grain and fruit 

 farms. In this group there are also 19 per cent of grain and live 

 stock farms and 19 per cent of grain farms. These figures bring out 

 the important fact that among the small farms fruit is a predominat- 

 ing enterprise. This is as it should be, for these farms are too small 

 to give full employment in the production of corn and wheat, the 

 staple crops of the region, and it is necessary, in order that their 

 owners shall make an adequate living, that they introduce enter- 

 prises that give more work per acre than corn and wheat. 



In the next size-group, consisting of farms having from 40 to 79 

 acres of crops, the largest percentage consists of grain and live-stock 

 farms, with grain farms next, followed by grain and fruit farms. 

 Only 2 per cent of these farms are fruit farms, while one of them is 

 a dairy farm. 



In the third size-group, containing farms with 80 to 119 acres of 

 crops, more than half of them are grain and live-stock farms. This 

 is true of each of the three remaining groups. In these last four 

 groups there is still a considerable percentage of grain farms and a 

 few grain and fruit farms. There is a single fruit farm in the third 

 size-group. Two of the dairy farms are in this group, and one in 

 the next higher group. 



The last line of the table shows the number of farms in each size- 

 group, while the first column shows the number of farms in each 



type-group. 



INVESTMENT. 



Table 4 shows the relation between size of farm and the total in- 

 vestment and the relation between type of farming and total invest- 

 ment. One of the fruit farms is omitted from this table and from 



