Minimum land requirements for a 5,000 dollar farm income in the Brown Soil Area of West Tennessee

Author

Ronald Coons Atkinson

Date of Award

8-1966

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Agricultural Economics

Major Professor

Luther Keller

Committee Members

M.B. Badenhop, B.D. Raskopf

Abstract

​​The objectives of this study were:

1. To determine the minimum land requirements for a $5,000 return to operator's labor and management under alternative cotton price allotment combinations in the Brown Soil Area of West Tennessee.

2. To determine the effect of changes in land and labor prices on minimum land requirements.

3. To determine the amounts of other resources needed in the optimum arrangements.

Recommended Citation

Atkinson, Ronald Coons, "Minimum land requirements for a 5,000 dollar farm income in the Brown Soil Area of West Tennessee. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1966.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/8650