Top Research Papers on Agriculture

Agriculture C farm income increased in 1937 for the fifth consecutive year and exceeded the 1936 figure by 8 percent. Pronounced gains recorded in the early months of 1937 largely accounted for the increase; in the closing months, cash income dropped off more than seasonally and fell below the level of the preceding year. General agricultural purchasing power was also higher in 1937 than in 1936, notwithstanding a rise in prices paid for commodities and services. The declines which occurred in several States in the Cotton Belt and in the West North Central region, where returns were low as an ...

ducers will be afforded by a decline in maintenance and repair work, for as much of this will be deferred throughout the whole economy as is possible. At the same time, the production of automobiles, electrical appliances, and most other consumer durable goods—even including furniture—will of necessity have to be either virtually eliminated or seriously curtailed. Neither the materials, the machinery, nor the necessary manpower can eventually be made available for such output. Production of nondurables in all likelihood will be lower in the aggregate than during 1941. Wool supplies will be red...

ducers will be afforded by a decline in maintenance and repair work, for as much of this will be deferred throughout the whole economy as is possible. At the same time, the production of automobiles, electrical appliances, and most other consumer durable goods—even including furniture—will of necessity have to be either virtually eliminated or seriously curtailed. Neither the materials, the machinery, nor the necessary manpower can eventually be made available for such output. Production of nondurables in all likelihood will be lower in the aggregate than during 1941. Wool supplies will be red...

is less positive than Kuznets about the comparative rates of productivity growth in the capital goods and consumer goods industries (pp. 160, 291, 303). He agrees with Kuznets that the available figures for the early 1800's understate the probable productivity gain (pp. 288-89). His justification for omitting the value of humans and intangibles (pp. 249-50) need not be inconsistent with Kuznets' position, but there is something more satisfying in the latter's insistence that income and wealth measures are not sufficient for the long-term study of growth; that they must be supplemented by a con...

Agriculture C farm income increased in 1937 for the fifth consecutive year and exceeded the 1936 figure by 8 percent. Pronounced gains recorded in the early months of 1937 largely accounted for the increase; in the closing months, cash income dropped off more than seasonally and fell below the level of the preceding year. General agricultural purchasing power was also higher in 1937 than in 1936, notwithstanding a rise in prices paid for commodities and services. The declines which occurred in several States in the Cotton Belt and in the West North Central region, where returns were low as an ...

What part should agriculture play in a sustainable development strategy? How does humankind coexist with the planet earth, and to which degree of independence or interference? How have we evolved from an environment dominated by nature towards one organised by man in view of controlling it, while continuously widening the gap between populations of the North-South divide, whereas available data shows we could provide sufficient food for the entire planet? Will sustaining agriculture remain a legend? These and many other questions are addressed by Sylvie Brunel, in charge of the professional Ma...

Agriculture played a crucial role for the Phoenicians. Systematic study of the rural Phoenician world goes back only a few decades, thanks to archaeological surveys and excavations of non-urban structures and settlements. Despite our increasing knowledge of the subject, it is still difficult to define a single model. Still we can speak of some constant features. The chapter gives a view of coastal settlements producing an easily exported agricultural surplus, as well as husbandry, especially cattle, ovicaprids, and pigs. This was followed by a period of systematic occupation of the land, not n...

For the student of cultural history, one of the most interesting phases of the world's postwar concern for economically undeveloped areas is certainly the diffusion of ideas of economic growth to these regions. The volume before us is a case in point. Innocenzo Gasparini, instructor at the University of Sassari in Sardinia and for some time concerned with Sardinia agricultural problems, came to America on a Rockefeller grant to study the theory of economic growth and from the vantage point of Stanford University to investigate the agricultural success of California. The published result of his...

Agriculture C farm income increased in 1937 for the fifth consecutive year and exceeded the 1936 figure by 8 percent. Pronounced gains recorded in the early months of 1937 largely accounted for the increase; in the closing months, cash income dropped off more than seasonally and fell below the level of the preceding year. General agricultural purchasing power was also higher in 1937 than in 1936, notwithstanding a rise in prices paid for commodities and services. The declines which occurred in several States in the Cotton Belt and in the West North Central region, where returns were low as an ...

ducers will be afforded by a decline in maintenance and repair work, for as much of this will be deferred throughout the whole economy as is possible. At the same time, the production of automobiles, electrical appliances, and most other consumer durable goods—even including furniture—will of necessity have to be either virtually eliminated or seriously curtailed. Neither the materials, the machinery, nor the necessary manpower can eventually be made available for such output. Production of nondurables in all likelihood will be lower in the aggregate than during 1941. Wool supplies will be red...

ducers will be afforded by a decline in maintenance and repair work, for as much of this will be deferred throughout the whole economy as is possible. At the same time, the production of automobiles, electrical appliances, and most other consumer durable goods—even including furniture—will of necessity have to be either virtually eliminated or seriously curtailed. Neither the materials, the machinery, nor the necessary manpower can eventually be made available for such output. Production of nondurables in all likelihood will be lower in the aggregate than during 1941. Wool supplies will be red...

