M EASUREMENT of productivity, or of output per unit of input, has generally been limited to
the input factor of labor. Failure to make similar calculations for other factors has left …

In the social sciences, measurement of fact is both complex and elusive. The phenomenon
of productivity in association with the process of agricultural production is dynamic and …

… The Corn Belt and the Great Plains are highly mechanized. Farms are generally less
mechanized in the South than elsewhere. The next generation of farm people can expect some …

Except for interruptions during the drought and depression period of the 1930's, the volume
of farm output for human use has trended consistently upward in the United States since …

This report is the first of a series based on exploratory studies, regional in nature, analyzing
the farm surplus situation and the corollary adjustment problems of agriculture. Wheat and …

… The future holds great promise for further gains in farm technology and labor productivity.
Analyses of past trends in productivity of farm labor can point out some of the crop and …

… The relative stability of aggregate inputs resulted because the drop in labor inputs was great
enough to counterbalance the large increase in nonfarm inputs. These, and other results of …

Marked increases in the volume of farm production have occurred in the war years. Most of
the technological basis for this wartime expansion was built up in prewar years, and …

The chief purpose of this report, here summarized, is to describe and analyze the size of the
production job ahead for our farmers. The estimates of future production needs used in the …

… (a) The shift from animal power to mechanical power on farms in the United States has been
a very great factor in the rise in farm output over the last generation. However, except in the …