FARM MANAGEMENT IN THE OZARKS. 



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The total year's income on this farm was only $94, while the expenses were $173. 

 Not having raised any crops for sale, and having practically no live stock, he has no 

 chance of making a farm income after paying the year's expenses and allowing the 

 value of labor performed by his family. 



FARM NO. 2. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE FARM AREA. 



DISTRIBUTION OF CAPITAL. 



Crop area acres. . 24 



Woods and waste do 19 



Pasture do 15 



Total farm area do 58 



Land and buildings $1, 800 



Live stock 392 



Machinery 162 



Feed and cash 80 



Total capital 2, 434 



ACREAGE AND YIELD OF CROPS. 



NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK. 



Crop. 



Corn. 

 Cane. 



.bushels, 

 .gallons. 



Total 

 yield. 



500 

 225 



Acres. 



Class. 



Cows 



Calves 



Horses 



Mules 



Sheep 



Brood sows. 



Hogs 



Poultry 



Begin- 

 ning of 

 year. 



Pur- 

 chased. 



Pro- 

 duced. 



DISTRIBUTION OF RECEIPTS. 



DISTRIBUTION OF EXPENSES. 



Source. 



Corn bushels.. 



Sorghum sirup gallons . . 



Sorghum seed 



Cattle 



Colts 



Sheep and wool 



Hogs 



Poultry and eggs 



Labor off farm 



Total receipts 1, 143 



Amount 

 sold. 



267 

 175 



Value. 



105 

 70 

 29 

 90 

 3 



443 

 47 

 20 



Repairs to machinery $10 



Repairs to building and fences 25 



Feed 50 



Other expenses 28 



Depreciation, machinery and buildings 37 



Total expenses 150 



Farm income (difference between receipts and expenses) 8993 



5 per cent interest on capital 122 



Labor income 87 1 



This is a small farm situated on good upland soil. It is located in a section where 

 an abundance of free range is available. Corn and sorghum were the only crops 

 planted. The 4 acres of sorghum was used partly for sirup, and the rest for hay after 

 thrashing the seed. The live stock consisted of 1 cow, 1 old mare, 2 mules, 1 sow, 

 and 12 shotes, and a small flock of chickens. A calf was raised and sold, also a valuable 

 mule colt. 



This farmer found the hog business quite profitable and increased his enterprise 

 on his farm by the purchase of 2 sows and 9 shotes. The year's revenue from hogs was 

 $443. The abundant pasturage available enabled the farmer to produce hogs mainly 

 on the mast on the range, and the work stock and cow required very little feed in 

 addition to pasture, with the result that 267 bushels of the corn was sold, also S105 

 worth of sorghum sirup and $70 worth of sorghum seed. The expenses were not heavy. 

 However, it should be noted that it was found necessary later to buy $50 worth of feed. 



