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BULLETIN 941, XJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGKICTJLTTJRE. 



Table III. — Distribution of crop area on 31 rolling and hilly Jarms and 48 valley and 

 level-upland j arms, Ozark region, Missouri. 



Crop. 



Corn 



Wheat 



Oats , 



Rye 



Mixed hay 



Alfalfa, soy-bean and cowpea hay 



Other hay 



Apples and peaches 



Other crops 



Double cropped 



Total 



Rolling and hilly farms. 



Less than 40 crop 

 acres (16 farms). 



Acres. Per cent. 



10.6 



.8 



.7 



1.3 



4.3 



.7 



2.7 



2.1 



4.0 



26.4 



40.2 

 3.0 

 2.6 

 4.9 



16.3 

 2.6 



10.2 

 8.0 



15.2 



(3.0) 



100.0 



40 crop acres and 

 over (15 farms). 



Acres. Percent. 



21.9 



9.2 



3.9 



.4 



21.2 



4.7 



5.9 



3.6 



. 4.3 



(3.3) 



71.8 



30.5 



12.8 



5.4 



.6 



29.5 

 6.6 

 8.2 

 5.0 

 6.0 



(4.6) 



100.0 



All farms (31). 



Acres. Per cent. 



16.1 



4.8 



2.2 



.9 



12.5 

 2.6 

 4.2 

 2.8 

 4.1 



(2.0) 



48.2 



33.4 



10.0 

 4.6 

 1.9 



25.9 

 5.4 



'8.7 

 5.8 

 8.5 



(4.2) 



100.0 





Valley and level-upland farms. 



Crop. 



Less than 40 crop 

 acres (12 farms). 



40 to 70 crop acres, 

 (21 farms). 



70 crop acres and 

 over (15 farms). 



All farms (48). 





Acres. 



Per cent. 



Acres. 



Per cent. 



Acres. 



Percent. 



Acres. 



Per cent. 





15.2 

 2.7 

 2.7 

 .5 

 3.8 



52.2 

 9.3 

 9.3 

 1.7 



13.0 



16.7 

 7.2 

 4.1 

 1.1 



15.9 



2.4 

 3.5 

 2.1 

 1.8 

 (2.4) 



31.9 



13.7 

 7.8 

 2.1 



30.4 



4.6 

 6.7 

 4.0 

 3.4 

 (4.6) 



35.5 



20.1 



9.6 



3.0 



29.2 



2.2 

 3.2 

 3.4 

 1.2 

 (2.2) 



33.8 

 19.1 

 9.1 

 2.9 



27.8 



2.1 

 3.0 

 3.2 

 1.1 

 (2.1) 



22.2 



10.1 



5.5 



1.5 



17.0 



1.8 

 3.1 

 2.5 



1.5 

 (2.1) 



35.2 



Wheat 



16.0 



Oats 



8.7 



Rye 



2.4 





26.9 



Alfalfa, soy-bean and cowpea 



2.9 





2.2 

 2.1 

 1.3 



(1.4) 



7.6 

 7.2 

 4.5 



(4.8) 



4.9 





3.9 





2.4 





(3.3) 







Total 



29.1 



100.0 



52.4 



100.0 



105.2 



100.0 



63.1 



100.0 







Alfalfa was grown by a few farmers, not in all cases with success. 

 Soy beans were grown by only a few farmers, as a hay crop or in corn 

 for silage. Only a few acres of cowpeas were planted in the area. A 

 few acres of kafir corn, millet, sorghum, or oats for hay were grown by 

 a majority of the farmers as auxiliary hay crops. These crops are 

 designated in the table as "Other hay." On practically every farm 

 an acreage was devoted to apples. These, however, on most of the 

 farms are receiving little attention and the trees are dying out, the 

 orchards being used for the production of other crops or for pas- 

 ture. Peaches, likewise, have been unsatisfactory and are not being 

 replanted. "Other crops" in the table includes potatoes, sorghum 

 for sirup, sweet potatoes, cotton, field beans, blackberries, strawber- 



