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Includes bibliographical references Introduction -- The technological revolution -- Who is the American farmer? -- The farm in the American mind -- Land and the demand for space -- Debate and decision -- Source references -- Appendices. Value of production by class of farm, 1959 [table] -- Changes in farm class and percentages of sales, 1950-1959 [table] -- Characteristics of farms, by class and type, 1959 [table] -- Changes in numbers of farms, by class and type, 1950-59 [table] -- Major uses of land, 1959 (50 states) [table] -- Major classes of land by use and ownership, 1959 [table] -- Land capability classes by land use [table] -- Projected composition of shifts in major land uses, 1959-80 [table] -- Tenancy and use of hired labor by class of farm, 1959 [table] -- Capital assets, operating costs and returns, 1961, by type of farm and geographic area [table] -- Percent of farms reporting use of hired labor, 1954-59, by class and type of farm [table] -- Use of regular hired help, 1954 and 1959, by class and type of farm [table] -- Acreage and capitalization of farms, 1959, by class of farm [table] -- Commodity Credit Corporation : net expenditures, fiscal years 1952-61, and estim

Author
Edward Counselman Higbee
Publisher
New York, Twentieth Century Fund
Published
1963
Language
EN
Subjects
Economics, Management, Agriculture

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