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BULLETIN 941, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
FARM RECEIPTS. 
The greater part of the income of this territory, as shown in Table 
V, is contributed by the live stock. In the upland division, live stock 
produced 66.3 per cent of the average receipts for all farms. It is 
seen that, regardless of character of land operated, the region as a 
whole is dependent upon live stock for the greater part of its income. 
Over 30 per cent of the income is from cattle and dairy products, 18 
per cent from hogs, 16 per cent from crops, and the rest distributed 
in small proportions among a number of items. 
Table V. — Distribution of receipts on 31 rolling and hilly j arms and 48 valley and 
level-upland j arms, Ozark region, Missouri. 
Crop. 
Rolling and hilly. 
Under 40 crop acres 
(16 farms). 
Receipts. 
Per cent. 
40 crop acres and 
over (15 farms). 
Receipts. 
Per cent. 
All farms (31). 
Receipts. 
Per cent. 
Crops 
Dairy products 
Cattle 
Horses and mules 
Sheep and goats 
Hogs 
Poultry 
Miscellaneous 
Increase feed and supplies 
Total 
S107 
48 
154 
38 
13 
112 
46 
54 
45 
17.3 
7.8 
25.0 
•6.2 
2.1 
18.1 
7.4 
8.8 
7.3 
$240 
110 
390 
82 
84 
304 
101 
41 
266 
14.8 
6.8 
24.1 
5.1 
5.2 
18.8 
6.2 
2.5 
16.5 
$171 
78 
268 
59 
47 
205 
73 
48 
152 
15.5 
7.1 
24.3 
5.4 
4.3 
18.6 
6.6 
4.4 
13.8 
1,618 
100.0 
100.0 
Valley and level. 
Crop. 
Under 40 crop acres 
(12 farms). 
40 to 70 crop acres 
(21 farms). 
70 crop acres and 
over (15 farms). 
All farms (48). 
Receipts. 
Percent. 
Receipts. 
Percent. 
Receipts. 
Per cent. 
Receipts. 
Per cent. 
Crops 
$149 
45 
207 
55 
8 
136 
84 
48 
118 
17.5 
5.3 
24.4 
6.5 
.9 
16.0 
9.9 
5.6 
13.9 
$214 
246 
450 
92 
82 
226 
158 
36 
204 
12.5 
14.4 
26.3 
5.4 
4.8 
13.2 
9.3 
2.1 
12.0 
$646 
74 
828 
120 
111 
623 
83 
26 
376 
22.4 
2.6 
28.7 
4.2 
3.8 
21.5 
2.9 
.9 
13.0 
$333 
142 
507 
91 
72 
328 
116 
36 
236 
17.9 
Dairy products 
Cattle... 
7.6 
27.3 
Horses and mules 
Sheep and goats 
Hogs 
4.9 
3.9 
17.6 
Poultry 
6.2 
Miscellaneous 
Increase feed and sup- 
plies 
1.9 
12.7 
Total 
850 
100.0 
1,708 
100.0 
2,887 
100.0 
1,861 
100.0 
FARM EXPENSES. 
Table VI gives the 'distribution of expenses on the various size- 
groups of farms. The largest expense item is that for labor, which is 
performed mostly by members of the operator's family. The value 
of the operator's own labor is not charged in the farm expenses. The 
farms are operated on as close and economical a basis as it seems possi- 
ble to do. This, indeed, in the majority of cases is an absolute 
