Excerpt from Agricultural Economics Research, Vol. 11: A Journal of Economic and Statistical Research in the United States Department of Agriculture and Cooperating Agencies; January 1959 Many empirical methods that utilize variations of accumulated heat units were sampled. The most satisfactory methods - the ones described here - use a reversal of this procedure, whereby a base number of days to maturity is established, to which noncreditable days are added. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Agricultural Economics Research, Vol. 11: April-July, 1959 A Special adjustment is required in the case of food and tobacco expenditures. The Food Consumption Survey provided the detail on farm food purchases, by individual items, for one week in the spring of 1955. This, plus expenditures for tobacco, was the basis for the entries in the first three columns of the table. 'for food items, they represent 52 times the value of a week's con sumption of purchased food. This is based on food purchases in the spring of the year, a season when some home-produced food is available for use. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Agricultural Economics Research, Vol. 11: October 1959 Although the composite results of the drawn sample method were not discouraging, the totals for some of the individual products in the five States indicated larger errors than were expected, and larger errors than are desirable in handling an Operating program. The results of the mailed survey without followup, although they Often prove to be satisfactory, can result in substantial errors, even when the universe is relatively large. Because Of this drawback, the mailed survey with out followup would probably not be satisfactory, even though some economies Of operation could be realized. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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