ISSN:1052-5378

Compiled By:
Mary V. Gold
Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, Information Centers Branch
National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2351

National Agricultural Library Cataloging Record:

Gold, Mary V.

Part-time farming, small farms, and small-scale farming in the United States.

(Quick bibliography series ; 97-03)

Part-time farming--United States--Bibliography. 2. Farms, Small--United States-- Bibliography. 3. Agriculture--United States--Bibliography. I. Title
aZ5071.N3 no.97-03

Part-time Farming, Small Farms, and Small-scale Farming in the United States

1.
NAL Call No.: S1.W6
The 1990s defense build-down in California and the United States.
Hoffmann, S. A. Work-pap-ser-Univ-Calif-Berkeley,-Dep-Agric- Resour-Econ. Berkeley: California Agricultural Experiment Station Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. v.712: 38p. (1994 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: industry; off-farm-employment; government- organizations; public-expenditure; economic-impact; california; usa; u.s.-department-of-defense

2.
NAL Call No.: Film-1606
An action plan of assistance for the small farmers of New Mexico.
(New Mexico USDA State Rural Development Committee. 14p. [S.l. : s.n.], 1979)
Cover title.
Monograph; Microfilm.
Descriptors: agricultural-administration-new-mexico

3.
NAL Call No.: ViBlbV LD5655.V855-1992.L362
Agents of fundamental policy change?: political strategies of the environmental, sustainable agriculture, and family farm groups in the 1990 farm bill.
Lang, H. ill., vii, 223 leaves. (1992)
Vita; Thesis (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992.
Bibliography: leaves 204-223.
Descriptors: united-states-food,-agriculture,- conservation,-and-trade-act-of-1990; agriculture-and-state- united-states-political-aspects; sustainable-agriculture-united- states-political-aspects; family-farms-united-states-political- aspects; agricultural-conservation-united-states- political- aspects

4.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.A65A472
Agrarian advocate: a bimonthly publication of the Community Alliance with Family Farmers.
Community Alliance with Family Farmers. (The Alliance, Davis, CA, [1993- ])
Title from caption.
Descriptors: alternative-agriculture-california- periodicals; alternative-agriculture-periodicals

5.
NAL Call No.: 30.98-Ag8
Agrarian ideology and agricultural policy: California grangers and the post-World War II farm policy debate.
Bradley, K. J. Agric-hist. v. 69(2): p.240-256. (1995 Spring)
In the special issue: Agribusiness and international agriculture: the new farmers.
Descriptors: agrarian-reform; agricultural-policy; ideology; small-farms; agribusiness; farming-history; politics; california; usa

6.
NAL Call No.: S451.I8Y63-1990
Amish agriculture in Iowa: indigenous knowledge for sustainable small-farm systems.
Yoder, R. L.; Iowa State University. Technology and Social Change Program. iv, 69p. (Technology and Social Change Program, Iowa State University, in collaboration with the Leiden Ethnosystems and Development Programme, Institute of Cultural and Social Studies, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands, Ames, Iowa, 1990)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-68).
Descriptors: farmers-iowa; amish-iowa; agriculture- iowa; sustainable-agriculture-iowa; farms,-small-iowa

7.
NAL Call No.: HD1750.W4
An analysis of economic efficiency in agriculture: a nonparametric approach.
Chavas, J. P.; Aliber, M. J-Agric-Resour-Econ. v.18(1): p.1-16. (1993 July)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-production; efficiency; indexes; economies-of-scale; small-farms; farm-size; farm- enterprises; linear-programming; finance; wisconsin; economies- of-scope; technical-efficiency; allocative-efficiency; scale- efficiency; scope-efficiency; diseconomies-of-scale; financial- structure

8.
NAL Call No.: SF85.A1R32
Are small-acreage livestock producers real ranchers.
Rowan, R. C. Rangelands. v.16(4): p.161-166. (1994 Aug.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: ranching; small-farms; farm-surveys; farm- size; objectives; beef-cattle; retired-people; retirement-income; range-management; texas

9.
NAL Call No.: 275.29-F22
Attitudes of small farmers as 1995 farm bill stakeholders.
Lockett, B. L. Increasing-underst-public-probl-policies. p.54-60. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: small-farms; farmers'-attitudes; agricultural-policy; legislation; university-research; farm- surveys; usa; land-grant-universities

10.
NAL Call No.: S501.2.P48-1993
A basic guide to homestead farming. Homestead farming.
Phillips, H. H. G. ill., 185p. (Oak Hart Pub., [United States], 1993)
Descriptors: agriculture-handbooks,-manuals,-etc; agriculture-united-states-handbooks,-manuals,-etc; farms,-small- handbooks,-manuals,-etc; farms,-small-united-states-handbooks,- manuals,-etc

11.
NAL Call No.: 56.8-J822
The Battisti family dairy farm: a profile.
Welsh, R. J-soil-water-conserv. v.51(1): p.34-37. (1996 Jan.-1996 Feb.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: dairy-farming; family-farms; farming- systems; sustainability; farmers'-attitudes; objectives; farm- management; case-studies; new-york

12.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62N2--1994
Beginning Farmer Sustainable Agriculture Project: interim report (February 94)
Center for Rural Affairs. ill., 12p. (Center for Rural Affairs, Hartington, NE , 1994)
Cover title. A cooperative project between farm families, Center for Rural Affairs, Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society, [and] University of Nebraska.
Descriptors: family-farms-nebraska; sustainable- agriculture-nebraska

13.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
Berta White: a lifelong dedication to agriculture.
King, J. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.51-52 (1990)
In the series analytic: Americans in agriculture: portraits of diversity / edited by D. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: vegetables; fruit-crops; crop-enterprises; family-farms; arkansas

14.
NAL Call No.: Videocassette--no.2235
Beyond the sale.
Hughes, R. & University of Illinois (Urbana Champaign campus). Cooperative Extension Service. [198?]).
1 videocassette (ca. 40 min.).
Descriptors: Grossman,-David; family-farms-illinois; farmers-united-states,-economic-conditions
Abstract: Story of the David Grossman family upon the loss of their farm in Amboy, Illinois.

15.
NAL Call No.: aZ5075.U6I54--1977
Bibliography of research relating to small farms, 1970 to 1977.
Ingerson, A. iv, 47 leaves. (National Economic Analysis Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, [Washington, D.C.?], [1977?])
"September 1977."
Descriptors: farms,-small-united-states-bibliography

16.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Boer goats create new opportunities.
Jones, J. R. Small-Farm-Today. v.10(3): p.49. (1993 June)
Descriptors: boer; goats; production-possibilities; family-farms; north-america

17.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62C26-1990
California small farm profile.
Christensen, C.; Humphrey, S. ill., 1 v.(unpaged) (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA., [1990?])
Caption title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-california-statistics

18.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
Carroll and Evelyn Kepler: Dairy farming where the glaciers parted.
Saupe, W. E. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.36-38 (1990)
In the series analytic: Americans in agriculture: portraits of diversity / edited by D. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: dairy-farming; family-farms; wisconsin

19.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84Ab-no.671
The changing concentration of U.S. agricultural production during the 20th century: 14th annual report to the Congress on the status of the family farm.
Peterson, R. N.; Brooks, N. L.; United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. col. ill., col. maps, vii, 14p. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, DC, [1993])
Cover title.
Descriptors: farms,-size-of-united-states; agricultural-productivity-united-states-regional-disparities; agriculture-economic-aspects-united-states

20.
NAL Call No.: 281.28-R88
The changing occupational structure of Amish males.
Kreps, G. M.; Donnermeyer, J. F.; Kreps, M. W. Rural- sociol. v.59(4): p.708-719. (1994 Winter)
Includes references.
Descriptors: men; occupations; structural-change; religion; population-change; off-farm-employment; farming; ohio; wayne-county,-ohio; holmes-county,-ohio
Abstract: As a subculture, the Amish sustain a distinctive way of life while maintaining linkages with the larger society. Historically, this has been accomplished within the economic sphere through restriction of livelihood to farming and at-home occupations. This article documents the growing differentiation of the occupational structure of the Amish and their movement to nonfarm occupations. Occupational changes are discussed in terms of their impacts on Amish society.

21.
NAL Call No.: HD1751.C45
Changing times: a farmer's perspective.
Erwin, W. Choices. v.10(4): p.36-37. (1995)
Descriptors: farmers'-attitudes; family-farms; biotechnology; agricultural-development; usa

22.
NAL Call No.: 284.8-F31K
The changing U.S. pork industry: a dilemma for public policy.
Barkema, A.; Cook, M. L. Econ-Rev. v.78(2): p.49-65. (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: pigmeat; meat-and-livestock-industry; structural-change; large-farms; agricultural-policy; small-farms; economic-impact; costs; usa

23.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
Cliff and Debbie Van Till: A California family finds out what "organic" really means.
Stumbos, J. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.28-30 (1990)
In the series analytic: Americans in agriculture: portraits of diversity / edited by D. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: organic-farming; sustainability; family- farms; california

24.
NAL Call No.: aHD1751.A42
A close-up of changes in farm organization.
Hoppe, R. A. Agric-outlook. (227): p.2-4. (1996 Mar.)
Descriptors: family-farms; agricultural-production; marketing; companies; usa; nonfamily-farms

25.
NAL Call No.: 100-C12Cag
Coalition promotes sustainable practices.
Campbell, D. Calif-agric. v.49(1): p.15. (1995 Jan.-1995 Feb.)
Descriptors: sustainability; rural-communities; small- farms; farm-workers; california

26.
NAL Call No.: S544.3.O5O5
Common poultry diseases in small farm flocks in Oklahoma.
Vanhooser, S. L. OSU-ext-facts. Stillwater, Olka.: Cooperative Extension Service, Division of Agriculture, Oklahoma State University. #F- 8300: 2p. (1994 Apr.)
Descriptors: poultry; poultry-diseases; farms; bacterial-diseases; viral-diseases; bacteria; viruses; symptoms; infection; diagnosis; treatment; antibiotics; antibacterial- agents; disease-prevention; vaccination; disease-control

