Kirjahaku

American agriculture has undergone dramatic transformations in the four decades that have passed since the end of World War II. The most obvious is the decline in the number of people living and working on farms. Wisconsin generally reflects many of these national trends. In 1945 the agricultural census reported 177,745 farms in Wisconsin. By 198

This book looks at the technical developments that have facilitated the decline in farm population. It attempts to look behind these more apparent changes and the assumption that these transformations are merely 'adjustments' to the various markets that intersect in the agricultural sector.