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Farm Business Management Data And Practices: 1958 Annual Report, Charles H. Benrud, Arnold Aspelin
Farm Business Management Data And Practices: 1958 Annual Report, Charles H. Benrud, Arnold Aspelin
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
This pamphlet is the annual summary of Economic Project 264, '"Farm Business Management Data and Practices in South Dakota," for 1958, the third full year of its operation. A total of 53 cooperators turned in records for summary and analysis. The purpose of this project is to obtain data on costs, returns and organization on a few farms and ranches of various types in the different types of farming areas in the state. This information is used by the Experiment Station, the Extension Service, and the State College proper, in farm planning, budgeting, and teaching. It can also be of …
An Economic Analysis Of The Effects Of Alternative Shearing Methods On Wool Quality In Eastern South Dakota, Gerald E. Marousek
An Economic Analysis Of The Effects Of Alternative Shearing Methods On Wool Quality In Eastern South Dakota, Gerald E. Marousek
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
The lack of information relating the quality of the wool clip at the farm to its value to the manufacturer has been recognized for several years. The following objectives were set out as a means of guiding the study of wool quality improvement in eastern South Dakota: To determine the theoretical effects of improved methods of shearing and handling wool on quantities produced, prices received, apportionment of benefits between producers and consumers, farm resource allocation, producers' bargaining power, and marketing costs; to develop and test practical methods of farm preparation of fleeces which could be expected to improve the quality …
Projecting Brookings Growth From College Enrollment Estimates, Norma Ruth Koch
Projecting Brookings Growth From College Enrollment Estimates, Norma Ruth Koch
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
This study attempts to make a projection of population and commercial activity in the City of Brookings, based upon a prior projection of enrollment at South Dakota State College. In order to determine the material benefits which Brookings will derive from the location of South Dakota State College in the community, an estimate of the business expansion which will follow the anticipated increase in enrollment and employment at the college by 1970 is necessary. The objective of this study is to estimate the anticipated commercial expansion.
Opportunities And Problems Of Using United States Surplus Food To Increase Capital Formation In Underveloped Countries, Ali Ahmed Attiga
Opportunities And Problems Of Using United States Surplus Food To Increase Capital Formation In Underveloped Countries, Ali Ahmed Attiga
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
This study is an elaboration of the thesis that, under certain conditions and assumptions regarding the economies of underdeveloped countries, surplus food could provide a valuable and unique form of additional funds for accelerating capital formation in these countries. The central ideas of this thesis, including the conditions and assumptions which underlie their validity and some of their practical implications are examined in Chapter II. Chapter I consists of some background in formation on present inequality of wealth between the advanced and the less developed countries of the world and the economic and political implications of such inequality. Part of …
A Search For Rules For International Wheat Surplus Disposal, James L. Leibfried
A Search For Rules For International Wheat Surplus Disposal, James L. Leibfried
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Before a cooperative plan can be formulated for utilizing the wheat surpluses in underdeveloped countries, there are three points on which the exporting nations will have to agree. They are: (1) uniform terms (rates of interest and repayment, and etc.) for concessional sales; (2) the level of commercial wheat imports, if any, that the underdeveloped countries should be required to maintain; and (3) a basis for determining the quantity of wheat each exporting nation should supply on concessional terms. The general purpose of this study was to attempt to establish a basic rule for determining the level of commercial wheat …
Grain Merchandising At The Country Elevator, Arthur B. Sogn
Grain Merchandising At The Country Elevator, Arthur B. Sogn
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
The general public including the patrons has little knowledge of the internal operations of country elevators. This is due in part to the lack of adequate communication between the operator and his customers or patrons. In consequence the patrons too often fail to understand why a certain price for their grain is offered or why certain charges are made for services rendered. The farmer expects and is entitled to a ready market for his grains. The farmer may elect to sell his grain immediately at the current price, store it with the idea of obtaining a better price later, or …
Economic Opportunities Available To Farmers On 160-Acre Farms In Southeastern South Dakota, Leonard R. Benning
Economic Opportunities Available To Farmers On 160-Acre Farms In Southeastern South Dakota, Leonard R. Benning
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