This chapter talks about the seventh volume of the Mishneh torah, the Book of Agriculture or the Book of Seeds (Zera'im), which deals with laws concerning agricultural issues. It includes the seven sections of the Book of Agriculture: Laws of Diverse Kinds, Laws of Gifts to the Poor, Laws of Heave Offerings, Laws of Tithes, Laws of the Second Tithe and the Fourth Year's Fruit, Laws of First Fruits, and Laws of the Sabbatical Year and the Jubilee. It also explores the final chapter of the seventh section that deals largely with the special restrictions of the Levites concerning land-owning, and...

Agriculture C farm income increased in 1937 for the fifth consecutive year and exceeded the 1936 figure by 8 percent. Pronounced gains recorded in the early months of 1937 largely accounted for the increase; in the closing months, cash income dropped off more than seasonally and fell below the level of the preceding year. General agricultural purchasing power was also higher in 1937 than in 1936, notwithstanding a rise in prices paid for commodities and services. The declines which occurred in several States in the Cotton Belt and in the West North Central region, where returns were low as an ...

ducers will be afforded by a decline in maintenance and repair work, for as much of this will be deferred throughout the whole economy as is possible. At the same time, the production of automobiles, electrical appliances, and most other consumer durable goods—even including furniture—will of necessity have to be either virtually eliminated or seriously curtailed. Neither the materials, the machinery, nor the necessary manpower can eventually be made available for such output. Production of nondurables in all likelihood will be lower in the aggregate than during 1941. Wool supplies will be red...

American agriculture requires surveys that will bring greater comprehension to those involved in agriculture and understanding to urbanites who desire to know about this great part of the nation. Our agriculture, even in its external appearance, is a mosaic of some five million individual establishments. These vary according to the forces of history, economics, and social-political institutions as well as soil types, topography, and climate, but patterns are discernible. Ladd Haystead and Gilbert Fite have achieved a satisfactory sense of unity out of a diverse agriculture by working along the...

Cultivation of land engaged more than two-thirds of the employed population. Cultivated land increased by 50 per cent between 1860 and 1920. The opportunity to trade encouraged the trend. Whereas commercialization made many merchants rich, it improved the lives of peasants and landlords in only a few regions, and it left agricultural wages nearly stagnant. As the population increased, and few people could find good jobs outside the village, more people shared the poverty of the village. Why did the village produce more and yet stay poor? Why was growth so uneven? Why was growth low overall? Wh...

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ducers will be afforded by a decline in maintenance and repair work, for as much of this will be deferred throughout the whole economy as is possible. At the same time, the production of automobiles, electrical appliances, and most other consumer durable goods—even including furniture—will of necessity have to be either virtually eliminated or seriously curtailed. Neither the materials, the machinery, nor the necessary manpower can eventually be made available for such output. Production of nondurables in all likelihood will be lower in the aggregate than during 1941. Wool supplies will be red...

ducers will be afforded by a decline in maintenance and repair work, for as much of this will be deferred throughout the whole economy as is possible. At the same time, the production of automobiles, electrical appliances, and most other consumer durable goods—even including furniture—will of necessity have to be either virtually eliminated or seriously curtailed. Neither the materials, the machinery, nor the necessary manpower can eventually be made available for such output. Production of nondurables in all likelihood will be lower in the aggregate than during 1941. Wool supplies will be red...

This work is a prehistory of scientific crop nutrition, extending from the earliest times to the mid-nineteenth century and leading up to the work of Lawes and Liebig. The author has a distinguished reputation as an agricultural historian and has drawn upon a literature of astonishing breadth and diversity, reflected in an impressive bibliography of 360 primary and secondary sources. In addition, each chapter has a fair number of footnotes and references. Few historians of science and technology will fail to derive new insights from this book. Yet it is to be admitted that few will be happy wi...