FARaI MANAGEMENT IN CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C. 



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culty in keeping the crop, and distance from producer to consumer. 

 Then there is the objection that to a certain extent it competes for 

 labor with another high money value crop — cotton. 1 



From the standpoint of acreage in 1912 and again in 191S, hay 

 was the crop fourth in importance. Very little hay is sold, but 

 most farmers grow all the hay needed for their live stock. In 1912 

 the value of hay bought per farm was S3 and in 1918 it was $5. 



Hay fits in fairly well in the rotation, does not compete very 

 seriously for labor with other crops, is useful as a catch crop, and, if 

 a legume, improves the soil. 



The climate and soil are favorable for raising a wide variety of 

 truck crops, but the local demand for these products is very limited 

 and competition with other regions is keen, hence comparatively 

 little truck is grown. 



Some fruit is grown on every farm for home use, but very little is 

 sold. 



Table 11 shows the distribution of live stock and selling prices of 

 some stock products on the farms studied in 1912 and 1918. There 

 was a slight decrease in the number of productive animal units 2 per 

 farm from 1912 to 1918. In 1912 there were six productive animal 

 units per farm, and 5.6 in 1918. Table 5 showed that in 1912 24 

 per cent and in 1918 22 per cent of all the farm receipts were from 

 live stock. 



Table 11. — Distribution of live stock and selling -prices of some products on 297 farms for 

 1912 and 304 farms for 1918, Catawba County, N. C. 





1912 . 







191S 







Item. 



30 crop 



acres 



or 



less. 



30.1 

 to 50 

 crop 

 acres. 



50 J 



to 70 

 crop 

 acres. 



Over 



70 

 crop 

 acres. 



All 

 farms. 



30 crop 

 acres 



or 

 less. 



30.1 

 to 50 



crop 

 acres. 



50.1 

 to 70 



crop 

 acres. 



Over 



70 

 crop 

 acres. 



All 

 farms. 





2.8 



5.3 



6.9 



10.9 



6 



3.0 



4.4 



6.7 



11.8 



5.6 





1.6 

 .3 

 37 

 1.5 



2.6 

 .6 

 49 

 2.3 



3.5 



.9 

 65 

 3.3 



4.7 

 1.2 

 69 

 4.8 



2.9 

 .7 

 53 

 2.7 



1.8 

 .3 

 39 

 1.7 



2.4 

 .6 

 42 

 2.3 



3.5 

 1.0 

 53 

 3.0 



6.1 

 1.4 

 65 



i 6 



3.0 





.7 





47 





2.6 



Selling pi 



$0.20 



$0.22 



ii L'i; 



$0.22 



$0.28 



$0.39 



$0.37 



$0.37 



$0. 36 







. 0925 

 .18 







As 18 



.IS 



.18 



. 35 



. 36 



.35 



.35 



. 35 



Dairy cattle were the principal productive animals kept on these 

 farms. In 1912 cows averaged 2.9 per farm, and 3 in 1918. ferseys, 



i Where the control methods worked oui I Department ol Agriculture in u ■"■ 



nrop may be discounted. Moreover, the dlffl< lenoedln 



. rcome by ' he development of propei o 



i pi .j. ■■ . . o ee 1 innei ' Bullet In 09 1, ' 



• A productive animal unit i >w, or horse or II equl I • hog 



; iheep, oi 19 



