FARM MANAGEMENT IN THE OZARKS. 5 
farms for many years. Of the lowlands the choicest are the bottoms. 
From this the quality grades down, until in many instances what is 
described and known locally as valley land is no more desirable than 
the highlands with a topography sufficiently level to admit of cultiva- 
tion. 
The bench lands, when they occur, are generally in the vicinity of 
the streams. They lie at a higher altitude than the bottom lands, 
but are lower than the typical highlands and are usually comparatively 
Fig. 4.— Typical phases of Ozark " uplands." The upper view shows the general character of land described 
in the text as "rolling upland." The lower view is of the more rugged, mountainous country. 
P level. The area of these lands is small and in point of desirability 
they class with the valley lands. 
HIGHLANDS. 
The highlands comprise the great bulk of the land in the Ozark 
region. A large part of this land, and in some sections the great 
maj ority of it, is too rough and stony for cultivation . The topography 
varies from level to rolling and very steep. (See fig. 4.) In almost 
