8 BULLETIN 1070, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 4. — Distribution of capital on 297 farms for 1912 and 304 farms for 1918, Catawba 
County, N. C. 
Item. 
1912 
m crop 
acres 
or 
under. 
30.1 
to 50 
crop 
acres. 
50.1 
to 70 
crop 
acres. 
Over 
70 
crop 
acres. 
All 
farms. 
191S 
30 crop 
acres 
or 
under. 
30.1 
to 50 
crop 
acres. 
50.1 
to 70 
crop 
acres. 
Over 
70 
crop 
acres. 
All 
farms. 
Number of farms. 
Average capital . . 
73 
62 
50 
125 
82,855 85,076 87,507 313,942 86,530, 84,194 
810,525 520,077 88,858 
Land 
-j 1,749 
. ' 504 
I 158 
3,189 
704 
305 
5,096 
788 
9,723 
1 19!fi 
4,332 
743 
385 
2,477 
697 
250 
4,462 
930 
390 
6,910 
1 174 
14, 579 
5,919 
975 
Other buildings 
414 851 
'644j 1*062 
503 
Total real estate.. 
: 2,411 
4,198 
6,298 11,700 
5,460 
3,424 
5, 782 
S,72S 16,942 
7 397 
i 254 
93 
77 
20 
508 
183 
150 
32 
706 1, 334 
278 436 
188 407 
37| 65 
626 
225 
183 
36 
383 
170 
174 
43 
564 
248 
258 
54 
940 i K*4 
748 
Machinery 
Feed and'supplies 
Cash 
372 
427 
58 
594 
760 
147 
303 
344 
66 
Total working capital . . 
444 
878 
1,209 2,242 
1,070 
770 
1,124 
1, 797 
3,135 
1,461 
Value real estate per acre 
45 
• 46 
45 
44 
45 
65 
6.3 
68 
69 
66 
Table 5 shows the sources of receipts on the farms in 1912 and in 
1918, and figure 4 shows the distribution of the principal receipts by 
crop area groups for 1912 and 1918. 
Table 5.— Sources of receipts on 297 farms for 1912 and 304 farms for 1918, .Catawba 
County, N. C. 
1912 
1913 
Item. 
30 crop 
acres 
or 
under. 
30.1 
to 50 
crop 
acres. 
50.1 
to 70 
crop 
acres. 
Over 
70 
crop 
acres. 
All 
farms. 
30 crop 
acres 
under. 
30.1 
to 50 
crop 
acres. 
50.1 
to 70 
crop 
acres. 
Over 
70 
crop 
acres. 
All 
farms. 
X umber of farms 
73 
112 
62 
50 
297 
75 
125 
60 
44 
304 
Receipts, total 
8404 
8702 
8996 
82,067 
S919 
S841 
81, 354 
82, 056 
83,839 
81, 726 
Cotton 
141 
3 
35 
15 
21 
47 
238 
8 
64 
44 
28 
39 
342 
8 
63 
67 
50 
102 
767 
47 
95 
239 
98 
125 
325 
13 
62 
75 
42 
69 
285 
27 
102 
28 
40 
71 
532 
46 
165 
68 
82 
96 
673 
57 
249 
145 
71 
138 
1,269 
150 
176 
535 
302 
246 
606 
Cotton seed 
59 
Sweet potatoes 
167 
Wheat 
141 
Corn 
101 
Other crops 
120 
All crops 
262 
421 
632 
1,371 
586 
553 
989 
1,333 
2,678 
1,194 
Dairy products 
33 
11 
29 
80 
38 
48 
15 
1 
16 
85 
45 
59 
17 
1 
19 
186 
95 
50 
75 
15 
35 
87 
43 
46 
21 
3 
17 
87 
20 
56 
13 

1 
100 
38 
65 
44 
1 
3 
1S9 
125 
82 
62 

9 
348 
386 
119 
128 
150 
Cattle 
101 
Poultry 
74 
Hogs 
52 
All other stock and bees... 
Horses and colts 
3 
6 

4 
82 
198 
226 
456 
217 
177 
251 
467 
981 
381 
Woodland products 
Increase feed and supplies. 
Miscellaneous 
8 
8 
43 
19 
17 
47 
30 
38 
70 
100 
85 
55 
32 
31 
53 
13 
24 
74 
17 
38 
59 
59 
81 
116 
20 
63 
97 
25 
47 
79 
In 1912 the average receipts per farm were $919 and in 1918 $1,726. 
In 1912, 64 per cent of all the receipts were from crops, 24 per cent 
