Land Use Problems in Southwestern North Dakota: A Report on Present Conditions in Nine Sample Areas and an Estimate of the Adjustments Required to Correct the Present Misuse of the Natural Agricultural Resources

Stanley Wilner

No 404907, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Table of Contents: List of Figures --- List of Tables --- Acknowledgements – Introduction (Reason for Study) --- Purpose of Study --- Procedure (Selection of Representative Sample Areas – Field Surveys to Obtain Necessary Physical, Economic, and Social Data) --- Location of the Area --- Description of the Area (Topography – Soils – Climate – Native Vegetation) --- History of the Area --- Character and Source of the Population --- Present Status of the Area (Distribution of Acreage in Crops – Livestock Numbers – Present Size of Farms – Effect of Size of Farm on Organization – Effect of Size of Farm on Income – Effect of Size of Farm on Living Conditions – Relationship of Population to the Land – Land Ownership – Tax Delinquency) --- Classification of the Land (Method of Procedure – Reasons for Classifying Certain Soils as Unfit for Cultivation – Relationship of Present Use to Use-Suitability – Relationship of Size of Farm to Misuse of Land) --- Estimated Needed Adjustments in Present Number of Farms (Minimum Size and Type of Units Suited to Area – Present Units Classified on Basis of Acreage and Type of Land Needed to Meet Minimum Size Requirements – Relationship Between Sufficiency of Present Farm Acreage and Change in Net Worth – Methods Used in Arriving at the Number of Farms That May Remain in Area) --- Summary and Conclusions.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 234
Date: 1937-06
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.404907

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