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Item The Economic Importance of Egg Quality(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1952-04) Taylor, Frederick R.; Jesness, O. B.MANY of us wonder why there is so much difference between the egg prices paid to farmers in the Midwest and those paid by consum«;!rs in distant markets. A rather common conclusion is that the wide margin means that the handlers in between are· making handsome profits and that the remedy lies in reducing such gains.Item The farmer's interest in exports(University of Minnesota. College of Agriculture. Extension Division, 1933-09) Jesness, O. B.Item Loans of Production Credit Associations to Minnesota Farmers(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1951) Berg, Sherwood O.; Koller, E. Fred; Jesness, O. B.THE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL required to operate a farm has increased greatly in the last half century. This has been especially true in recent years with rapid and far-reaching changes in technology and mechanization. Farmers today have large investments in power-driven machinery, improved livestock, and other equipment. Seeds, feeds, sprays, and fertilizers require additional operating capital. While these improvements increase returns, the outlays they involve often have to be made long before returns are realized.Item Minnesota Dairy Cooperatives(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1953-06) Manning, T. W.; Koller, E. Fred; Jesness, O. B.DAIRY cooperative managers, directors, and members are faced with problems of organization, finance, and operation. While significant progress has been made in dealing with these problems, there still can be improvement. In this analysis of some of the special problems encountered by dairy cooperatives, special attention is given to factors affecting operational and financial success or failure.Item Statistics of Farmers' Cooperatives In Minnesota, 1950(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1952-06) Koller, E. Fred; Manning, T. W.; Jesness, O. B.FARMERS’ COOPERATIVES in Minnesota have made out standing progress during the past half century. Today these organizations provide a large proportion of the business services needed by farmers of the state. With the aid of their cooperatives farmers have worked out for themselves many of the problems incident to the marketing of their farm products, purchasing of farm supplies, and providing other essential business services.Item War and the farmer(University of Minnesota. College of Agriculture. Extension Division, 1940-12) Jesness, O. B.Item Zoning Minnesota lands (reprinted February 1937)(University of Minnesota. College of Agriculture. Extension Division, 1937-02) Jesness, O. B.; Nowell, R. I.