27.
NAL Call No.: 281.8-C16
A comparison of structural change in Canadian and U.S. grain farming.
Hoffman, L.; Ash, M.; Tung, F. L.; Dyck, J. Can-j-agric- econ. p.145-163. (1995)
In the special issue: Farms, farm families, and farming communities / edited by D.H. Harrington, L. Whitener, R.D. Bollman, D. Freshwater, and D. Ehrensaft.
Descriptors: grain-crops; crop-enterprises; agricultural-sector; structural-change; international- comparisons; farm-income; off-farm-employment; canada; usa; off- farm-income

28.
NAL Call No.: 275.28-J82
Computer awareness among limited-resource farmers: Alabama study shows need for computer education.
Findlay, H. J.; Zabawa, R.; Morris, C. E.; Oben, M. J-ext. Madison, Wis.: Extension Journal. v.31: p.22-23 (1993 Spring)
Includes references.
Descriptors: computers; farmers; knowledge-level; surveys; information-services; alabama

29.
NAL Call No.: 100-Al1H
Correcting soil compaction in the garden.
Mitchell, C.; Elkins, C. Highlights-agr-res. v.42(2): p.22-24. (1995 Summer)
Descriptors: zea-mays; vigna-unguiculata; abelmoschus- esculentus; domestic-gardens; small-farms; soil-compaction; pans; tillage; tillers; tine- cultivators; crop-yield; alabama

30.
NAL Call No.: NA8208.I8M342--1992
Daniel Lehman farm. Historical documentation, Daniel Lehman farm, Bremer County, Iowa.
McWilliams, C. W.; Fraser, C.; Iowa. Dept. of Transportation. ill., photos, map, 50 leaves. (FRASERdesign, Loveland, CO, [1992])
"January 1992."
Descriptors: vernacular-architecture-iowa-bremer- county; farms-iowa-bremer-county-history; family-farms-bremer- county-history

31.
NAL Call No.: 275.29-M36Fa
Decisionmaking principles for part-time farmers.
Barao, S. M.; Hughes, J. P. Fact-sheet-Coop-Ext-Serv. College Park: The Service. #651: 8p. (1993)
Descriptors: part-time-farming; decision-making; economic-resources; human-resources; farmland; water-resources; market-planning; livestock- enterprises; crop-enterprises; production-costs; record-keeping; income-tax; agricultural- insurance; northeastern-states-of-usa

32.
NAL Call No.: 44.8-J822
A demonstration project of interdisciplinary dairy herd extension advising funded by industry and users. 1. Implementation and evaluation.
Peters, R. R.; Cassel, E. K.; Varner, M. A.; Eickelberger, R. C.; Vough, L. R.; Manspeaker, J. E.; Stewart, L. E.; Wysong, J. W. J-dairy-sci. v.77(8): p.2438-2449. (1994 Aug.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: dairy-farming; extension; dairy-herds; profitability; dairy-cooperatives; program-participants; milk- yield; decision-making; innovation- adoption; family-farms; maryland
Abstract: An interdisciplinary team of extension workers conducted a 2-yr demonstration project using 30 herds with the objectives of increasing production efficiency and profitability and gaining experience in integrated problem solving. After 1 yr, 88% of the participants thought that the monthly fee paid to extension was a profitable investment. At the end of the project, 70% of the participants thought that increases in milk yield per cow were due to a combination of improvements in two to four management areas rather than to changes in any single management discipline. Additional labor was necessary to implement recommendations. Two issues were key in successfully convincing dairy operators and families to accept management recommendations: 1) a coordinated team effort aimed at integrated problem solving, followed by written recommendations and regular dialogue with the producer, and 2) possession of effective social decision-making skill by the participant family. Most farms in the project depended primarily on family labor and social decision making to implement management changes. Only those families that could jointly agree to implement a new management decision fully benefited from professional advice. A demonstration project of interdisciplinary dairy advising was an effective method to gain problem-solving expertise and to build credibility for extension services.

33.
NAL Call No.: TD420.A1P7
Development of an on-site moderate and limited small farm wastewater treatment plant.
Yang, P. Y.; Chen, H.; Kongricharoern, N.; Polprasert, C. Water-Sci-Technol-J-Int-Assoc-Water-Pollut-Res-Control. v.27(1): p.115-121. (1993)
In the series analytic: Appropriate waste management technologies / edited by G. Ho and K. Mathew. Proceedings of the International Conference, held November 27-28, 1991, Perth, Australia.
Descriptors: waste-water-treatment; small-farms; bioreactors; pig-slurry; hawaii; on-farm-treatment

34.
NAL Call No.: HD1401.A47
Differential human capital and structural evolution in agriculture.
Rodgers, J. L. Agric-econ. v.11(1): p.1-17. (1994 Sept.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: human-resources; poverty; farm-numbers; family-farms; rural-urban-migration; mathematical-models; usa; farm-to-non-farm-migration
Abstract: The growth of market capitalism and the technological advances of the last two centuries underlie the relentless process of structural change in agriculture. Substantial occupational migration out of farming and geographical migration from rural to urban areas is a characteristic of most, if not all, economies in the 20th century. The process of rural-urban migration, and the resulting urban problems have received considerable attention. The fate of the residual farm population has received less scrutiny and is less well understood. In the United States we observe considerable farm poverty, increasing farm-size inequality, and a disturbing decay of rural communities. For the last half century, the problem of low farm incomes has been perceived as a farm problem amenable to solution by appropriate farm policy. In this paper, a model is proposed which suggests that farm poverty and inequality are inevitable consequences of a rural-urban migration process in which two types of human capital play a fundamental role. General human capital determines a person's expected nonfarm income, while farming-specific human capital determines his/her productivity in farming. It is argued that inadequate human capital combined with positive rural-urban migration cost, positive farm technology adoption costs, and inelastic demand for farm output, can explain persistently high levels of farm poverty, and increasing farm size inequality. The model suggests that traditional farm policies are inappropriate. Programs that directly address the problems of inadequate human capital are advocated.

35.
NAL Call No.: HT401.S72
Education, off-farm employment and rural economic development: perspectives from states in the Southeast.
Debertin, D. L. ed. S-R-D-C-Ser-South-Rural-Dev-Cent. Mississippi State, Miss.: The Center. no.165: 47p. (1993 Jan.)
Proceedings of a Rural Development Symposium at the 1992 meetings of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association, February 1992, Lexington, Kentucky.
Descriptors: rural-development; education; economic- development; off-farm-employment; south-eastern-states-of-usa

36.
NAL Call No.: S530.A4
Educational priorities of small farmers in West Tennessee.
Ford, C. L. J-agric-educ. v.36(1): p.31-37. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farmers; small-farms; extension-agents; educational-programs; crop-production; marketing; soil- conservation; pesticides; surveys; tennessee

37.
NAL Call No.: 292.8-W295
Effects of irrigation water supply variations on limited resource farming in Conejos County, Colorado.
Eckert, J. B.; Wang, E. Water-Resour-Res. v.29(2): p.229-235. (1993 Feb.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: irrigation-water; water-availability; mixed-farming; crop-enterprises; livestock-enterprises; decision- making; linear-programming; mathematical-models; colorado; multiple-enterprise-farming
Abstract: Farms in NE Conejos County, Colorado, are characterized by limited resources, uncertain surface flow irrigation systems, and mixed crop- livestock enterprise combinations which are dependent on public grazing resources. To model decision making on these farms, a linear program is developed stressing enterprise choices under conditions of multiple resource constraints. Differential access to grazing resources and irrigation water is emphasized in this research. Regarding the water resource, the model reflects farms situated alternatively on high-, medium-, and low-priority irrigation ditches within the Alamosa-La Jara river system, each with and without supplemental pumping. Differences are found in optimum enterprise mixes, net returns, choice of cropping technology, level of marketings, and other characteristics in response to variations in the availability of irrigation water. Implications are presented for alternative improvement strategies.

38.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Elk: a growing market.
Williams, L. Small-farm-today. v.13(4): p.29-30. (1996 Aug.)
Descriptors: cervus-elaphus-canadensis; farming; velvet; small-farms; animal-husbandry; pennsylvania

39.
NAL Call No.: HD101.S6
An empirical analysis of Louisiana small farmers' involvement in the Conservation Reserve Program.
McLean Meyinsse, P. E. J-agric-appl-econ. v.26(2): p.379-385. (1994 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: land-diversion; federal-programs; program- participants; small-farms; farm-income; returns; tenants; probabilistic-models; willingness-to-participate; franklin- parish,-louisiana; richland-parish,-louisiana; west-carroll,- louisiana
Abstract: The study examines Louisiana small farmers' reasons for not participating in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), their awareness of the program, and their willingness to participate in the program. The results suggest that: farmers do not participate in the CRP if revenues from cropland are an important source of income, or if they are tenants; awareness is significantly related to education, income, race, and average return per acre; willingness is positively influenced by payment per acre, age, and farm status. Participation depends on whether payments per acre are comparable to the opportunity costs of removing cropland from production.

40.
NAL Call No.: HD101.S6
Employment history and off-farm employment of farm operators.
Stallmann, J. I.; Nelson, J. H. J-agric-appl-econ. v.27(2): p.75-487. (1995 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farmers; workers; farm-families; off-farm- employment; part-time-employment; probability; probabilistic- models; labor-allocation; virginia
Abstract: Employment history affects subsequent choices. Based on their original job choice, operators are divided into farmers and workers. Equations are estimated to determine their probabilities of working off-the-farm. Education increases the probability that workers work off the- farm, whereas vocational training increases farmers' probability. The probability of working off-the-farm decreases as unearned income increases, and its impact on workers is larger than on farmers. An employed spouse increases the probability that farmers work off-the-farm, but has the opposite impact for workers. Employment density increases the probability that workers will work off-the-farm.