How can farm income be increased on 160-acre farms in south-eastern South Dakota? This question has been asked by many farmers who are trying to determine the most profitable cropping and livestock systems. The most profitable farm organization depends on how well the farmer selects his farm enterprises and combines the use of his land, labor, capital, and management. The major problem of the farm manager is selecting the enterprises in combination with available resources that will result in the greatest continuous earnings over a period of years. There is no one combination of cropping and livestock system which is …
Farm Business Management Data And Practices In South Dakota: 1957 Annual Report, Charles H. Benrud, Arnold Aspelin
Farm Business Management Data And Practices In South Dakota: 1957 Annual Report, Charles H. Benrud, Arnold Aspelin
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
This pamphlet is an annual summary of the project "Farm Business Management Data and Practices" for the year beginning January 1st, 1957 and ending December 31st 1957. Farmers and ranchers located in all of the seven "type of farming areas" in South Dakota keep records of receipts, expenses, inventories and livestock records to be analyzed by the Agricultural Experiment Station Economics Department. This project began in 1955 with only a few cooperators and has increased to 56 cooperators in 1957. The purpose of this project is to obtain data on costs, returns and organization on farms and ranches in all …
Seasonal Variations Of Soil Moisture In South Dakota, Ray F. Pengra
Seasonal Variations Of Soil Moisture In South Dakota, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
The purpose of this study was to estimate the average daily soil moisture in the various areas of South Dakota. Estimates of such soil moisture are presented in graphic form for locations represented by 25 U. S. Weather Bureau Stations in South Dakota. Estimates of the average soil moisture available may be of use in planning irrigation projects for large areas or for individual farms. The method used here in calculating the soil moisture for the past may prove to be a practical means by which farmers can determine when and how often to irrigate during the crop year. Further …
Acreage Reserve Participation In South Dakota Wheat Areas, Allan M. Severson
Acreage Reserve Participation In South Dakota Wheat Areas, Allan M. Severson
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
The Agricultural Act of 1956, which contains the Soil Bank Act, was enacted in the spring of 1956. The soil bank program is divided into two phases, the acreage reserve and the conservation reserve. The acreage reserve is available to farmers with acreage allotments for the basic commodities, which are wheat and corn in South Dakota. The farmer takes part in the acreage reserve program by signing a one-year agreement with his Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee (hereafter referred to as the ASC Committee) and reducing his acreage below the assigned allotment on his farm. In return for taking the …
Climatic Variations In South Dakota 1900 - 1950, Robert M. Basile
Climatic Variations In South Dakota 1900 - 1950, Robert M. Basile
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Most of South Dakota lies within the Great Plains of the United States. Thus, the climate of South Dakota, like that of the Great Plains, has been one of relatively little precipitation and frequent droughts. However, periods of rather high rainfall have led to considerable optimism. Likewise droughts like those of the 1930's may have led to too much pessimism. What is the real picture of the variability of South Dakota climate? The purpose of this pamphlet is to help answer this question. No one knows with certainty what will happen in the future. The best indication of what can …
Marketing Northern Alfalfa Seed: A Progress Report, Dale C. Dahl
Marketing Northern Alfalfa Seed: A Progress Report, Dale C. Dahl
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Alfalfa seed has become a farm crop of increasing importance. Total hay acreage in the United States has remained practically unchanged during the past two decades, but alfalfa hay, during this period, has increased by over 100 percent. Accompanying this increased acreage in alfalfa hay, total alfalfa seed production for the United States has nearly tripled. In turn, the incomes of farmers engaged in alfalfa seed production have multiplied approximately three times during the past twenty years. Alfalfa seed is not a homogeneous product. For many years it has been agronomically grouped into "hardy" and "non-hardy" alfalfa seed. The term …
Agricultural Drought In South Dakota: How Many Droughty Days Per Season?, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Drought In South Dakota: How Many Droughty Days Per Season?, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
The purpose of this study was to determine the likelihood of different numbers of drought days per season in ten selected areas of South Dakota using weather data accumulated by the Weather Bureau. Information on the likelihood of drought within the Great Plains is of primary importance for any type of farming. For the prospective irrigation area in central South Dakota such information is essential to determine the extent of irrigation needed and the type of irrigation that will be best adapted to the needs of the area.
