FAKM MANAGEMENT IN THE OZARKS. 



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the feeding period; in others, stock cattle and hogs from the range are 

 bought as offered for sale and put in shape for the market. 



Table II. — Distribution of capital on 31 rolling and hilly Jarms, and 48 valley and 

 level-upland j arms, Ozark region, Missouri. 



Item. 



Rolling and hilly. 



Under 40 crop acres 

 (16 farms). 



Invest- 

 ment. 



Per cent. 



40 crop acres and 

 over (15 farms). 



Invest- 

 ment. 



Per cent. 



All farms (31). 



Invest- 

 ment. 



Per cent. 



Land 



Dwelling 



Other buildings . . . 



Live stock 



Machinery 



Feed and supplies. 

 Cash 



Total capital 



$2, 152 

 522 

 214 

 684 

 138 

 24 



56.2 

 13.6 



5.6 

 17.8 



3.6 

 .6 



2.6 



S3, 459 

 634 

 476 

 1.678 

 499 

 97 

 290 



23.5 

 7.0 

 1.4 

 4.1 



$2,784 

 576 

 341 

 1,165 

 313 

 60 

 191 



51.2 

 10.6 

 6.3 

 21.5 

 5.8 

 1.1 

 3.5 



7,133 



100.0 



5,430 



100.0 





Valley and level upland. 



Item. 



Under 40 crop acres 

 (12 farms). 



40 to 70 crop acres 

 (21 farms). 



70 crop acres and 

 over (15 farms). 



All farms (48). 





Invest- 

 ment. 



Per cent. 



Invest- 

 ment. 



Per cent. 



Invest- 

 ment. 



Per cent. 



Invest- 

 ment. 



Per cent. 





$2,614 

 548 

 280 

 814 

 225 

 31 

 119 



56.5 



11.8 

 6.0 

 17.6 



4.8 



.7 



2.6 



$5,099 

 960 

 627 

 1,460 

 484 

 77 

 230 



57.1 

 10.7 



7.0 

 16.3 



5.4 

 .9 



2.6 



$6, 819 



980 



1, 011 



2,023 



541 



71 



1,157 



54.1 

 7.8 

 8.0 



16.0 



4.3 



.6 



9.2 



$5,015 

 863 

 661 

 1,475 

 437 

 63 

 492 



55.7 





9.6 





7.3 

 16.4 





4.8 



Feed and'supplies 



Cash 



.7 

 5.5 







Total capital . . . 



4,631 



100.0 



8,937 



100.0 



12, 602 



100.0 



9,006 



100.0 



CROPS. 



The list of crops in Table III shows the utilization of the crop 

 land. The cropping system which is followed in a general way, by 

 the majority of the farmers in this region, consists of (1) corn for one 

 or two years, (2) wheat or oats, and (3) timothy and clover cut for 

 hay as long as the stand remains good, and then pastured from one 

 to three years. (See fig. 9.) In point of acreage corn occupies first 

 place, followed in the order named by hay, wheat, and oats. About 

 one-third of the crop area is in corn and one-fourth in mixed hay. 

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