FARM MANAGEMENT IN THE OZARKS. 
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the feeding period ; in others, stock cattle and hogs from the range are 
bought as offered for sale and put in shape for the market. 
Table II. — Distribution of capital on 31 rolling and hilly Jarms, and 48 valley and 
level-upland Jarms, Ozark region, Missouri. 
Item. 
Rolling and hilly. 
Under 40 crop acres 
(16 farms). 
Invest- 
ment. 
Per cent. 
40 crop acres and 
over (15 farms). 
Invest- 
ment. 
Per cent. 
All farms (31). 
Invest- 
ment. 
Per cent. 
Land 
Dwelling 
Other buildings . . . 
Livestock 
Machinery 
Feed and supplies. 
Cash 
Total capital 
$2. 152 
522 
214 
684 
138 
24 
56.2 
13.6 
5.6 
17.8 
3.6 
.6 
2.6 
S3, 459 
634 
476 
1,678 
499 
97 
290 
48.5 
8.9 
6.6 
23.5 
7.0 
1.4 
4.1 
S2,784 
576 
341 
1,165 
313 
60 
191 
51.2 
10.6 
6.3 
21.5 
5.8 
1.1 
3.5 
100.0 
7,133 
100.0 
•V 
100.0 
A r alley and level upland. 
Item. 
Under 40 crop acres 
(12 farms). 
40 to 70 crop acres 
(21 farms). 
70 crop acres and 
over (15 farms). 
All farms (48). 
Invest- 
ment. 
Per cent. 
Invest- 
ment. 
Per cent. 
Invest- 
ment. 
Per cent. 
Invest- 
ment. 
Per cent. 
$2, 614 
548 
280 
814 
225 
31 
119 
56.5 
11.8 
• 6.0 
17.6 
4.8 
. 7 
2.6 
$5,099 
960 
627 
1,460 
484 
77 
230 
57.1 
10.7 
7.0 
16.3 
5.4 
.9 
. 2.6 
$6, 819 
980 
1,011 
2,023 
541 
71 
1,157 
54.1 
7.8 
8.0 
16.0 
4.3 
.6 
9.2 
So, 015 
863 
661 
1.475 
437 
63 
492 
9.6 
Other buildings 
7.3 
16.4 
Machinery 
4.8 
Feed and"supplies 
Cash 
.7 
5.5 
Total capital . . : 
4,631 
100.0 
8, 937 
100.0 
12, 602 
100.0 
9,006 
100.0 
CROPS. 
The list of crops in Table III shows the utilization of the crop 
land. The cropping system which is followed in a general way, by 
the majority of the farmers in this region, consists of (1) corn for one 
or two years, (2) wheat or oats, and (3) timothy and clover cut for 
hay as long as the stand remains good, and then pastured from one 
to three years. (See fig. 9.) In point of acreage corn occupies first 
place, followed in the order named by hay, wheat, and oats. About 
one-third of the crop area is in corn and one-fourth in mixed hay. 
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