FARM MANAGEMENT IN THE OZARKS. 



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necessity. Expenses included in "other expense" in the table are 

 such as feed grinding, horse-shoeing, breeding fees, veterinary fees, 

 stock medicine, twine, thrashing, other machine work hired, and 

 similar small miscellaneous items. 



Table VI. — Distribution oj expenses on 31 rolling and hilly j arms and 48 valley and 

 level-upland farms, Ozark region, Missouri. 



Crop. 



Hired labor 



Family labor 



Repairs, machinery 



Repairs, buildings and fences 



Feed bought 



Seed bought 



Fertilizer bought 



Other expenses 



Depreciation on machinery and buildings 



Total 



Rolling and hilly farms. 



Under 40 crop acres 

 (16 farms). 



Ex- 

 penses. 



2.3 

 31.5 

 3.5 

 6.2 



19.2 

 5.8 

 .4 

 17.3 

 13.8 



100.0 



40 crop acres and 

 over (15 farms). 



Ex- 

 penses. 



351 

 26 

 43 

 64 

 40 

 18 

 93 

 81 



Per cent. 



10.4 

 43.9 

 3.3 

 5.4 

 8.0 

 5.0 

 2.3 

 11.6 

 10.1 



100.0 



All farms (31). 



Ex r 



penses. 



$43 

 212 

 17 

 29 

 57 

 27 



521 



Per cent. 



8.2 

 40.7 

 3.3 

 5.6 

 10.9 

 5.2 

 1.7 

 13.3 

 11.1 



100.0 





Valley and level. 



Crop. 



Under 40 crop acres 

 (12 farms). 



40 to 70 crop acres 

 (21 farms). 



70 crop acres and 

 over (15 farms). 



All farms (48). 





Ex- 

 penses. 



Per cent. 



Ex- 

 penses. 



Per cent. 



Ex- 

 penses. 



Per cent. 



Ex- 

 penses. 



Per cent. 





$22 



205 



12 



25 

 29 

 11 

 9 



56 



45 



5.3 

 49.5 

 2.9 



6.0 

 7.0 

 2.7 

 2.2 

 13.5 



10.9 



$61 



248 



21 



36 

 79 

 31 

 12 

 96 



86 



9.1 



37.0 



3.1 



5.4 

 11.8 

 4.6 

 1.8 

 14.3 



12.9 



$286 



377 



35 



69 

 56 

 43 

 19 

 190 



105 



24.2 

 32.0 

 3.0 



5.9 

 4.7 

 3.6 

 1.6 

 16.1 



8.9 



$121 



278 



23 



44 

 59 

 30 

 13 

 115 



82 



15.8 





36.3 



Repairs, machinery . . 

 Repairs, buildings 



3.0 



5.8 



Feed bought 



7.7 



Seed bought 



3.9 



Fertilizer bought 



Other expenses 



Depreciation on ma- 

 chinery and build- 

 ings 



1.7 



15.1 



10.7 







Total 



414 



100.0 



670 



100.0 



1,180 



100.0 



765 



100.0 







During the year covered by the records it was not necessary for 

 the Ozark farmers to buy a great amount of feed, that purchased 

 consisting mainly of concentrates for winter feeding and feed bought 

 in the early spring to carry stock until the harvest. However, in 

 drought years the purchase of feed becomes a necessary and heavy 

 expense, the only alternative being to sell the stock, and many farmers 

 who live long distances from a shipping point have sometimes found 

 it necessary to do this. 



