FARM MANAGEMENT IN THE OZARKS. 



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only two made $1,000 or over, and six earned no cash labor income 

 and less than 5 per cent on the capital invested. As previously 

 pointed out, each farmer had, in addition to his labor income and 

 interest on investment, house rent, home-grown food products, and 

 fuel furnished by the farm, factors that contribute considerably to 

 the family living. 



The labor income data shown in this figure and in the following 

 data for 10 individual farms serve to emphasize the variation in 



Fig. 16. — Relation of size of farm to labor income. (A, 48 valley and level-upland farms; B, 31 rolling and 

 hilly upland farms.) Each bar represents the labor income of one farm, beginning at the left with the 

 smallest farm. 



returns within a year. Some farmers are making good labor incomes, 

 while others fail to receive anything for their year's wages above the 

 supplies furnished the family by the farm. In farming, as in any 

 other occupation, the more satisfactory returns are for those who 

 practice the best methods. The wide range in labor income as shown 

 by a study of each farm gives evidence that the man of skill, indus- 

 try, and good judgment is the one who receives the highest rewards 

 in operating a farm. 



