Research Methods on Farm Use of Tractors / N. Jasny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jasny, N., author.

Series:

Columbia University Studies in the History of American Agriculture ; 5

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1938]

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

EDITORS' FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

TABLES

CHARTS

INTRODUCTION

RESEARCH METHODS ON FARM USE OF TRACTORS

I. Types of Tractors

II. Size of Tractors

III. Grouping of Farms according to the Type of Power

IV. Methods of Computing the Cost of Operating Tractors

V. The Procedures Followed in Power Investigations

VI. The Basis for Comparisons of the Costs of Farm Power

VII. Adjustments of the Cost of Power

VIII. The Effect of Farm Size on the Cost of Power

IX. Selecting the Area

X. Summary

APPENDICES

I. Rated and Adjusted Horsepower of Tractors

II. The Recommended Method of Computing the Rate for Depreciation of Tractors, with Comparisons

III. Some Details of the Application of the Recommended Method of Computing the Charge to Depreciation

IV. Derivation of Depreciation Formulae

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88966-6

OCLC:

1100430190