The Agricultural Situation in the United StatesAmerican Academy of Political and Social Science, 1925 - 304 pages |
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Page 228 - That persons engaged in the production of agricultural products as farmers, planters, ranchmen, dairymen, nut or fruit growers may act together in associations, corporate or otherwise, with or without capital stock, in collectively processing, preparing for market, handling, and marketing in interstate and foreign commerce, such products of persons so engaged.
Page 36 - Taking the average of the three years, 1918 to 1921, however, there still is shown a favorable ratio of increase. Interest payments for these years averaged about 460 per cent of 1890, income 475 per cent. From 1890 to 1910, then, there was a marked decline in mortgage indebtedness compared to farm property and income. From 1910 to 1920 there was some increase, but at the end of the period the burden on owner-operators was lighter than in 1890, and the total burden on all farm property was at most...
Page 75 - Congress to levy and collect taxes, to borrow money, to regulate commerce, to pay the public debts, to declare and conduct war, to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy, etc.
Page 281 - ... ably only bring a gross return of 40 to 50 cents per bushel to the grower. To the local grower who does not have to depend on freight, but can use his own or a local truck, cutting out the freight haul and several intermediate handling charges, the opportunity for profit is much better. It is common for potatoes to sell in producing areas around Pittsburgh, such as Butler County, at $1 a bushel on the farm, while potatoes will not be bringing more than 60 cents loaded aboard the cars in Potter...
Page 88 - VV work of the agricultural colleges in the United States has been greatly broadened and strengthened. The organization of these institutions has also been more sharply defined so as to make the major lines of work distinct as (1) research (mainly through experiment stations), (2) resident graduate and undergraduate teaching, and (3) extension work. In all these lines the work has gone beyond that which relates to agricultural production and now includes a considerable range of subjects in rural...
Page 91 - The courses in the various branches of agriculture have, in general, become more highly specialized and technical. Strong emphasis is now being placed on courses in rural engineering, rural economics, and sociology. Special attention is being paid to better organization of the curriculum, the adoption of a group system of electives, provisions to meet the needs of individual students according to their interests and capabilities, promotion of better teaching, and recognition of the importance of...
Page 93 - ... offices in Federal and State departments of agriculture or other public services. There are now many lines of business in which such graduates are employed. Social workers and even missionaries are being trained in our agricultural colleges. More than a hundred occupations are open to graduates of these colleges. The agricultural colleges, through their research, teaching, and extension work, have attained a broad leadership in agricultural progress, and their influence is increasingly felt in...
Page 111 - ... while the joint-stock companies' premiums exceeded $19OOO.OOO.19 The year 1919 proved to be the peak, however, in hail underwriting, the years since then having been considerably smaller. Thus from comparative statistics compiled by a leading insurance journal,21 premiums collected in 1923 by all joint-stock companies, leading hail mutuals, and state hail insurance funds, amounted to slightly less than two-thirds that of 1919. This decline has been due in large measure to the smaller income of...
Page 237 - ... days of shipment and thereafter counting this as the basic quantity during the remaining months. No. 4. In case of tenants changing from one farm to another or farm owners selling out and repurchasing a farm elsewhere and who by this procedure change buyers of their milk, it is definitely understood that the basic quantity established goes with the cows.
Page 46 - The agriculture which produced this abundance of farm produce was the hasty pellmell outpouring of native land grabbers and foreign immigrants upon an extraordinary stretch of virgin land, not a seasoned economic development upon lines of careful planning with due regard to costs, prices and return to labor and investment.