Economics of Crop Production on the Elephant Butte Irrigation Project, Extension Circular 97

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

1928-09

Decade

1920s

Author

Hauter, L. H.

Subject (LCSH)

Rio Grande Project (U.S.)

Agriculture--Economic aspects--New Mexico--Mesilla Valley

Agriculture--Economic aspects--Texas, West

Agricultural productivity--New Mexico--Mesilla Valley

Agricultural productivity--Texas, West

Subject (NALT)

crop production

Rio Grande River

New Mexico Texas

Table of contents

Introduction

History and present status of agriculture on project

Development of project

Changes in crop production

Changes in livestock production

Production requirements and costs of six leading crops

The principle cost items

Nature of cost items

Analysis of costs

Relative importance of different cost items

Variation in costs

Labor requirements

Importance of well distributed labor requirements

Labor distribution for crops studied

Labor requirements for cotton

Labor requirements for alfalfa

Labor requirements for corn

Labor requirements for cabbage

Labor requirements for cantaloupes

Labor requirements for tomatoes

Market and price status of field crops

Making plans on basis of price outlook

Market and price outlook for cotton

Market and price outlook for alfalfa

Market and price status of corn and other grain crops

Net returns and their use in selecting crop enterprises

selecting and proportioning the crop enterprises for a given farm

Net returns with average costs and prices

Net returns with varying yields and prices

Relative profitableness of different crops

Appendix

Costs and net returns adjusted to different yields and prices

Extent

48 pages

Notes

Circular containing background information on the Elephant Butte Irrigation Project, and information on the various aspects of crop production on the project, including crop selection, production and labor requirements, and market outlooks Foreward states, "This is one of five circulars being issued as a direct outgrowth of the Economic Conference held at State College, New Mexico, February 15 and 16 and at El Paso, Texas, February 18 and 19, 1927"

Original publisher

United States Department of Agriculture

New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

Cooperative Extension Service

Place of publication

State College (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Bramlett, Suzanne

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000097.pdf