41.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Emus in America.
Bedwell, J. E. Small-farm-today. v.13(5): p.22-24. (1996 Oct.-1996 Nov.)
Descriptors: emus; livestock-enterprises; small-farms; animal-husbandry; usa

42.
NAL Call No.: FU TJ163.5. A37H661- 1989
Energy conservation and the small farmer.
Hood, C. F. ill., 1 v.(various pagings) (Energy Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, [Gainesville, Fla.?], [1989])
"April 1, 1989."
Descriptors: agriculture-florida-energy-conservation; agriculture-and-energy-florida; irrigation-water-florida

43.
NAL Call No.: S417.M366A3--1995
Epitaph for a peach: four seasons on my family farm.
Masumoto, D. M. 1st edn. ill., xii, 233p. (HarperSanFrancisco, [San Francisco, Calif.], 1995)
Descriptors: Masumoto, David Mas; peach-growers- california-biography; japanese-american-farmers-california- biography; farm-life-california; peaches-california

44.
NAL Call No.: 1.9-Ec78Af
An estimate of the efficiency effects of Chapter 12 bankruptcy.
Collender, R. N. Agric-financ-rev. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. (53): p.65-81 (1993)
Includes references.
Descriptors: bankruptcy; farm-indebtedness; costs; losses; law; family-farms; efficiency; marginal-analysis; comparisons; estimates; usa; deadweight-losses; farmer- bankruptcy-act-of-1986; direct-costs

45.
NAL Call No.: F882.B4G54--1994
Eugene Glender: growing up on a Tampico family farm, Benton County, Oregon: 1910-1941.
Glender, E.; Zybach, B.; Meranda, J.; OSU Research Forests. ill., maps, vi, 155p. (OSU Research Forests, College of Forestry, [Corvallis, Or.], 1994)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Descriptors: Glender, Eugene; camp-adair-or; benton- county-or

46.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54-1995
Evaluation of the Farmstead Assessment System (FARM*A*SYST) in Minnesota.
Anderson, J. L.; Bergsrud, F. G.; Ahles, T. M. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri / St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE. v.3: p.9-12 (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: pollution-control; groundwater-pollution; risk; family-farms; prevention; dairy-farms; water-quality; decision-making; farmers'-attitudes; surveys; educational- programs; program-evaluation; minnesota; pollution-prevention- programs

47.
NAL Call No.: S590.C63
Evolution of the low income per acre--large number of acres per farm--highly mechanized--monoculture--not too sustainable agriculture.
Wallace, A. Commun-soil-sci-plant-anal. v.25(1/2): p.61- 66. (1994)
In the special issue devoted to perspectives on relationships between sustainability of soil and the environment / edited by A. Wallace.
Descriptors: large-farms; farm-management; farm-size; sustainability; usa

48.
NAL Call No.: HD1775.O5C87
Factors affecting the status & future of agriculture in Oklahoma.
Sanders, L. D. Cur-farm-econ. v.69(1): p. 3-16. (1996)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-situation; agricultural- policy; family-farms; agricultural-structure; structural-change; economic-impact; farmers; agribusiness; rural-communities; oklahoma

49.
NAL Call No.: HD1411.O3
Factors associated with farm household poverty.
Blue, E. N.; Forster, D. L. Econ-sociol-occas-pap. Columbus: Ohio State University, Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. p.11 (1992 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: poverty; household-income; agricultural- households; farm-size; off-farm-employment; finance; risk; mathematical-models; ohio; logit-models

50.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U6M57--1996
Families on small farms: case studies in human ecology.
Sontag, M. S.; Bubolz, M. M. ill., xxiii, 432p. (Michigan State University Press, East Lansing MI, 1996)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-422) and index.
Descriptors: family-farms-michigan-case-studies; rural- families-michigan-social-conditions; farm-life-michigan-case- studies; farmers-michigan- social-conditions; michigan-rural- conditions-case-studies

51.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U6R37-1990
The family farm in historical perspective.
Rasmussen, W. D.; International Center for Arid and Semi arid Land Studies. v, 13p. (International Center for Arid and Semiarid Land Studies, Lubbock, Tex., 1990)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-13).
Descriptors: family-farms-united-states-history

52.
NAL Call No.: TD365.C54-1995
Farm*A*Syst in South Dakota.
Derickson, R. Clean water, clean environment, 21st century team agriculture, working to protect water resources conference proceedings, March 5-8, 1995, Kansas City, Missouri /. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASAE. p.77-79 (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: pollution-control; prevention; groundwater-pollution; risk; family-farms; decision-making; farmers'-attitudes; surveys; evaluation; petroleum; storage; animal-manures; pesticides; programs; educational-programs; south-dakota; pollution-prevention-programs

53.
NAL Call No.: KF1681.A246
Farm bankruptcy considerations (Article No. 3): introduction to Chapter 12 bankruptcy.
Schneider, S. A. Prod-Bull-Natl-Cent-Agric-Res-Inf. Fayetteville, Ark.: The Center. no.3: 5p. (1991 Feb.)
Third in a series of 3.
Descriptors: bankruptcy; family-farms; farm- indebtedness; farm-management; law; usa; reorganization

54.
NAL Call No.: HQ555.A14L37--1990
Farm family adaptations to severe economic distress: regional summary: results of the 1989 regional farm survey.
Lasley, P.; Fellows, J.; North Central Regional Center for Rural Development. i, 53p. (North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, [1990])
Chiefly tables.
Descriptors: rural-families-middle-west-social- conditions-statistics; rural-families-middle-west-economic- conditions-statistics

55.
NAL Call No.: S451.M6M58
Farm flock poultry.
Hamre, M. L. [Minnesota Extension Service factsheets]. St. Paul, Minn.: The Service. no.AG-FS-3605: 2p. (1988)
Descriptors: poultry; family-farms; marketing; farm- equipment; poultry-housing; feed-conversion; costs; returns; economic-analysis; poultry- feeding; disease-control; minnesota

56.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62C25-1990
Farm leases and rents.
Olson, K. D.; Wyman, C.; University of California. 7p. (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [199?])
Caption title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-california-finance; farm- management-california-costs; leases-california

57.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86S8
Farm profile: the Cecchini family dairy farm.
Welsh, R. J-sustain-agric. v.5(1/2): p.187-197. (1995)
Includes references.
Descriptors: dairy-farming; alternative-farming; farming-systems; sustainability; family-farms; case-studies; new- york

58.
NAL Call No.: aHN90.C6R78
Farm women blend farm and off-farm work.
Perry, J. E.; Ahearn, M. C. Rural-dev-perspect. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. v.9(3): p.24-31 (1994 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: women; farmers; farm-management; off-farm- employment; female-labor; usa

59.
NAL Call No.: KF1681.A246
The farmer's comprehensive liability insurance policy: business pursuits exclusion.
Copeland, J. D. Prod-bull. Fayetteville, AR: The Center. #4: 8p. (1991 July)
Part of a series.
Descriptors: farm-management; insurance; legal- liability; ancillary-enterprises; off-farm-employment; usa

60.
NAL Call No.: S561.6.I8I572
Farmer takes on challenges of farming on hilly land.
Jost, M. Inside-Edge. v.2(2): p.3-4. (1992 Mar.-1992 Apr.)
Descriptors: soil-conservation; hill-land; tillage; soil-management; erosion-control; family-farms; iowa

61.
NAL Call No.: S605.5.A43
Farmer-to-farmer exchange between U.S. and Italy.
Stinner, B. Am-J-Alternative-Agric. v.7(1/2): p.11. (1992)
Descriptors: farmers; international-cooperation; sustainability; agricultural-education; family-farms; farm- management; usa; italy; europe

62.
NAL Call No.: S451.M6M582
Farming in northern Minnesota: opportunities and requirements.
[Minnesota Extension Service folders]. St. Paul, Minn.: The Service. no.AG-FO-1875, rev.: 4p. (1987)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farm-enterprises; full-time-farming; part- time-farming; livestock-farming; costs; returns; crop-production; minnesota

63.
NAL Call No.: TX341.C6
Farming sector squeezed by industrial pressures.
Nutr-Week. v.23(13): p.4-5. (1993 Apr.)
Descriptors: family-farms; farm-numbers; technical- progress; farm-sector; usa

64.
NAL Call No.: SF311.E9
Farming sisters.
Thurston, R. Rural-herit. v.20(5): p.28-31. (1995 Autumn)
Descriptors: traditional-farming; history; farmers; family-farms; small-farms; draft; mules; draft-animals; kentucky

65.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Feed the microbes.
Bowman, G. New-farm. v.14(7): p.8-12. (1992 Nov.-1992 Dec.)
Descriptors: organic-farming; sustainability; soil- bacteria; biological-activity-in-soil; land-productivity; cover- crops; green-manures; family-farms; iowa

66.
NAL Call No.: 281.28-R88
Feminist knowledge claims, local knowledge, and gender divisions of agricultural labor: constructing a successor science.
Feldman, S.; Welsh, R. Rural-sociol. v.60(1): p.23-43. (1995 Spring)
Includes references.
Descriptors: family-farms; division-of-labor; knowledge; agricultural-development; sustainability; usa
Abstract: Issues raised by the feminist epistemic critique of social science are used to examine what is meant by local knowledge and its contribution to analyses of agricultural sustainability. Employing the concepts of partial perspective, lived experience, and the complexity of social context, this paper focuses attention on the juxtaposition of local and scientific knowledge and challenges those interpretations of local knowledge production that ignore the various people, relations, and interests constituting the rural economy. An examination of local as a contested, complex, and heterogeneous domain refines the work of Kloppenburg (1991) and his commitment to the significance of local knowledge in constructing opportunities for sustainable agriculture. Attention to the on- farm gender division of labor helps to identify gender differences as critical in constituting the family farm and to elaborate how the different experiences of women and men may offer alternative visions of what constitutes sustainable agricultural production.

