Chapter III. Diminishing Physical Returns in the Sources of Power for Agricultural Operations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 5
3. Table of Contents 7
4. Chapter I. The Problem of Diminishing Returns in Agriculture 9
5. Chapter II. The Tests of Diminishing Returns 15
6. Chapter III. Diminishing Physical Returns in the Sources of Power for Agricultural Operations 24
7. Chapter IV. Diminishing Physical Returns in the Application of Fertilizers, Seed and Cultivation to the Soil 32
8. Chapter V. Diminishing Physical Returns in Food Transformation by Farm Animals 50
9. Chapter VI. Anticlinal Profits in Agricultural Enterprise 56
10. Chapter VII. The Problem of Secular Diminishing Returns in Agricultural Development 67
11. Chapter VIII. Summary and Conclusions 92
12. Bibliography 96
13. Index 99