@article{Agricultural:339164,
      recid = {339164},
      author = {Bureau of Agricultural Economics},
      title = {The Pattern of Agricultural Thought in 1912},
      address = {1937-03},
      number = {1485-2024-047},
      pages = {250},
      year = {1937},
      note = {Compiled [in the] Library [of the] Bureau of Agricultural  Economics -- References selected from the farm press,  publications of the United States Department of Agriculture  and farm organizations, Proceedings of the Association of  American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations and  a few books relating to that period.},
      abstract = {Excerpts:  In 1912 the need for improved marketing  facilities and practices and for greater attention to the  business side of farming was widely recognized.  It is  significant that the first book on farm management was in  preparation by Dr. G. F. Warren and was published early in  1913 and that Dr. W. J. Spillman was engaged in writing on  the subject and pleading for the recognition of it as an  important part of the curriculum in agricultural colleges.   Other subjects being discussed were cooperation among  farmers especially in the field of marketing, education  including the need for extension teaching and  demonstration, and cost of living in relation to prices of  farm products.  Some other topics were equality for  agriculture, granaries and warehouses, insurance, the  danger of over production, the reduction of cotton acreage,  and the special marketing problems of the major  agricultural commodities such as grain, cotton, beef, wool,  tobacco, etc.  There was widespread expression of the need  for improved credit facilities for agriculture, which led  to the creation of the American Commission to Investigate  and Study Agricultural Credit and Cooperation which was  sent to Europe in the spring of 1913.  The problem of  conservation of natural resources including the  conservation of the fertility of soil by various means was  much discussed also.  The evils of tenancy were recognized  and discussed, and there was a growing recognition of the  fact that an improved quality of country life was  essential.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/339164},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.339164},
}