67.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U5H28--1996
Fields without dreams: defending the agrarian idea.
Hanson, V. D. xxiii, 289p. (Free Press, New York, 1996)
Descriptors: family-farms-united-states; agriculture- economic-aspects-united-states

68.
NAL Call No.: HT401.S72
The first job decision and the probability of off-farm work.
Stallmann, J. I.; Nelson, J. H. S-R-D-C-Ser-South-Rural-Dev- Cent. no.165: p.12-19. (1993 Jan.)
Paper presented at the symposium, " Education, Off-farm Employment and Rural Economic Development: Perspectives from States in the Southeast," February 1992, Lexington, Kentucky / edited by D.L. Debertin.
Descriptors: off-farm-employment; farmers; decision- making; probability; education; location-theory; usa

69.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
The Flickerville Mountain Farm and Groundhog Ranch: an apprenticeship.
Sinclair, W. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.79-83 (1989)
In the series analytic: Farm management: How to achieve your farm business / edited by D.T. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: farm-enterprises; small-farms; apprenticeship; farm-management; case-studies; pennsylvania

70.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U6M47-1993
Founding farms: portraits of five Massachusetts family farms.
Sherer, S. 1. ill., x, 133p. (University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst MA, 1993)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133).
Descriptors: family-farms-massachusetts-pictorial-works

71.
NAL Call No.: Videocassette--no.2328
From the ground up. International agriculture documentary.
University of Minnesota. (The University, [St. Paul, Minn.], 1987)
1 videocassette (27 min., 11 sec.)
"AD-VH-3324"--Container.
Descriptors: family-farms-united-states/ agriculture- economic-aspects-united-states
Abstract: Using an American farm family and the restructuring process it has gone through, addresses the farm crisis as a catalyst to reform the international trading system, and shows the importance of international trade to the future of the United States farming system.

72.
NAL Call No.: 281.8-C16
Gender and generation on family farms.
Perry, J.; Keating, N.; Effland, A.; Shaver, F. Can-j-agric- econ. p.115-130. (1995)
In the special issue: Farms, farm families, and farming communities / edited by D.H. Harrington, L. Whitener, R.D. Bollman, D. Freshwater, and D. Ehrensaft.
Descriptors: family-farms; agricultural-structure; gender-relations; agricultural-households; generations; life- cycle; usa; canada

73.
NAL Call No.: TX1.H63
Generational differences in the meaning of retirement from farming.
Marotz Baden, R.; Keating, N. C.; Munro, B. Fam-consum-sci- res-j. v.24(1): p.29-45. (1995 Sept.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: family-farms; retirement; generations; parent-child-relationships; agribusiness; ownership; farm- management; opinions; surveys; age- groups; demography; inheritance; position; sex-differences; life-cycle; division-of- labor; ranching; canada; usa

74.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
George Houk: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Houk, G. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.58-60 (1990)
In the series analytic: Americans in agriculture: portraits of diversity / edited by D. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: part-time-farming; family-life; ohio

75.
NAL Call No.: SB320.7.C2A55-1986
Glossary of oriental vegetables.
Allen, P.; Wyman, C. Rev. edn. 8p. (Small Farm Center, University of California: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [1986?])
Caption title.
Descriptors: vegetables,-japanese-california; vegetables,-chinese-california; farms,-small-california

76.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
Grant and JoAnne Hill: a part-time professional and a full-time farm manager.
Kerr, H. W. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.46-47 (1990)
In the series analytic: Americans in agriculture: portraits of diversity / edited by D. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: farming; farm-management; part-time- employment; maryland

77.
NAL Call No.: S544.3.N7A4
Growth hormone will reduce small dairy farms, Cornell researcher says.
Holder, W. L. Agfocus-Publ-Cornell-Coop-Ext-Orange-Cty. p.14. (1993 Aug.)
Descriptors: dairy-industry; milk-production; dairy- cows; growth-promoters; dairy-farms; small-farms; farm- amalgamations; usa

78.
NAL Call No.: S667.V5O77-1990
Guide for fertilizing vegetables.
Otto, H. W.; Branson, R.; Tyler, K. B.; Lorenz, O. A..; University of California. ill., 28p. (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Entension, University of California, Davis, CA, [199-?])
Cover title.
Descriptors: vegetables-fertilizers; farms,-small- management; vegetable-gardening; soils-california

79.NAL Call No.: HQ536.15.K4G37-- 1995
Harvest of hope: family farming/farming families.
Garkovich, L.; Bokemeier, J. L.; Foote, B. ill., ix, 236p. (University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 1995)
Includes index.
Descriptors: rural-families-kentucky-case-studies; family-farms-kentucky-case-studies; kentucky-rural-conditions- case-studies

80.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
Healthy harvest.
Cramer, C. New-farm. v.14(7): p.13-16. (1992 Nov.-1992 Dec.)
Descriptors: organic-farming; sustainability; family- farms; colorado

81.
NAL Call No.: S521.5.N7W53--1996
Heaven and earth: the last farmers of the North Fork.
Wick, S. 1st edn. ill., xi, 209p. (St. Martin's Press, New York, 1996)
Descriptors: Wickham, John,-1908-1994; farm-life-new- york-state-cutchogue-region; farms,-small-new-york-state- cutchogue-region; farmers- new-york-state-cutchogue-region; cutchogue-region-ny-history

82.
NAL Call No.: PS3552.R79125Z466--1995
Here and nowhere else: late seasons of a farm and its family.
Brox, J. xiv, 143p. (Beacon Press , Boston, 1995)
Descriptors: Brox,-Jane,-1956-- ; women-authors,- american-20th-century-biography; family- farms-merrimack-valley- n.h.-and-mass; farm-life-merrimack-valley-n. h.-and-mass

83.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62C2-1990
How to determine your cost of production.
Takele, E.; University of California. [3]p. (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [199?])
Caption title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-california-management; farm- management-california-costs; farm-produce-costs

84.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62C27-1989
How to finance a small farm.
Klonsky, K. [6]p. (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [1989?])
Caption title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-california-finance

85.
NAL Call No.: HT401.S72
Human capital, transaction costs and farm labor supply and demand: some implications for rural economic development.
Goetz, S. J. S-R-D-C-Ser-South-Rural-Dev-Cent. no.165: p.30-42. (1993 Jan.)
Paper presented at the symposium, " Education, Off-farm Employment and Rural Economic Development: Perspectives from States in the Southeast," February 1992, Lexington, Kentucky / edited by D.L. Debertin.
Descriptors: human-resources; hired-labor; off-farm- employment; labor-market; supply-balance; rural-development; mathematical-models; usa

86.
NAL Call No.: KF27.A343--1978c
Impact of foreign investment in farmland: hearings before the Subcommittee on Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special Studies of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, on H.R. 13128 and related bills, June 20 and July 19, 1978, Washington, D.C., July 28, 1978, Ames, Iowa.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Family Farms. v, 443p. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington DC, 1978)
"Serial no. 95-GGG."
Descriptors: investments,-foreign-law-and-legislation- united-states; agricultural-laws-and-legislation-united-states; family-farms-law-and- legislation-united-states; real-property- united-states-foreign-ownership

87.
NAL Call No.: 30.98-Ag8
The impact of mechanized farming on black farm families in the rural south: a study of farm life in the Brooks Farm community, 1940- 1970.
Grim, V. Agric-hist. v. 68(2): p.169-184. (1994 Spring)
In the special issue: Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin, 1793-1993: a symposium / edited by D.O. Whitten. Meeting held May 5, 1993 in Auburn, Alabama.
Descriptors: blacks; farm-families; mechanization; economic-impact; off-farm-employment; rural-communities; poverty; history; mississippi

88.
NAL Call No.: S451.P4P5
Implications of the nonfarm economy for Pennsylvania agriculture.
Findeis, J. L. Proc-Phila-Soc-Promot-Agric. p.41-56. (1994)
Meetings held on various dates throughout the 1994-1995 lecture series.
Descriptors: agriculture; agricultural-structure; labor-economics; off-farm-employment; labor-market; relationships; pennsylvania

89.
NAL Call No.: S451.V5F57--1995
In good hands: the keeping of a family farm.
Fish, C. 1st edn. ill., 229p. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1995)
Descriptors: agriculture-vermont-history; farm-life- vermont-history; family-farms-vermont-history

90.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Integrated hog farming and market gardening for small farmers in tropical areas of the western region.
Fleming, K. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. [6] 9p. (1993)
SARE Project Number: LWE 92-2. Reporting period for this report is October 1992 to September 1993.
Descriptors: pig-farming; composting; agricultural- wastes; market-gardens; tree-fruits; sustainability; economic- analysis; small-farms; demonstration- farms; tropics; hawaii

91.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.I75K57--1995
Intergenerational transfers of farmers in different institutional environments.
Kislev, Y.; Lopez, R. E.; Kimhi, A.; United States Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund. ill., 300p. (BARD, Bet Dagan, Israel, 1995)
Final report.
Descriptors: family-farms-israel-mathematical-models; family-farms-united-states-mathematical-models

92.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
Joe Jagger: Portrait of a wheat farmer.
Jordan, C. A. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.39-40 (1990)
In the series analytic: Americans in agriculture: portraits of diversity / edited by D. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: family-farms; crop-enterprises; kansas

93.
NAL Call No.: F882.B4R64--1993
John Jacob & Wilma Rohner: family farming on Coffin Butte between world wars: Benton County, Oregon, 1919-41: oral history interviews.
Rohner, J. J.; Rohner, W.; Zybach, B.; OSU Research Forests. ill., maps, vi, 132p. (OSU Research Forests, College of Forestry, [Corvallis, Or.], [1993])
Includes index.
Descriptors: Rohner, John Jacob-interviews; Rohner, Wilma-interviews; benton-county-or-history

94.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Kliebert's turtle & alligator farm.
Selbert, P. Small-farm-today. v.12(2): p.39-41. (1995 Apr.)
Descriptors: alligator; turtles; farm-enterprises; small-farms; louisiana

95.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84Ab-no.662
Limited opportunity farm households in 1988.
Perry, J. E.; Ahearn, M.; United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. ill., map, 11p. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, DC, [1993])
Caption title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-economic-aspects-united- states; farm-income-united-states; economic-development, -effect- of-education-on

