FACTOKS OF SUCCESSFUL FAHMING NEAR MONETT, MO. 5 
SOURCES OF RECEIPTS. 
Table 1 shows the sources from which these 244 farms obtained 
their income. 
Table 1. — Sources of receipts (244 farms near Monett, Mo.), 
[Figures represent percentage of total receipts.] 
Source. 
Corn 
Oats 
Wheat 
Small fruits 
Other fruits 
Other crops 
All crops. .. 
Cattle 
Grain 
and 
live 
stock 
Grain 
Grain 
and 
Fruit 
farms 
fruit 
farms 
(66). 
farms 
(17). 
(116). 
(41). 
Perct. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
Per ct. 
4.3 
8.0 
1.6 
2.2 
.8 
1.0 
.6 
.3 
48.2 
60.7 
34.9 
1.7 
2.3 
1.8 
30.1 
50.3 
1.3 
.3 
7.7 
8.5 
1.1 
1.6 
2.2 
2.6 
58.0 
73.4 
77.1 
65.6 
15.4 
6.7 
5.4 
11.9 
Source. 
Horses 
Sheep 
Hogs 
Poultry , 
Other stock. . 
All stock . 
Miscellaneous 
Grain 
and 
live 
stock 
farms 
(116). 
Perct. 
6.5 
.1 
7.1 
5.0 
.4 
34.5 
7. 5 
Grain 
farms 
(66). 
Perct. 
5.2 
2.0 
4.9 
.2 
19.0 
7.6 
Grain 
and 
fruit 
farms 
(41). 
Perct. 
3.7 
3.6 
4.5 
.2 
17.2 
5.7 
Fruit 
farms 
(17). 
Per ct. 
3.5 
2.7 
4.2 
.1 
25.4 
7.3 
It will be seen that there is a considerable degree of diversity in 
the farming of this region. Wheat is decidedly the most important 
source of income on the grain and live-stock and on the grain farms, 
about equal to small fruits on the grain and fruit farms, while on the 
fruit farms there is no other important source of income from crops 
than small fruits, especially strawberries. Among the various classes 
of live stock, cattle lead as a source of income in all the groups. 
Poultry furnishes from 4 per cent to 5 per cent of income in each 
group. Hogs are unimportant, except on the grain and live-stock 
farms, where the income from them constitutes about 7 per cent of 
the total receipts. 
PERCENTAGE AREA IN DIFFERENT CROPS. 
Table 2 shows for the four principal types of farming the per- 
centage of land devoted to various crops. 
_ Table 2. — Relation of type of farming to percentage area in different crops (244 
farms near Monett, Mo.). 
[Figures represent percentage of land devoted to crops specified.] 
Crop. 
Grain 
and 
live 
stock 
farms. 
Grain 
farms. 
Grain 
and 
fruit 
farms. 
Fruit 
farms. 
Crop. 
Grain 
and 
live 
stock 
farms. 
Grain 
farms. 
Grain 
and 
fruit 
farms. 
Fruit 
farms. 
Per ct. 
26.9 
48.5 
11.3 
6.8 
1.0 
.7 
Per ct. 
26.0 
53.1 
11.3 
5.1 
.4 
.3 
Per ct. 
19.6 
50.2 
8.8 
5.0 
.6 
.6 
Perct. 
33.9 
9.0 
7.4 
7.7 
2.6 
2.9 
Other forage 
Perct. 
1.3 
.5 
.1 
2.1 
.3 
.5 
Perct. 
1.1 
.4 
"'i.'o' 
.5 
.4 
Per ct. 
0.4 
5.1 
1.2 
6.3 
1.0 
1.2 
Perct. 
5.8 
Wheat 
Strawberries 
9.3 
Oats 
Other small fruits . . . 
10.8 
Hav. - 
5.8 
Millet 
3.2 
Sorghum 
Other crops 
1.6 
