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Agricultural Economics

South Dakota State University

Series

1953

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Full-Text Articles in Agriculture

Farm Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1952, Supplement To Bulletin No. 413: Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1950, Ray F. Pengra, Gabriel Lundy Dec 1953

Farm Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1952, Supplement To Bulletin No. 413: Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1950, Ray F. Pengra, Gabriel Lundy

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This report is a part of a study of the farm land market in South Dakota, carried on cooperatively by the Department of Economics of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the United States Department of Agriculture represented by Virgil L. Hurlburt, Data were secured from the office of Register of Deeds and the County Auditor’s office in each of the specified eight counties. Supplementary information was secured from the Agricultural Stabilization Offices for each county as well as from real estate dealers and various buyers and sellers of the land transferred.


Estimating Commercial Expansion From Irrigation Development In The Oahe Unit, John Thompson, Ottar Nervik Nov 1953

Estimating Commercial Expansion From Irrigation Development In The Oahe Unit, John Thompson, Ottar Nervik

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

Commercial activity in an economy that is predominantly agricultural is very sensitive to changes in fanning conditions. It is generally agreed by businessmen in agricultural areas that the success of their business operation is largely dependent upon the number and prosperity of farmers in their trade areas. For this reason business men often encourage proposals to increase the number of farms in their trade areas and support measures designed to improve the economic position of farmers. In South Dakota, where rainfall is considered a limiting factor in agricultural production, considerable interest has been taken in irrigation as a, means for …


Southeastern South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1952 Tenth Annual Report, Allen R. Clark Aug 1953

Southeastern South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1952 Tenth Annual Report, Allen R. Clark

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This is the tenth annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the North Central area are included in a separate pamphlet.


Farm Labor, Power And Machinery Performance For Selected Operations Under Dryland And Irrigated Conditions In Central South Dakota, James Ulvilden Aug 1953

Farm Labor, Power And Machinery Performance For Selected Operations Under Dryland And Irrigated Conditions In Central South Dakota, James Ulvilden

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The problems of farm managers are everlasting. They are constantly in the process of examining alternative methods of production and alter native combinations of resources in an attempt to attain a higher and more stable income. For this farm planning, a vast amount of physical data on the cost and returns of alternative plans is needed. It is important that the physical data be as accurate as possible, because the farm plan is no better than the information upon which it is based. Technological progress has been very rapid in agriculture and thus it is important to keep up with …


Achieving Farm Ownership In South Dakota Through The Farm Ownership Program Of The Farmers Home Administration, Canute M. Johnson Jul 1953

Achieving Farm Ownership In South Dakota Through The Farm Ownership Program Of The Farmers Home Administration, Canute M. Johnson

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The desire for secure tenure in ownership of land has given rise to the associated ideal of the family farm. Implementation of this ideal has been one aspect of political and governmental agricultural policy through out our national life. Although federal agricultural policies and legislation have not always been consistently directed' toward this end, Congress has frequently extended federal assistance in one form or another in support of this ideal. Federal assistance for this purpose has most often come during periods of agricultural distress when demands upon Congress for such assistance have been great. Currently, the Farmers Home Administration's Farm …


Some Local Impacts Of Reservoirs In South Dakota, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Jun 1953

Some Local Impacts Of Reservoirs In South Dakota, South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

The South Dakota Coordinating Committee for Missouri Basin Development appointed a sub-committee to study some of the local impacts of inundation of land in reservoir areas.The purpose of the study was first to get a clear understanding of the local problems arising from the inundation of large areas of land, and secondly, to consider suggestions for improving the rules and procedures used in land acquisition programs. The building of certain dams in the Missouri Basin was given general approval in the Flood Control Act of 1944. Further approval has been given through subsequent appropriations. The sub-committee was not asked to …


North Central South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1951 Ninth Annual Report, Allen R. Clark Jan 1953

North Central South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1951 Ninth Annual Report, Allen R. Clark

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This is the ninth annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the Southeastern area are included in a separate pamphlet.


North Central South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1952 Tenth Annual Report, Allen R. Clark Jan 1953

North Central South Dakota Farm Record Summary 1952 Tenth Annual Report, Allen R. Clark

Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)

This is the tenth annual report of the farm record study started by the Experiment Station in 1943. Farm record cooperators are located in two areas of the state; namely, the Southeastern and North Central Areas. A summary of the results of the Southeastern area are included in a separate pamphlet.