96.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
Management needs of small-scale agriculture.
Kerr, H. W. Jr. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.273-276 (1989)
In the series analytic: Farm management: How to achieve your farm business / edited by D.T. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: small-farms; farm-management; marketing; capital; finance; appropriate-technology; usa

97.
NAL Call No.: S441.S855
Management of low-volume water systems and soil nutrition to enhance the cultural and biological control of root diseases.
Schroth, M. N. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE or Agriculture in Concert with the Environment ACE research projects. 14p. (1989)
SARE Project Number: 2W 89-13.2. Record includes 3 1/2 Floppy Disk.
Descriptors: lycopersicon-esculentum; capsicum; crop- yield; root-rots; pythium; plant-pathogenic-fungi; surface- irrigation; trickle-irrigation; plastic- film; cultural-control; streptomyces; pseudomonas-cepacia; biological-control; biological-control-agents; fungus-control; metalaxyl; efficacy; insect-pests; low-input-agriculture; water-conservation; large- farms; small-farms; california

98.
NAL Call No.: S521.5.M6H54--1995
Mapping the farm: the chronicle of a family.
Hildebrand, J. 1st edn. ill.. 251, [1]p. (Knopf: Distributed by Random House, New York, 1995)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-[252]).
Descriptors: farm-life-minnesota-rochester-region; family-farms-minnesota-rochester-region

99.
NAL Call No.: HD9000.1.J6
Market potential for U.S. small farmers in 2000.
Moak, S. K.; Gyan Baffour, G.; Turner, J. E. J-int-food- agribus-mark. v.6(1): p.59-70. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: small-farms; farm-closures; market- competition; family-farms; land-prices; unemployment; exports; time; multivariate-analysis; projections; usa; market-share

100.NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62C24- 1990
Marketing for the small farmer: direct marketing and quality control.
Kasmire, R. F.; Wyman, C.; Sherman, M.; University of California. [4]p. (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [199?])
Caption title.
Descriptors: farm-produce-california-marketing; farms,- small-california

101.
NAL Call No.: HD9007.C2G97-1990
Marketing for the small farmer: marketing cooperatives.
Gustafson, M. R.; Moulton, C. 2p. (Small Farm Center, University of California: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [1990])
Caption title.
Descriptors: cooperative-marketing-of-farm-produce- california; farms,-small-california

102.
NAL Call No.: HD9000.1.J68
Marketing of fresh vegetables and fruits by small farmers in Tennessee.
Singh, S. P. J-food-prod-mark. v.2(1): p.37-51. (1994)
Includes references.
Descriptors: fruits; vegetables; direct-marketing; small-farms; food-marketing; location-of-production; mathematical-models; tennessee

103.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Meat pigeons.
Klober, K. Small-farm-today. v.12(4): p.40-42. (1995 Aug.)
Descriptors: pigeons; meat-animals; livestock- enterprises; livestock-farming; small-farms; usa

104.
NAL Call No.: KFM5639.Z9M43--1988
Mediation from the farmer's perspective.
Minnesota Family Farm Law Project. 2nd edn. ii, 34p. (Minnesota Family Farm Law Project, St. Paul, MN, [1988])
"Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture assisted with printing and distribution."
Descriptors: agricultural-credit-law-and-legislation- minnesota; mediation-minnesota; farm-law-minnesota; family-farms- law-and-legislation- minnesota; debtor-and-creditor-minnesota

105.
NAL Call No.: S501.2.O48--1994
MetroFarm: the guide to growing for big profit on a small parcel of land.
Olson, M. ill., v, 498p. (TS Books, Santa Cruz, CA, 1994)
Includes index.
Descriptors: agriculture-handbooks,-manuals,-etc; agriculture-united-states-handbooks,-manuals,-etc; urban- agriculture-united-states-handbooks,- manuals,-etc; horticulture- united-states-handbooks,-manuals,-etc; farms,-small-united- states-handbooks,-manuals,-etc; new-business- enterprises-united- states-handbooks,-manuals,-etc

106.
NAL Call No.: 284.9-M58
Michigan farm families coping with stress--1986- 1991.
Res-Rep-Mich-State-Univ-Agric-Exp-Stn-East-Lansing. East Lansing, Mich.: The Station. no.527: 27p. (1992 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farm-families; agricultural-crises; mental-stress; finance; stress-management; stress-response; behavior-patterns; health; family-life; marital-interaction; off- farm-employment; employed-women; michigan

107.
NAL Call No.: QL461.E532
Movement of Angoumois grain moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in a small-farm ecosystem.
Barney, R. J.; Weston, P. A. Environ-entomol. v.25(2): p.261-267. (1996 Apr.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sitotroga-cerealella; movement; dispersal; activity; spatial-distribution; temporal-variation; small-farms; maize; grain-stores; bins; zea- mays; fields; stored-products- pests; kentucky
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to monitor activity and movement of Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier), in a small-farm ecosystem. Moth activity was determined using sticky traps placed in bin vents of storage bins containing shelled corn and pheromone traps placed in concentric circles across the farm with the bins at the center. Moth activity was concentrated in and around the grain bins from June to August and at corn plots in September and October. Mark- recaputre studies confirmed moth dispersal from the bins to corn plots during July- September. Knowledge of the spatial dynamics of Angoumois grain moth may contribute to pest management programs.

108.
NAL Call No.: aS544.G66--1993
Needs assessment, constraint identification, and program direction for the limited resource farmer: a study.
Gomez, R. E. 1.; United States. Extension Service. 1 map, iv, 23 leaves. (Extension Service, USDA, [Washington, DC], [1993])
"February 1993."
Descriptors: united-states-extension-service; agricultural-extension-work-united-states; farmers-united-states- economic-conditions; farms,-small- united-states; needs- assessment-united-states

109.
NAL Call No.: SF85.A1R32
A Nevada ranch family: their success through four generations.
Emmerich, F. L.; Young, J. A.; Burkhardt, J. W. Rangelands. v.14(2): p.66-70. (1992 Apr.)
Descriptors: farm-families; ranching-history; family- farms; debt; beef-cattle; beef-production; farm-management; nevada

110.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.M8N48--1989
The new farm: farming for life and lifestyle.
New Farm Committee. ill., map, 15p. ( The Committee, [Jefferson City, Mo.?], [1989])
Cover title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-missouri; farms-missouri

111.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.N72B78--1988
New York farm families in the '80s: the New York State farm family data base.
Bruce, R. L. ill., 61p. (Dept. of Education, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, [Ithaca, NY?], 1988)
Cover title.
Descriptors: rural-families-new-york-state

112.
NAL Call No.: SB379.A9A9
Nunn better.
Hansen, T. Calif-grow. v.19(10): p.27-28. (1995 Oct.)
Descriptors: malus-pumila; family-farms; nurseries; apple-juice; crop-yield; cultivars; crop-quality; exports; color; marketing; california

113.
NAL Call No.: KF27.A344--1977c
Obstacles to strengthening family farm system.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Family Farms. ill., vi, 736p. (U.S. G.P.O, Washington DC, 1977)
Hearings before the Subcommittee on Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special Studies of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, September 30, 1977, Putney Vt., October 15, 1977, Mason City, Iowa, and Marshall, Minn., October 28, 1977, Sacramento, Calif., October 29, 1977, Salinas, Calif.
"Serial no. 95-BB."
Descriptors: Family-farms-United-States

114.
NAL Call No.: aHD1751.A42
Off-farm income plays pivotal role.
Perry, J.; Hoppe, B. Agric-outlook. (202): p.3-5. (1993 Nov.)
Descriptors: non-farm-income; commercial-farming; household-income; usa

115.
NAL Call No.: HC107.T3M28--1994
One South or many?: plantation belt and upcountry in Civil War-era Tennessee.
McKenzie, R. T. ill., x, 213p. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England] ; New York , 1994)
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral--Vanderbilt University).
Descriptors: reconstruction-tennessee; agriculture- economic-aspects-tennessee-history-19th-century; plantations- tennessee-history-19th-century; farms,-small-tennessee-history- 19th-century; tennessee-economic-conditions; tennessee-social- conditions; tennessee-history-civil-war,- 1861-1864

116.
NAL Call No.: aHN90.C6R78
Onfarm jobs decline, but farm-related jobs rise.
Majchrowicz, A. Rural-dev-perspect. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. v.8(3): p.31-34 ([1992?])
Descriptors: off-farm-employment; rural-areas; employment-opportunities; usa

117.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
Operating a pick-your-own strawberry and pumpkin farm.
Schaefer, E. A. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.84-88 (1989)
In the series analytic: Farm management: How to achieve your farm business / edited by D.T. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: family-farms; small-farms; farm- management; case-studies; nebraska

118.
NAL Call No.: SB950.2.A1J58
Oregonians put their money where their mouths are.
Beal, C. A. J-pestic-reform. v.13(1): p.14-15. (1993 Spring)
Descriptors: interest-groups; small-farms; investment; sustainability; organic-farming; oregon; association-for- agriculture-building-the-local-economy

119.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Ostriches and rhea on a small farm in Ohio.
Carter, S. T. Small-farm-today. v.11(4): p.36-38. (1994 Aug.)
Descriptors: ostriches; rhea; livestock-farming; small- farms; ohio

120.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Our place Wisconsin Meadows, Inc.
Koller, H.; Kaufmann, D. Small-farm-today. v.11(3): p.36-40. (1994 June)
Descriptors: sheep; dairy-farming; small-farms; livestock-enterprises

121.
NAL Call No.: aHD1476.U6O93--1995
Overview of small farm programs: at the land grant colleges and universities.
Ebodaghe, D. A. 1.; United States. Cooperative State Research. 1 map, iii, 125p. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, [Washington, D.C.], [1995])
Cover title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-united-states; state- universities-and-colleges-united-states

122.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U5P37--1991
Part-time farmers.
United States. Bureau of the Census. ill. (some col.), map, 4p. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C., [1991])
Cover title.
Descriptors: farmers,-part-time-united-states- statistics; part-time-farming-united-states-statistics; agriculture-united-states-statistics

