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Study in efficiency of farm machinery in its relation to farm labor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
The data presented in the following pages is an attempt to establish standards of farm labor from observations of actual practices. It was collected from personal observations by the writer and Mr. L. E. DeVinna of Versailles, ...
Investigations of rural conditions in Boone County, Missouri, as related to the county farm adviser
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The agricultural development of the past five years has established in thirty-three states of the union outside of the southern states "County Agricultural Agents" or "Farm Advisers" whose duty it is to live in the county ...
The efficiency of the farm diary in accounting investigations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
As stated in the subject, the purpose of this paper is to set forth the efficiency in accounting investigations of the Diary system of keeping Farm records. This system of keeping farm records is known as the farm diary. ...
Distribution of labor and its relation to farm management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
The following pages are devoted to a study of labor conditions on four Missouri farms, in an effort to determine if possible, just what those conditions are. The work was started in the spring of 1910, under the direction ...
The distribution of farm labor
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
It is important that a farmer know the labor requirements in the productions of the various crops and in the production of the various classes of livestock, and that he know what influence a combination of crops and stock ...
Methods of renting land in Missouri, with some common forms of lease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
The rapid growth of tenancy in this country during the past few decades makes this subject one of the leading agricultural problems of the day. This growth is a natural one. When a country is new, land can be obtained very ...
An investigation of farm land credit
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The problem of rural credit in the United States is growing rapidly in importance. Within the last few years it has attracted the attention of farmers, financiers, legislators, and city dwellers. Several commissions have ...
A study of types of farming in the U.S. by the farm management survey method
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
The following study was made to get an insight into the conditions and farm practices of six different types of farming in the United States from the standpoint of farm management. Previous work along this line indicates ...
Work stock management
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The object of this investigation is to arrive at some conclusion or determine, if possible, the most satisfactory means or methods of management of the work stock or work animals on the farms in actual operation.
Exhaustible resources and technological change in the United States agriculture, 1940-1969
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
Technological progress has played an important role in American agriculture since the beginning of World War II. The rapid rate of growth of population and industrialization in the U.S. has to be met by a rapid rate of ...
Risk reduction in financing large swine confinement systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1977)
"The objectives of this study are: (1) To compare selected loan lengths and the resulting impact on a swine confinement system. (2) To observe the effects of different leverage ratios on a swine confinement system. (3) To ...
An economic analysis of the Brazilian value-added tax
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
The basic objectives of this study are to evaluate, in the light of the value-added tax theory and nature, the Brazilian experience with this form of taxation. Conceptually, under the value-added tax (VAT), only the net ...
Alternate methods of coordination for agricultural producers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
"Every economic system must perform three basic functions; it must decide: (1) what goods and services will be produced; (2) how they are to be produced, that is, by whom, and with what resources and in what technological ...
Economic analysis of potato, corn, and wheat response to nitrogen and phosphorus application in the highlands of Ecuador
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1977)
"Objectives: 1. To predict a production function relating the effects of topdress nitrogen and phosphorus on potato yield. 2. Estimate the resulting yield of potatoes per hectare for specified nitrogen and phosphorus ...
Technical response functions for corn -- an economic analysis of nitrogen fertilizer experiments
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
"The main objective of this study is to estimate corn response functions for nitrogen and plant population using experimental data in three counties of Missouri. These response functions will be used in two ways: (a) to ...
Federal crop insurance -- a case study in Audrain County, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
"Net farm income varies greatly from year to year and uncertainty of income is a characteristic of the farm business. Although the total production of agricultural products indicates a trend toward stability, there is ...
An investigation of the mid-Missouri regional planning commissioners perception and acceptance of regional planning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1971)
Data were collected concerning the commissioners' background, attitudes toward local governments, predisposition toward change, and attitudes toward the Regional Planning Commission. This information was analyzed with the ...
Application of the systems approach : an information and decision model for the hog enterprise
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1976)
"Subject of Dissertation: The purpose of this dissertation is to develop a dynamic model for hog enterprises in which a complete information system is incorporated. It will provide the farmer with several plans of action, ...
An analysis of livestock marketing patterns in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1960)
"Missouri is fortunate in its strategic location near the heart of the grain belt east of the Great plains cattle producing areas and on the western fringe of concentrated centers of population. A combination of favorable ...
Expectation formulations and optimal decisions in cattle feedlot problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
Economic agents are continually required or assumed to make decisions based upon variables which are unknown or perhaps known with some degree of uncertainty. In order to aid the decision maker in making intelligent ...