Cotton Farming in the Southern Piedmont, 1930-51: Organization, Costs, and Returns

W. Herbert Brown

No 308700, Agricultural Information Bulletins from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: This study of commercial family-operated cotton farms in the southern Piedmont area, which runs through parts of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, was undertaken to find out how costs and returns have varied during the years in response to changes in economic conditions, technology, and weather. Variations in farm income are related to changes in other factors such as demand, prices, size of farm, organization of enterprises, mechanization, and labor used. As individual farms are affected differently by these factors, results are presented for a specific type and size of farm. Because price relationships and technology change continuously no one year can be taken as typical or normal.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 68
Date: 1952-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.308700

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