123.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U5P37--1992
Part-time farmers.
United States. Bureau of the Census. ill. (some col.), 4p. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C., [1992])
Cover title.
Descriptors: farmers,-part-time-united-states- statistics; part-time-farming-united-states-statistics; agriculture-united-states-statistics

124.
NAL Call No.: aZ5071.N3
Part time farming, small farms and farming in the United States--January 1989-June 1993.
Gold, M. V. Quick-bibliogr-ser. Beltsville, Md., National Agricultural Library. v.93-64: 70p. (1993 Sept.)
Descriptors: part-time-farming; small-farms; bibliographies; usa

125.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
The Pendletons of Kansas: doing better with asparagus and tomatoes.
Jordan, C. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.94-98 (1989)
In the series analytic: Farm management: How to achieve your farm business / edited by D.T. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: family-farms; crop-enterprises; alternative-farming; farm-management; kansas

126.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Pennsylvania farmer celebrates BisonTennial.
Redfearn, M. M. Small-farm-today. v.13(4): p.24-25. (1996 Aug.)
Descriptors: bison; farming; small-farms; economic- viability; pennsylvania

127.
NAL Call No.: QL461.S65
Perceptions of Texas farmers and pest management advisors of integrated pest management of sorghum insect pests.
Merchant, M. E.; Teetes, G. L. Southwest-entomol. v.19(3): p.237-248. (1994 Sept.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: sorghum-bicolor; contarinia-sorghicola; helicoverpa-zea; spodoptera-frugiperda; oebalus-pugnax; farms; age; farm-size; off-farm- employment; integrated-pest-management; control-programs; insect-control; farmers'-attitudes; farm- surveys; economic-thresholds; texas

128.
NAL Call No.: NA8208.52.I8D97--1993
Perspectives on the changing Iowa farm: a phase II historic architectural and archival evaluation of the Northern Grandview Township Rural Historic District:
Durbin, J. L.; Iowa. Dept. of Transportation. maps, ill., vii, 221p. (Highway Archaeology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1993)
Primary Roads Project RP-61-3 (28 & 29)--16-58, a.k.a. PIN 85- 58010, Louisa County, Iowa; "Submitted to the Iowa Department of Transportation."
Descriptors: agriculture-economic-aspects-iowa; farm- buildings-iowa-history; architecture-iowa-history; barns-iowa- history; agriculture-iowa- history; roads-iowa-location; family- farms-iowa-history; iowa-rural-conditions-history

129.
NAL Call No.: S691.I545-1990
Plastic tunnels for early vegetable production: are they for you?.
Ilic, P.; University of California. ill., 12, [3]p. (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [199?])
Cover title.
Descriptors: plants,-protection-of-cold-weather- conditions; agricultural-implements-cold-weather-conditions; frost-protection-equipment-and- supplies; farm-equipment-cold- weather-conditions; farms,-small-cold-weather-conditions; jalapeno-california-handbooks,-manuals,-etc

130.
NAL Call No.: HN79.A14N48--1995
Preserving the family farm: women, community and the foundations of agribusiness in the Midwest, 1900- 1940.
Neth, M. ill., xiii, 347p. ( Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1995)
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University.
Descriptors: rural-families-middle-west; farmers'- wives-middle-west; agriculture-and-state-middle-west; middle- west-rural-conditions

131.
NAL Call No.: HD9005.P88--1994
Proceedings: Putting Small Acreage to Work Seminar: Saturday, December 3, 1994, University of Illinois Building, State Fair Grounds, Springfield, Illinois.
Putting Small Acreage to Work Seminar (1994: Springfield, IL, i, 68p.)
Cover title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-cost-of-operation-congresses; farm-produce-marketing-cost-effectiveness-congresses

132.
NAL Call No.: 275.29-K4152
The production and marketing of fruits and vegetables in Kentucky.
Coughenour, C. M.; Zilverberg, G.; Hannum, J. B. RS-Univ-Ky- Agric-Exp-Stn. Lexington, Ky.: The Station. (77): 194p. (1991)
Includes references.
Descriptors: fruits; vegetables; family-farms; farm- management; marketing; land; irrigation; labor; kentucky

133.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
Profile of a successful manager: from beef, eggs, and grain to a dairy.
Ferguson, K. W. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.99-100 (1989)
In the series analytic: Farm management: How to achieve your farm business / edited by D.T. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: family-farms; dairy-farming; farm- management; case-studies; tennessee

134.
NAL Call No.: S539.5.J68
Profitability of black plastic mulch for limited resource farmers.
Mugalla, C. I.; Jolly, C. M.; Martin, N. R. Jr. J-prod- agric. v.9(2): p.283-288. (1996 Apr.-1996 June)
Includes references.
Descriptors: vegetable-growing; low-input-agriculture; farm-inputs; plastic-film; appropriate-technology; investment; costs; income; returns; economic-evaluation; simulation-models; linear-programming; surveys; feasibility-studies; resource- allocation; low-energy-cultivation; alabama; non-farm-inputs
Abstract: Farmers and policymakers have recognized the need for alternative technologies for reducing costs and increasing profit for limited resource farmers. Plastic mulch has been evaluated as an alternative technology on experimental stations in the Southeast but its use has not yet gained wide acceptance among limited resource vegetable producers in the area. In this study, the economic feasibility of plastic mulch was evaluated as a profit enhancing technology for limited resource farmers. A farmer survey and farm simulation model were used in the evaluation of this technology. It was noted in the survey that most of the farmers in the research area were part- time and were above 50 years old. The average age was 60, with a minimum of 29 and maximum of 88. Plastic mulch resulted in increased output and farm revenue. The capital turnover ratio for production with plastic mulch was higher than for production without plastic mulch. Each hour of labor used with plastic mulch generated six times more net revenues than without plastic mulch. The total investment required for plastic mulch more than doubled, indicating that it might be difficult to encourage this age group of farmers to adopt the technology without easy credit arrangements. The diffusion of this technology may be difficult unless the alternative of renting vs. buying the necessary equipment is presented to this age group of farmers.

135.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Promoting llamas.
Williams, L. Small-farm-today. v.13(1): p.34-35. (1996 Feb.)
Descriptors: llamas; animal-husbandry; small-farms; ancillary-enterprises; marketing-channels; pennsylvania

136.
NAL Call No.: 280.8-J822
Propensity to consume farm family disposable income from separate sources.
Carriker, G. L.; Langemeier, M. R.; Schroeder, T. C.; Featherstone, A. M. Am-j-agric-econ. Ames, Iowa: American Agricultural Economics Association. v.75(3): p.739-744 (1993 Aug.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farm-families; consumption; farm-income; marginal-analysis; non-farm-income; econometric-models; economic- theory; kansas; government-payments
Abstract: Farm family disposable income is generated from farm operations, off-farm sources, and government payments. If these three income components are fungible (a dollar from one source is a perfect substitute for a dollar from another source), then the propensities to consume each should be the same. This study examines the farm family propensity to consume from separate income sources. Results indicate that the propensity to consume off-farm income and government payments is higher than the propensity to consume farm income.

137.
NAL Call No.: S441.S8553
Quality of life effects of conventional, transitional and sustainable production systems on rural communities and family farms in the Western Corn Belt.
Allen, J. C. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education SARE research projects North Central Region. 40p. (1995)
SARE Project Number: LNC 94-65. Record includes floppy disk and appendices. Reporting period for this report is October 1994 to December 1995.
Descriptors: farm-families; continuous-cropping; zea- mays; no-tillage; sustainability; organic-farming; farm-income; quality-of-life; rural- communities; farming-systems-research; nebraska

138.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62W24--1996
Rebirth of the small family farm: a handbook for starting a successful organic farm based on the community supported agriculture concept.
Gregson, B.; Gregson, B. 1st edn. ill., 64p. (IMF Associates, Vashon Island, WA, 1996)
Includes bibliographical references.
Descriptors: family-farms-washington-state; farms,- small-handbooks,-manuals,-etc; organic-farming-handbooks,- manuals,-etc

139.
NAL Call No.: KF1524.R42--1987
Rebuilding family farms through bankruptcy: a guide to Chapter 12 bankruptcy.
Center for Rural Affairs. 36p. (Center for Rural Affairs, Walthill, NE , 1987)
Cover title.
Descriptors: bankruptcy-law-and-legislation-united- states; agriculture-economic-aspects-united-states; farm- management; agricultural-credit-law- and-legislation-united- states; family-farms-law-and-legislation-united-states

140.
NAL Call No.: HD1773.A2N6
Regional differences in the contribution of off-farm work to income inequality.
El Osta, H. S.; Bernat, G. A. Jr.; Ahearn, M. C. Agric- resour-econ-rev. v.24(1): p.1-14. (1995 Apr.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: off-farm-employment; household-income; agricultural-regions; comparisons; income-distribution; gini- coefficient; usa; personal-income

141.
NAL Call No.: HD1773.A2N6
The relation between farm production risk and off-farm income.
Kyle, S. C. Agric-resour-econ-rev. v.22(2): p.179-188. (1993 Oct.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farm-income; off-farm-employment; family- farms; relationships; risk; returns; agricultural-regions; production; wages; farm-size; econometric-models; usa

142.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62C362-1990
Research/education needs of small-scale farmers in California.
Chapman, E.; Voss, R. E.; Haller, T.; University of California. [4]p. (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [199-?])
Caption title. Portland, Oregon on November 14-15, 1988" -p. 3.
Descriptors: farms,-small-management-study-and- teaching-california; farmers-training-of-california; farms,- small-research-california; farm- management-study-and-teaching- california

143.
NAL Call No.: 275.29-M36Fa
Resource list for part-time farming.
Barao, S. M.; Perry, J. G. Fact-sheet-Coop-Ext-Serv. College Park: The Service. no.641: 2p. (1992)
Descriptors: part-time-farming; resource-materials; farm-management; maryland

