An economic evaluation of soil conservation systems in the Lick Creek watershed

Author

Marvis Doyle Cunningham

Date of Award

6-1959

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Agricultural Economics

Major Professor

H. A. Henderson

Committee Members

Frank F. Bell, R. G. Spitze

Abstract

For the purpose of this study conservation may be defined as maintaining soil productivity over time.

The specific objectives of this study are:

1. To determine costs and returns of cropping systems at different levels of conservation.

2. To determine the additional resources necessary to develop conservation systems of farming.

3. To determine the effects of conservation systems upon different combinations of enterprises to see which are most profitable.

Recommended Citation

Cunningham, Marvis Doyle, "An economic evaluation of soil conservation systems in the Lick Creek watershed. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1959.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/8836