Rural U.S.A.: Persistence and ChangeThomas R. Ford |
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... production relative to demand than by their productive ef- ficiency . Periodically , the net effect of greater efficiency in the production of a commodity has often been a lower return to farmers because the higher total production ...
... production relative to demand than by their productive ef- ficiency . Periodically , the net effect of greater efficiency in the production of a commodity has often been a lower return to farmers because the higher total production ...
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... production of usable energy relative to the energy input . Heichel ( 1973 ) has compared the energy efficiency of different cropping systems in the United States in 1915 with those of the 1970s . The measure of efficiency is the ratio ...
... production of usable energy relative to the energy input . Heichel ( 1973 ) has compared the energy efficiency of different cropping systems in the United States in 1915 with those of the 1970s . The measure of efficiency is the ratio ...
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... production was for home use ; today almost all nonfeed and seed production goes through commercial channels . The market orientation is so pervasive that it is difficult to find a farmer who is not producing for a market of some type ...
... production was for home use ; today almost all nonfeed and seed production goes through commercial channels . The market orientation is so pervasive that it is difficult to find a farmer who is not producing for a market of some type ...
Contents
Quality and Conflicts in Land | 19 |
People on the Land | 37 |
The Changing Character of the Nonmetropolitan | 55 |
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