An Economic Survey of Family Farms on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1953

Contents: Introduction -- Scope and method of study -- Description of Families Surveyed: Age distribution and size of families; Occupational experience of operators; Attitudes towards farming -- Description and Economic Analysis of Farms: Tenure of operators and size of farms; General land use and farm enterprises; Farm investment and debt load; Sources of income; Farm operating expenses; Noncash income and costs; Total family earnings; Operator's returns to labor and management -- Comparison of farms incomes with earnings in other occupations: Examination of Major Enterprises: Sugarcane; Beef cattle -- Some Alternative Farm Plans: Incomes with average yields and 1953 prices; Incomes with variable yields and prices -- General interest in farm ownership and qualifications of applicants -- Appendix