Monthly Notes, Farm Management and Farm Economics, Հատորներ 49-50 |
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Էջ 11 - It will not be doubted, that with reference either to individual or national welfare, agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as nations advance in population, and other circumstances of maturity, this truth becomes more apparent ; and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. Institutions for promoting it, grow up supported by the public purse : And to what object can it be dedicated with greater propriety...
Էջ 11 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums and small pecuniary aids to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement. This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common center the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation.
Էջ 2 - The diet-deficit areas include all of Asia except Japan and Israel, all but the southern tip of Africa, the northern part of South America, and almost all of Central America and the Caribbean. "The...
Էջ 12 - . . . land actively devoted to farm or agricultural use shall be assessed on the basis of such use and shall not be assessed as if subdivided.
Էջ 9 - For example, if present food supplies of India were distributed as far as they would go at the rate of 2,300 calories per person per day, 48 million out of that country's 480 million people would be left totally without food. If...
Էջ 6 - ... nonfat dry milk removed from the market this last marketing year was 857 million pounds, somewhat above the previous marketing year but below the level of the 1957-58 marketing year. It is possible that production of milk on farms this year will be somewhat above last year, but probably very little. The number of milk cows and heifers 2 years old and older kept for milk on farms reached Its lowest point in many years in 1959 at 21.3 million head. Milk production in 1959 was down somewhat in total...
Էջ 11 - Risks resulting from inadequate market information tend to reduce farmers' prices. The greater the risk, the greater the marketing margins required by traders to cover their costs. The ultimate demand for farm produce occurs in consumer markets. Marketing margins are deducted from consumer prices to determine the prices that can be paid to farmers. So, the lower the risk, the less the margin, and the higher the price the farmer is likely to receive. The effects of...
Էջ 9 - The complete study may be obtained on request from the Division of Information, Office of Management Services, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
Էջ 6 - Number of bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of hog live weight.