Economic And Legal Aspects Of Vertical Integration, Dale C. Dale
Economic And Legal Aspects Of Vertical Integration, Dale C. Dale
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Vertical integration, on the other hand, is the grouping of two or more complementary firms on different levels of the production-marketing process. For example, a processor and a farmer may unite or a supplier, farmer, processor and wholesaler may combine under centralized management. The key idea is the extent of control that can be exercised by the central decision maker or "integrator," It is important to understand that vertical integration is concerned only with single enterprises or single commodities at the present time. A multi-enterprise farmer may integrate only part of his farming operation. A farmer who deals in wheat, …
Farm Business Management Data And Practices In South Dakota: 1956 Annual Report, Charles H. Benrud, Roland Brunsma
Farm Business Management Data And Practices In South Dakota: 1956 Annual Report, Charles H. Benrud, Roland Brunsma
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
This project, "Farm Business Management Data and Practices", was set up to begin in 1955, with farmers and ranchers in the seven "types-of-farming areas" in South Dakota keeping records on receipts, expenses, inventories, and other items and having their books analyzed by the Agricultural Experiment Station Economics Department at the end of the year. Only a few participated the first year, but in 1956 a total of 57 cooperators turned in record books for analysis. The purpose of this project if to obtain data on costs, returns, and organization on farms and ranches of various types in the different types-of-farming …
Frequencies Of Daily Occurrence Of Maximum And Minimum Temperatures At Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Each Week Of The Year By Five Degree Intervals Together With Highest And Lowest Temperature Recorded And Standard Deviation Of Temperatures Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Frequencies of daily maximum and minimum temperatures are shown by five degree intervals for each week of the year for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, covering the years 1896 through 1955. Weeks are numbered starting March 1 in order to have each week over the entire period represent the same calendar dates. Week includes calendar dates January 3 through January 9 and is shown first in the table in order for the table to present the data approximately in calendar year order. At the bottom of each page highest and lowest temperatures within each category together with the standard deviation of …
Farm Price Programs, Kenneth L. Robinson
Farm Price Programs, Kenneth L. Robinson
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
This publication should be useful to farmers and others who want to review the road that agricultural price policy in the United States has traveled in the past and to appraise the effect of such policies. It will also be useful to a person planning and taking part in discussions of farm price policy and programs at meetings of farmers and others interested in American agriculture. In a democracy, farmers and agricultural leaders may expect to be called upon more and more to express their views concerning matters of agricultural policy and national farm programs. The discussion is divided into …
Prices And Costs For Use In Farm And Ranch Planning, Russell L. Berry
Prices And Costs For Use In Farm And Ranch Planning, Russell L. Berry
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
The prices of most things farmers and ranchers produce will vary widely in future years as they have in the past. It is not possible to reorganize a farm or ranch every time there is a variation in prices. The benefits of a given crop rotation can only be secured after several years. When crop rotations are changed fields and fences may also need to be changed. Buildings may need to be built or remodeled to handle the new crops. Livestock enterprises should be chosen with regard to the crops produced. Since many years are often required to establish profitable …
Weather In The Making, Ray F. Pengra
Weather In The Making, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
The objective of this pamphlet is to present some of the basic atmospheric phenomena that are related to weather. It is hoped that this will give research workers and others interested a general idea of how weather develops in the atmosphere and make possible a more realistic application of available weather data to agricultural research. Data and illustrations from "The Pilot's Weather Handbook" and the 1955 "Yearbook of Agriculture", as well as other government publications, are presented to provide an application of weather factors to agriculture and its problems.
Frequencies Of Daily Occurrence Of Maximum And Minimum Temperatures At Pierre, South Dakota Each Week Of The Year By Five Degree Intervals Together With Highest And Lowest Temperature Recorded And Standard Deviation Of Temperatures Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Frequencies of daily maximum and minimum temperatures are shown by five degree intervals for each week of the year for Pierre, South Dakota, covering the years 1892 through 1955, Weeks are numbered starting March 1 in order to have each week over the entire period represent the same calendar dates. Week 45 includes calendar dates January 3 through January 9 and is shown first in the table in order for the table to present the data approximately in calendar year order. At the bottom of each page highest and lowest temperatures within each category together with the standard deviation of …
Frequencies Of Daily Occurrence Of Maximum And Minimum Temperatures At Rapid City, South Dakota, Each Week Of The Year By Five Degree Intervals Together With Highest And Lowest Temperature Recorded And Standard Deviation Of Temperatures Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Frequencies of daily maximum and minimum temperatures are shown by five degree intervals for each week of the year for Rapid City, South Dakota, covering the years 1896 through 1995. Weeks are numbered starting March 1 in order to have each week over the entire period represent the same calendar dates. Week includes calendar dates January 3 through January 9 and is shown first in the table in order for the table to present the data approximately in calendar year order. At the bottom of each page highest and lowest temperatures within each category together with the standard deviation of …
Assessment Values And Taxes On Farm Land In South Dakota 1955 And 1956, Ray F. Pengra
Assessment Values And Taxes On Farm Land In South Dakota 1955 And 1956, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Records in the Register of Deeds office on farm land sales were listed to secure the following report. When consideration was not given in the deed Internal Revenue stamps were used to secure an estimate of the consideration. Information on assessed valuations and amount of taxes were secured from the assessors' records and the auditors' books. Only those tracts were used for which consideration, assessment values and amount of taxes levied for both 1955 and 1956 were available on the tract sold. Where only part of a tract assessed was sold, the sale was omitted in this tabulation.
Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1956, Supplement To Bulletin No. 413: Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1950, Ray F. Pengra, Gabriel Lundy
Land Market Trends In South Dakota 1941-1956, 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)
Data for this report were secured from the offices of the Register of Deeds in each of eight counties in South Dakota, These counties were Beadle, Brookings, Brown, Clay, Faulk, Haakon, Hand and Spink, Supplementary information was secured from the records of the County Auditors as well as from records available at the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation offices in each of the counties included in the study. This report, as a supplement to Station Bulletin 413, furnishes a continuous record of farm land sales in each of the eight counties over a period of sixteen years, 1941-1956, Beadle, Faulk, Hand …
Frequencies Of Daily Occurrence Of Maximum And Minimum Temperatures At Huron, South Dakota Each Week Of The Year By Five Degree Intervals Together With Highest And Lowest Temperature Recorded And Standard Deviation Of Temperatures Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Frequencies of daily maximum and minimum temperatures are shown by five degree intervals for each week of the year for Huron, South Dakota. Covering the years 1881 through 1955. Weeks are numbered starting March 1 in order to have each week over the entire period represent the same calendar dates. Week 45 includes calendar dates January 3 through January 9 and is shown first in the table in order for the table to present the data approximately in calendar year order. At the bottom of each page highest and lowest temperatures within each category together with the standard deviation of …
Graphic Presentation Of Weekly Mean Maximum And Mean Minimum Temperatures For 58 South Dakota Weather Stations For Each Week Of The Year, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Average temperatures are presented graphically by weeks in order to emphasize the changes in temperatures from north to south over the state. Since farming operations, to be efficient, must be planned to take into consideration probable local conditions of weather and length of the season this should be useful in helping the farmers plan their farming program as well as do scientists in developing farm crops best adapted to each locality of the state. The climatological year has been considered as from March 1 through February 28 or 29 of the following calendar year in order to present data for …
Strengthening Farms And Ranches In South Dakota: A Preliminary Report Prepared For The South Dakota Legislative Research Council, Pierre, South Dakota, Russell L. Berry
Strengthening Farms And Ranches In South Dakota: A Preliminary Report Prepared For The South Dakota Legislative Research Council, Pierre, South Dakota, Russell L. Berry
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
There is much concern over the future of agriculture. Farm and ranch incomes have been falling as a result of the decline in farm produce prices since 1951 and continued h:gh costs of machinery and other means of production. Because of these factors and the capacity of modern machinery, farmers and ranchers have been increasing the size of their operating units. As farms and ranches increased in size, rural population has been decreasing. This decline in rural population has had serious effects upon the rural community and rural life. Schools, churches and local government units are seriously affected in areas …
Economics At South Dakota State College: Instruction-Research-Extension, Department Of Economics, South Dakota State College
Economics At South Dakota State College: Instruction-Research-Extension, Department Of Economics, South Dakota State College
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
The Department of Economics at South Dakota State College is one of the larger departments in the institution. Staffed largely by young men recruited from leading colleges and universities, it is progressive and forward-looking. New courses are constantly being added in order to provide additional opportunities for study and keep abreast of the times. A friendly personal relationship exists between faculty and undergraduate as well as graduate students. Rather them cutting the field of economics into definite and separate segments, the staff cooperates in carrying on the work of the department, so that each member has the opportunity of carrying …
Yearly Dates Of Last Spring And First Fall Occurrence Of Minimum Temperature Of 32° F Or Lower For 58 Weather Bureau Stations Of South Dakota, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
These spring and fall dates have been determined each year for 58 Weather Bureau stations of South Dakota for each of the three temperatures of 24°, 23° and 32° F, Since publication in a single mimeograph pamphlet would be bulky, three mimeograph reports have been prepared one for each of the three above temperatures showing last spring and first fall dates on which such temperature occurred as well as the number of days each year between these dates. Average of spring and fall dates as well as average number of days between these dates are shown at the end of …
Yearly Dates Of Last Spring And First Fall Occurrence Of Minimum Temperature Of 28° F Or Lower For 58 Weather Bureau Stations Of South Dakota, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
These spring and fall dates have been determined each year for 58 Weather Bureau stations of South Dakota for each of the three temperatures of 24°, 28° and 32° F. Since publication in a single mimeograph pamphlet would be bulky, three mimeograph reports have been prepared one for each of the three above temperatures showing last spring and first fall dates on which such temperature occurred as well as the number of days each year between these dates. Average of spring and fall dates as well as average number of days between these dates are shown at the end of …
Temperature Summary Of Data For 60 South Dakota Weather Stations From The Start Of Continuous Records For Each Station Through 1954, Ray F. Pengra
Temperature Summary Of Data For 60 South Dakota Weather Stations From The Start Of Continuous Records For Each Station Through 1954, Ray F. Pengra
Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Economics Pamphlets (1941-1991)
Average weekly maximum and minimum data are presented for 60 weather stations in this report. The length of period varies from station to station depending on the date from which reasonably continuous data are available from each station. Data are presented in sixty tables arranged in alphabetical order. Column 3 of each table gives the length of period for which data were summarized for each station.