144.
NAL Call No.: 275.28-J82
Returning to the farm.
Bitney, L. L.; Rood, D.; Friesen, J. J-ext. Madison, Wis.: Extension Journal. v.31: p.35 (1993 Summer)
Descriptors: farming; ranching; families; college- students; financial-planning; family-farms; extension; education; parent-child-relationships; nebraska

145.
NAL Call No.: 275.29-IO9PA
Review family farm safety rules.
Schwab, C. V.; Goering, D.; Miller, L. PM-Iowa-State-Univ- Coop-Ext-Serv. Ames, Iowa: The Service. no.1265g: 2p. (1992 July)
In the Subseries: Safe Farm.
Descriptors: family-farms; safety; accidents; child- care; iowa

146.
NAL Call No.: 1-Ag84y
Robert Johnson: Successful small farmer using extension service.
Donald, S. L.; Sanders, R. E. Yearb-agric. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. p.166-167 (1990)
In the series analytic: Americans in agriculture: portraits of diversity / edited by D. Smith.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs.U.S. G.P.O.
Descriptors: agricultural-education; small-farms; family-farms; cooperative-extension-service; mississippi

147.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Rock Creek Farm: a demonstration in diversity.
Thibodeau, J. S. Small-farm-today. v.13(3): p.30-32. (1996 June)
Descriptors: small-farms; demonstration-farms; low- input-agriculture; sustainability; farming-systems; oklahoma

148.
NAL Call No.: S494.5.S86R87
Rural papers.
Kansas Rural Center. (The Center, Whiting, Kans.)
Description based on: No. 85 (June/July 1990); title from caption.
Descriptors: sustainable-agriculture-kansas- periodicals; family-farms-kansas-periodicals

149.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Saipan Jungle Fowl: call of the wild.
Rice, H. M. Small-farm-today. v.11(4): p.30-31. (1994 Aug.)
Descriptors: exotics; chickens; livestock-farming; small-farms; usa

150.
NAL Call No.: 100-C12Cag
San Diego farmers put 'sustainability' into practice.
Stumbos, J. Calif-agric. v.47(2): p.11-12. (1993 Mar.- 1993 Apr.)
Descriptors: small-farms; sustainability; family-farms; refugees; rural-development; california

151.
NAL Call No.: HD9220.U63C36-1990
Selecting vegetable crops for profit.
Johnson, H.; University of California. [2]p. (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [199?])
Caption title.
Descriptors: vegetables-economic-aspects-california; farms,-small-management; farm-management-decision-making- california; crops-california

152.
NAL Call No.: SF85.A1R32
Small-acreage livestock operators and resource management.
Rowan, R. C.; Conner, J. R. Rangelands. v.17(5): p.167- 171. (1995 Oct.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: small-farms; beef-production; farm- surveys; farmers'-income; lifestyle; range-management; off-farm- employment; animal-husbandry; decision-making; texas

153.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62C23-1990
Small family farms in California: the definition dilemma.
Vaupel, S.; Wyman, C.; University of California. ill., 7, [1]p. (Small Farm Center, University of California, Davis: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [199?])
Caption title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-california; family-farms- california; farms,-small-government-policy-california

154.
NAL Call No.: S530.52.U6L58--1980
Small farm activity in the Northeast: a directory of land grant university personnel by discipline and subject area.
Lloyd, R. C. 21 leaves. (Cornell University, Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Ithaca, N.Y., [1980])
Cover title.
Descriptors: agriculture-teachers-northeastern-states- directories; agriculturists-northeastern-states-directories; farms,-small-northeastern-states

155.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62C28-1990
Small farm directory.
Humphrey, S.; Myers, C. 12p. (Small Farm Center, University of California: Cooperative Extension, University of California, Davis, CA, [1990?])
Caption title.
Descriptors: farms,-small-california-directories

156.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62C365--1994
Small farm handbook.
Humphrey, S.; Mussen, E. C.; University of California. ill., x, 170p. (Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Oakland, CA, 1994)
"Publication SFP001."
Descriptors: farms,-small-california; family-farms- california; farm-management-california

157.
NAL Call No.: 100-C12Cag
The small farm: it's innovative and persistent in a changing world.
Jolly, D. A. Calif-agric. v.47(2): p.19-22. (1993 Mar.- 1993 Apr.)
Descriptors: small-farms; farm-size; farm-enterprises; agricultural-economics; economic-impact; california

158.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
The small farm sector and an analysis of why government needs to service it differently.
Subra, K. Small-farm-today. v.12(2): p.55-57. (1995 Apr.)
Part 1 of 3.
Descriptors: farm-sector; small-farms; farm-numbers; farm-size; trends; usa

159.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
The small farm sector and an analysis of why government needs to service it differently.
Subra, K. Small-farm-today v.12(3): p.48-51. (1995 June)
Part 2 of 3.
Descriptors: small-farms; farm-sector; public-services; usa

160.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
The small farm sector and an analysis of why government needs to service it differently.
Subra, K. Small-farm-today. v.12(4): p.50-53. (1995 Aug.)
Part 3 of 3.
Descriptors: farm-sector; small-farms; public-services; usa

161.
NAL Call No.: 100-C12Cag
Small farmers: who are they and why do they matter.
Stumbos, J. Calif-agric. v.47(2): p.6, 7. (1993 Mar.- 1993 Apr.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: small-farms; farm-size; economic-impact; agricultural-statistics; california

162.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U62L84--1987
Small farms in Louisiana: characteristics, problems and needs.
Ghebremedhin, T. 94p. (Center for Small Farm Research, College of Agriculture & Home Economics, Cooperative Extension Program, Southern University A & M College, Baton Rouge, La., [1987])
Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-92).
Descriptors: farms,-small-louisiana

163.
NAL Call No.: 4-AM34P
Small-grain nursery equipment.
Brown, H. M.; Thayer, J. W. Jr. J-Am-Soc-Agron. v.28(5): p.395-403. (1936 May)
Descriptors: grain-crops; small-farms; planters; cutters; threshing-machines; bagging; equipment; drills; straw- trussers; michigan; tiers
Abstract: Changes in the size, shape, arrangement, and replication of small plats have necessitated changes in the methods used in the planting, harvesting, and threshing of the grain grown on such plats. Features of five machines now in use on the plant breeding plats at East Lansing and developed under a cooperative project between the sections of Farm Crops and Agricultural Engineering of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station are discussed in this article with the hope that they may be helpful to other workers. Whenever a change has been made, it has been judged on the basis of (1) maintenance of purity, that is, freedom from mechanical mixture; (2) simplicity of operation; (3) efficient use of man power; (4) simplicity of construction; and (5) increase in speed of operation. The first requirement is the most essential and its importance is recognized by all. The other requirements are making themselves felt more and more as experiments are becoming more extensive and refined and expense is becoming more of a factor in planting, harvesting, and threshing.

164.
NAL Call No.: HD1775.I8E36--no.27
Small, medium and large farms in the north central region: a statistical profile.
Hepp, R. E.; Edwards, W. M. 6, [21] leaves. (Dept. of Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, [1992])
"August 1992."
Descriptors: farms,-small-middle-west-statistics; farms,-large-middle-west-statistics

165.
NAL Call No.: 275.29-P382Pf
Small-scale and part-time farms are big in Pennsylvania.
Harper, J. K.; Greaser, G. L. Farm-econ. University Park, Pa.: Cooperative Extension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Pennsylvannia State University. v.94-56: p.4 (1994 July-1994 Aug.)
Descriptors: farmers; small-farms; part-time-farming; information-needs; extension-agents; publications; pennsylvania

166.
NAL Call No.: SB450.9.J68
A socio-economic impact of new crops production on diverse groups of people: a case study in northwest Missouri.
Ching, A.; Jewell, D. J-home-consum-hortic. v.1(4): p.383-393. (1994)
Paper presented at the "Symposium on People-Plant Relationships: Setting Research Priorities," April 24-26, 1992, East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Descriptors: small-farms; crop-production; urban-rural- migration; socioeconomic-status; missouri

167.
NAL Call No.: 4-Am34P
Soils, crops, and men: a study in harmony.
Wilson, M. L. J-Am-Soc-Agron. v.31(1): p.1-10. (1939 Jan.)
Paper presented at the joint program of the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America, November 17, 1938, Washington, D.C.
Descriptors: family-farms; soil; crop-production; relationships; agricultural-development; usa

168.
NAL Call No.: 100-C12Cag
Southeast Asian refugees learn modern farming methods.
Stumbos, J. Calif-agric. v.47(2): p.9. (1993 Mar.-1993 Apr.)
Descriptors: small-farms; agricultural-education; refugees; vegetable-growing; california

169.
NAL Call No.: SB379.A9A9
Specialty marketing and the small farmer.
Gibson, E. Calif-grow. v.18(7): p.25-27. (1994 July)
Descriptors: small-farms; marketing; marketing- techniques; fruit-crops; california

170.
NAL Call No.: HT401.A36
The state, hog hotels and the "right to farm": a curious relationship.
DeLind, L. B. Agric-human-values. v.12(3): p.34-44. (1995 Summer)
Includes references.
Descriptors: pigs; intensive-livestock-farming; community-action; farmers; rural-communities; legislation; regulations; michigan; small-farmers

171.
NAL Call No.: aKF573.Z95S34-1986
State laws relating to the ownership of U.S. land by aliens and business entities, October 31, 1986.
Schian, D. C.; Seid, D. A.; United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Natural Resource Economics Division. iv, 73p. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Natural Resource Economics Division, [Washington, D.C.], 1986)
Cover title.
Descriptors: real-property-foreign-ownership; farms- foreign-ownership; aliens; corporations-united-states; family- farms-united-states; land- tenure-united-states

172.
NAL Call No.: HD1476.U6U54-1982
Status of the family farm: farm organization and performance in the 1970's.
United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. ill., x, 48p. (U.S. G.P.O., Washington, D.C., [1982])
Cover title.
Descriptors: family-farms-united-states; family-farms- united-states-management; agriculture-and-state-united-states

173.
NAL Call No.: 281.28-R88
Status variation on family farms: effects of crop, machinery, and off-farm work.
Wilson, J.; Simpson, I. H.; Landerman, R. Rural-sociol. v.59(1): p.136-153. (1994 Spring)
Includes references.
Descriptors: family-farms; hired-labor; family-labor; division-of-labor; crop-production; farm-machinery; off-farm- employment; organization-of-work; north-carolina
Abstract: Uncertainties facing farm enterprises place a premium on flexibility and adaptability in the work force. A study of 695 North Carolina farm couples is used to examine the extent to which 12 tasks on a farm are shared among family members and hired workers. Using husband alone as the norm, this pattern is contrasted with husband and son, husband and wife, husband and hired help, and husband and other statuses. Production, support, and household tasks are distinguished. Type of crop and amount of machinery used make a difference to status variation in production tasks' requiring more sharing on the part of the husband, but have less impact on support and household tasks. The latter are affected more by whether the husband or wife works off the farm. Despite status variation, farm work remains highly gendered; if the husband shares production work, it is with his son or a hired worker.

