FABM MANAGEMENT IN" CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C. 



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Table 12. — Distribution of expenses on 297 farms for 1912 and 304 farms for 1918, 



Catawba County, N. C. 









1912 











1918 







Item. 



30 crop 

 acres 



or 

 less. 



30.1 

 to 50 

 crop 

 acres. 



50.1 

 to 70 



crop 

 acres. 



Oyer 



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. 



Total^expense per farm 



S220 



$395 



$543 



$1,130 



$506 



S313 



$538 



$869 



$1,873 



$741 



Expense for — 



7 

 13 

 76 



5 



6 

 3 

 2 



3 

 13 

 29 

 6 

 1 

 1 



11 

 10 



8 

 40 

 129 



9 

 8 

 6 

 5 



1 

 30 

 47 

 10 

 3 

 2 

 18 

 21 



29 

 81 

 148 



10 

 11 



7 

 6 



2 

 30 

 71 

 13 

 3 

 3 



25 

 29 



95 

 298 



207 



20 

 15 

 17 

 10 



5 



79 



130 



29 



5 



3 



49 



46 



27 

 85 

 133 



10 

 10 

 7 

 5 



3 

 34 

 61 

 13 

 3 

 2 

 23 

 24 



16 



8 



83 



7 

 8 

 5 

 1 



3 

 29 



44 



9 



4 



1 



17 



26 



48 

 20 

 177 



12 

 11 

 7 

 2 



3 

 26 

 70 

 19 

 5 

 2 

 26 

 40 



100 



76 



256 



20 

 16 

 10 

 3 



9 

 55 

 99 

 24 

 7 

 2 

 34 

 61 



530 

 273 

 259 



37 

 18 

 16 

 5 



6 

 135 

 218 

 41 

 18 

 3 

 58 

 110 



120 



Hired labor and board 



Unpaid family labor 



Repairs — 



64 

 181 



16 





12 



Other buildings 



8 

 3 



Feed bought — 



5 



Grain, etc 



48 

 91 



Ginning 



Other machine work 



21 

 6 

 2 





30 





52 



*" 





Total current expense... 



186 



337 



468 



1,008 



440 



261 



468 



772 



1,727 



659 



Depreciation: 



Machinery 



House...." 



Other buildings 



12 

 14 



8 



24 

 19 

 13 



35 

 21 



18 



59 

 26 

 37- 



29 

 20 

 17 



18 

 20 

 11 



28 

 23 

 18 



37 

 27 

 29 



65 

 26 

 44 



33 

 24 

 22 



Total 



34 



56 



74 



122 



66 



49 



69 



93 



135 



79 



In 1912 the total expense per farm averaged $506; in 1918, $741, 

 an increase of 46 per cent. The largest single item of cash expense 

 in 1912 was that of hired labor, amounting to $112 per farm. In 

 1918 this item amounted to $184 per farm. The value of unpaid 

 family labor was estimated by the farmer in 1912 at $133 and in 1918 

 at $181. The next largest item of expense was for fertilizer. In 

 1912 this bill amounted to $61 per farm; in 1918, $91. The cost of 

 repairs on machinery, buildings, and fences averaged $32 per farm in 

 I'd 2 and $39 per farm in 1918. Depreciation on machinery and 

 buildings, though not a cash expense, nevertheless represents a 

 charge that ultimately must be met, and this averaged $66 per farm 

 in 1912 and $79 par farm in L918. 



CROP ROTATIONS. 



The pioneer farmer of this area, and his successors for two or three 

 generations, had no systematically planned crop rotation. ">il fer- 

 tility problems.were riot recognized, and for other reasons rol ion of 

 crops wqa qoI de ired. Even at present, crop rotation is no erally 

 practiced on the e farms. Practically all rotations yel Buggi ed for 

 the region have erious defects of adaptation to commercial agri- 

 culture. 



