. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN No. 633 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Contribution from the Office of Farm Management W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief. Washington, D. C. February 25, 1918 FACTORS OF SUCCESSFUL FARMING NEAR MONETT, MO. By W. J. Spjxlman, Chief, Office of Farm Management. CONTENTS. The area in the survey was made 1 The local agriculture 2 Farms classified according to type of forming 4 Sources of receipts 5 Percentage of area in different crops 5 Kinds of fruit and their local importance 6 Relation of type of farming to size of farm 7 Investme
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN No. 633 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Contribution from the Office of Farm Management W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief. Washington, D. C. February 25, 1918 FACTORS OF SUCCESSFUL FARMING NEAR MONETT, MO. By W. J. Spjxlman, Chief, Office of Farm Management. CONTENTS. The area in the survey was made 1 The local agriculture 2 Farms classified according to type of forming 4 Sources of receipts 5 Percentage of area in different crops 5 Kinds of fruit and their local importance 6 Relation of type of farming to size of farm 7 Investment 7 Profitableness of the various types 8 Page. The proper status of the strawberry industry in southwest Missouri 10 The speculative nature of fruit 10 Maintenance of soil fertility 12 Organization of some typical farms 14 Organization of dairy farms 17 A well-organized two-man farm -. 19 Legumes 22 Tenure 24 THE AREA IN WHICH THE SURVEY WAS MADE. During the summer of 1915 an analysis was made of the business of 274 farms lying within a radius of about 5 miles of the town of Monett, in southwestern Missouri,1 the center of the survey area lying in the line between Barry and Lawrence Counties. This locality is typical of a considerable area lying along the western margin of the Ozark area and the eastern margin of the western prairies. In gen- eral, the highest uplands were originally prairie and the slopes and bottom lands timbered. The surface would be described, for the most part, as gently roll- ing. A small stream flows from east to west through the town of Monett. The bottom lands bordering it form a tract from a quarter to a half mile wide, flanked on each side by a moderate rise of land hardly prominent enough to be described as bluffs. Beyond is gently rolling upland originally covered, for the most part, with blackjack timber (a species of oak) and extending back to the prairie areas covering the ridges between streams. 1 The farm analyses on which thi
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