. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. C. April 8,1921 FARM MANAGEMENT IN THE OZARK REGION OF MISSOURI. A STUDY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVE FARMS. By H. M. Dixon, Associate Farm Economist, and J. M. Ptjrdom, Scientific Assistant. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Summary 1 Location and character of the area 3 Farm business and income 12 Farm investment 15 Crops 17 Crop production and yields. 19 Farm receipts 20 Farm expenses 20 Crop management 22 Live-stock management 28 Pasture 31 The organization and profits
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Washington, D. C. April 8,1921 FARM MANAGEMENT IN THE OZARK REGION OF MISSOURI. A STUDY OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF A NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVE FARMS. By H. M. Dixon, Associate Farm Economist, and J. M. Ptjrdom, Scientific Assistant. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Summary 1 Location and character of the area 3 Farm business and income 12 Farm investment 15 Crops 17 Crop production and yields. 19 Farm receipts 20 Farm expenses 20 Crop management 22 Live-stock management 28 Pasture 31 The organization and profits of individual farms 40 INTRODUCTION. This bulletin is based on a study of the organization and management of 79 farms distributed in five counties in the southern and south- eastern Ozark region of Missouri. Thirty-one of these farms are representative of the conditions of rolling and hilly upland farms: the other 48 are more representative of the conditions on the valley and level-upland farms. Throughout the bulletin these two classes of farms are treated separately. Data are presented on size of farms, distribution of farm area, capital, receipts and expenses, and the returns in farm income and labor income. The first part of the bulletin treats of the findings largely from the standpoint of the area as a whole, and the latter part is devoted to the consideration of representative individual farms, with a view of emphasizing some of the outstanding factors contributing to success or failure. SUMMARY. Topographical structure to a large extent determines the agricul- tural value of the land. The southern and eastern Ozark region of Missouri is a mountainous plateau, predominantly rough and rocky,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : T
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