Browsing by Author "Day, L. M."

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    Effect of Herd Size on Dairy Chore Labor
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1959) Day, L. M.; Aune, H. J.; Pond, G. A.
    RECENT YEARS have witnessed the introduction of a flood of new techniques in farming. Technological developments include mechanization and the increased use of mechanical power in both crop and livestock production. They also include revolutionary changes in breeding, feeding, disease control, and other contributions of the biological sciences. A striking effect of these new techniques has been to increase the productivity of human labor and thereby the size of unit a farmer can handle. With this has come increased size of farm units and greater specialization within the farm business. Farmers are concentrating on fewer enterprises in order to distribute the cost of expensive equipment involved in these new techniques over more units of business. This concentration on fewer crops or fewer classes of livestock enables farmers to keep up more effectively with the new techniques that are en.tering the picture.
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    Income- Improving Farm Adjustments in Southeastern Minnesota
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1963) Sundquist, W. B.; Day, L. M.; Jensen, H. R.
    MANY MINNESOTA FARMERS face problems of farm organization because of increasing production costs, changing farm technology, changing market structures, and relatively low prices for farm products. They are involved in one of the biggest adjustments ever witnessed in our agricultural economy.
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    Profitable Adjustments in Farming in Central Minnesota
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962) Sundquist, W. B.; Day, L. M.; Jensen, H. R.
    MANY MINNESOTA FARMERS CURRENTLY FACE problems of low income due to increasing costs, changing farm technology, changing market structures, and relatively low prices for farm products. As a result, they are involved in one of the biggest adjustments ever witnessed in our agricultural economy.
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    Profitable Adjustments in Farming in East Central Minnesota
    (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1962) Day, L. M.; Sundquist, W. B.; Jensen, H. R.
    MANY MINNESOTA FARMERS CURRENTLY FACE problems of low income due to increasing costs, changing farm technology, changing market structures, and relatively low prices for farm products. As a result, they are involved in one of the biggest adjustments ever witnessed in our agricultural economy.