The Analysis of the Components of Change in Number of Farmers in the North Central States, 1910-1959

Authors

Jackie L. Hervey, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Document Type

Thesis

Date of this Version

1962

Citation

Thesis (M.S.)—University of Nebraska—Lincoln, 1962. Department of Agricultural Economics.

Comments

Copyright 1962, the author. Used by permission.

Abstract

The primary concern of this study was the consideration of the components which determine the changes in the number of farmers and the effects that these components have had upon the changes in the number of farmers in the twelve North Central States and Kentucky. The components considered were the age-specific rates of withdrawal, and the aggregate rates of withdrawal and entry. The study employed a form of cohort analysis using data obtained from the Agricultural Census for the 50-year period, 1910-1959.

Advisor: Don Kanel