Masters Theses
Date of Award
11-1963
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science
Major
Agricultural Economics
Major Professor
Cecil E. Fuller
Committee Members
Stanton P. Parry, A. J. Garbarino, Lewis Copeland
Abstract
The objectives of this thesis were:
1. To describe the movements of feed grains in Tennessee, 1959 and 1960.
2. To determine the cost of transporting corn into Tennessee from external supply centers, by method of carriage.
3. To relate these costs to the spatial arrangements of points of external origin and internal destination.
4. Construction of a least cost transportation model for corn, using price and transportation cost differentials.
Recommended Citation
Robertson, Joe Kenneth, "A transportation acquisition model for corn. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1963.
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