174.
NAL Call No.: S522.U5H37
Stocking the barnyard ark.
Chapline, J. Harrowsmith-ctry-life. v.10(60): p.16-21. (1995 Dec.)
Descriptors: shetland-sheep-breed; rare-breeds; sheep- farming; family-farms; vermont

175.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Strawberries sweeten the income.
Boan, J. Small-farm-today. v.11(6): p.30-31. (1994 Dec.)
Descriptors: fragaria; crop-enterprises; small-farms; family-farms; missouri

176.
NAL Call No.: 1--Ag84Ab-no.690
Structural and financial characteristics of U.S. farms, 1990: 15th annual family farm report to Congress.
Kalbacher, J. Z.; Bentley, S.; Reimund, D. A.; United States. Dept. of Agricuture. Economic Research Service. ill., iv, 64p. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, DC, [1994])
Cover title.
Descriptors: farms-united-states-finance; farm- management-united-states; farm-income-united-states

177.
NAL Call No.: 1--Ag84Ab-no.-721
Structural and financial characteristics of U.S. farms, 1992: 17th annual family farm report to congress: an Economic Research Service report.
Kalbacher, J. Z.; Oliveira, V. J.; United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. ill., map, iv, 67p. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, D.C., [1995])
Cover title.
Descriptors: family-farms-united-states; family-farms- united-states-finance; farm-income-united-states; farm- management-united-states

178.
NAL Call No.: 1--Ag84Ab-no.728
Structural and financial characteristics of U.S. farms, 1993: 18th annual family farm report to congress: an Economic Research Service report.
Hoppe, R. A.; United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Economic Research Service. ill., map, iii, 104p. (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, Washington, D.C., [1996])
Cover title.
Descriptors: family-farms-united-states-finance; farm- income-united-states; farm-management-united-states

179.
NAL Call No.: 100-C12Cag
"Tastings" open doors to new markets for small growers.
Stumbos, J. Calif-agric. v.47(2): p.14. (1993 Mar.-1993 Apr.)
Descriptors: small-farms; markets; marketing; vegetables; growers; california

180.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Tennessee exotic menagerie.
DeCourley, C. Small-farm-today. v.11(2): p.37-38. (1994 Apr.)
Descriptors: small-farms; family-farms; exotics; tennessee

181.
NAL Call No.: NA8208.52.I8M34--1992
Thomas V. Axtell farm. Historical documentation, Thomas V. Axtell Farm, Bremer County, Iowa.
McWilliams, C. W.; Fraser, C.; Iowa. Dept. of Transportation. ill., photos, map, 55 leaves. (FRASERdesign, Loveland, CO, [1992])
"January 1992."
Descriptors: vernacular-architecture-iowa-bremer- county; farms-iowa-bremer-county-history; family-farms-iowa- bremer-county-history

182.
NAL Call No.: HB915.C73--1993
To sow one acre more: childbearing and farm productivity in the antebellum north.
Craig, L. A. L. A. xii, 161p. (Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1993)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-155) and index.
Descriptors: fertility,-human-economic-aspects-united; -states-history-19th-century; family-farms-united-states-history- 19th-century; rural- children; employment-united-states-history- 19th-century; rural-families-united-states-history-19th-century; agricultural-productivity- united-states-history-19th-century

183.
NAL Call No.: 100-C12Cag
UC program helps small farmers reap big harvest.
Stumbos, J. Calif-agric. v.47(2): p.5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18. (1993 Mar.-1993 Apr.)
Descriptors: small-farms; family-farms; agricultural- development; refugees; farm-enterprises; advisory-centers; extension-education; growers; california

184.
NAL Call No.: 275.29-F22
Understanding the changing structure of American agriculture.
Paarlberg, D. Increasing-underst-public-probl-policies. p.189-195. (1995)
Paper presented at the 45th National Public Policy Education Conference, September 24-27, 1995, Overland Park, Kansas.
Descriptors: agricultural-production; structural- change; land-reform; off-farm-employment; vertical-integration; contract-farming; usa

185.
NAL Call No.: KF26.G67--1993b
USDA, does it work or waste?: hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, July 21, 1993.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. ill.; iii, 91p. (U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, Washington DC, 1994)
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Descriptors: family-farms-united-states-management; agricultural-administration-united-states

186.
NAL Call No.: SF85.A1R32
Utah ranches--an economic snapshot.
Workman, J. P.; Evans, S. G. Rangelands. v.15(6): p.253- 255. (1993 Dec.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: ranching; family-farms; economic- situation; loans; investment; costs; returns; farm-income; utah

187.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Vala's pumpkin patch: fun in the fall.
Novotny, M. Small-farm-today. v.11(5): p.36-38. (1994 Oct.)
Descriptors: cucurbita; vegetable-growing; small-farms; ancillary-enterprises; pumpkins; nebraska

188.
NAL Call No.: S1.N32
A very practical farm.
Cramer, C. New-farm. v.12(7): p.14-16, 18-19. (1990 Nov.-1990 Dec.)
Descriptors: low-input-agriculture; farming-systems; family-farms; sustainability; iowa

189.
NAL Call No.: 281.28-R88
Visualizing trends in the structure of U.S. agriculture, 1982 to 1992.
Thomas, J. K.; Howell, F. M.; Wang, G.; Albrecht, D. E. Rural-sociol. v.61(2): p.349-374. (1996 Summer)
Includes references.
Descriptors: agricultural-structure; history; trends; patterns; small-farms; commercial-farming; cluster-analysis; agricultural-censuses; usa; farming-firm; agristructure
Abstract: Multiple indicators of the structure of agriculture were extracted from the U.S. Census of Agriculture for the years 1982, 1987, and 1992, and used to extend previous work by Wimberley (1987). Exploratory factor analysis results for each year yielded three dimensions of agristructure: corporate-commercial, farming-firm and small-farm. Factor-scores used to estimate scales had high reliabilities (omega coefficients > .9) and strong inter-temporal correlations for each scale across years were observed. The content of each scale was consistent across the three years, suggesting that structural shifts in the elements defining "agristructure" were minimal. Because the 1980s were a turbulent period for U.S. agriculture, the patterns describing heterogeneity among counties in each year were investigated. Cluster analysis of each year's three factor scales produced five homogeneous groups of counties: three, dominated respectively by small-farms, farming-firms, and corporate-farms and two mixed groups, which we interpreted as reflecting transitional situations. Comparisons of these cluster groupings across the three years identified the emergence of counties typified by organizational patterns of firm-oriented and corporate-commercial farming. Moreover, the patterns of temporal movement by U.S. counties across this typology suggest a fundamental change from homogeneous family-centered small-farming concentrations dominant during most of this century. Implications of the findings are discussed.

190.
NAL Call No.: HT401.S72
What you always wanted to know about part-time farming.
SRDC-ser. Mississippi State, MS: Southern Rural Development Center.no.187: 31p. (1995 Feb.)
Descriptors: part-time-farming; farm-planning; resource-management; farm-management; production-costs; usa

191.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Where buffalo roam: Puxico.
Boan, J. Small-farm-today. v.11(4): p.22-23. (1994 Aug.)
Descriptors: buffaloes; livestock-enterprises; small- farms; missouri

192.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
White & colored cotton.
Selbert, P. Small-farm-today. v.13(1): p.30-32. (1996 Feb.)
Descriptors: gossypium; varieties; cultivation; small- farms; arkansas

193.
NAL Call No.: S1.M57
Who are today's farmers.
Breimyer, H. F. Small-farm-today. v.13(5): p.15-16. (1996 Oct.-1996 Nov.)
Descriptors: farmers; part-time-farming; full-time- farming; farm-size; farm-structure; agricultural-censuses; usa

194.
NAL Call No.: 280.8-J822
Why did the number of young farm entrants decline.
Gale, H. F. Am-J-Agric-Econ. v.75(1): p.138-146. (1993 Feb.)
Includes references.
Descriptors: farm-entrants; demography; agricultural- structure; age; agricultural-prices; regions; off-farm- employment; employment-opportunities; probabilistic-models; usa
Abstract: The influence of demographic and economic factors on the number of young farm entrants is investigated. After controlling for the demographic effect, it is found that higher commodity prices, lower real interest rates, and lower land values are associated with greater entry. Regional effects suggest lower entry in states with better nonfarm opportunities. Demographic factors suggest that the shrinking pool of potential entrants will lead to further decline in farm entry. The decline in farm entry has important implications for the future structure of farming in the United States.

195.
NAL Call No.: 281.8-C16
Why the structure of agriculture still matters to National governments.
Jones, W.; Freshwater, D.; Fiarchuk, R. Can-j-agric- econ. p.223-240. (1995)
In the special issue: Farms, farm families, and farming communities / edited by D.H. Harrington, L. Whitener, R.D. Bollman, D. Freshwater, and D. Ehrensaft.
Descriptors: agricultural-structure; family-farms; agricultural-policy; agricultural-trade; government; farm-income; canada; usa

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