FACTORS OF SUCCESSFUL FARMING NEAR MONETT, MO. 17 



The amount of rent they pay runs from about $300 to $400. Other 

 expenses run from about $400 to $600. The high expenses oh the 

 second, farm are due to the large amount of labor hired, which comes 

 to $182. On the other two farms this figure is less than $100. 



The net income, after deducting rent and other expenses, varies 

 on these three farms from $931 to $1,857. This represents interest 

 on the investment and wages for the labor and managing ability 

 of the operator. Deducting interest on the investment, these three 

 farms have labor incomes of from $500 to $1,300. These are con- 

 siderably above the average for the region. Especially in the case 

 of the first and third farms the labor incomes are very satisfactory. 



The last section of the table shows a few of the factors which 

 affect the general results obtained on these farms. The most im- 

 portant figures are those relating to the average yield of crops on 

 these farms, given in the last line of the table. On the first farm the 

 average yield of crops is 11 per cent above the average for the 

 farms surveyed in the community, on the second 3 per cent above, 

 while on the third farm it is 40 per cent above. It will be noticed 

 that the labor income is approximately proportional to these figures 

 expressing the average yield of crops on these farms. 



Two of the farms obtained incomes from the sale of cream amount- 

 ing to about $45 per cow. The other sold $65 worth of cream per 

 cow. The amount of feed bought is small, the third farm, with its 

 good yields, spending nothing for this purpose. 



The total amount of labor on these three farms was equivalent to 

 from 14.5 to 18.6 months of labor for one man. In other words, 

 these farms are intermediate between one-man and two-man farms. 

 Undoubtedly it would be profitable to convert each of them into full 

 two-man farms by the addition of a little more live stock, a small 

 acreage of forage crops, and a small acreage of strawberries. 



The organization of the grain farms in this region differs from 

 that of the grain and live stock farms mainly in the smaller amount 

 of live stock kept, the greater acreage of land devoted to wheat, and 

 the smaller acreage devoted to corn. On the grain and fruit farms 

 the organization differs from that of the grain and live-stock farms 

 by the introduction of a few acres of fruit, usually of strawberries, 

 ond by the smaller amount of live stock kept. 



ORGANIZATION OF DAIRY FARMS. 



As previously stated, four farms were found in this survey hav- 

 ing considerable income from dairy products. The smallest number 

 of cows on any of these four farms was 13 and the largest number 

 28. The income from the sale of dairy products on the four farms 



