The Agricultural Situation, Vol. 34

Download or read book The Agricultural Situation, Vol. 34 written by U. S. Bureau Of Agricultural Economics and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Agricultural Situation, Vol. 34: November 1950 Labor productivity of agriculture and the railroad industry increased at about the same pace from 1933 until we entered the war. The phenomenal increase in both freight and passenger traffic during the war far exceeded the gain in man-hour inputs, resulting in a big increase in labor productivity in 1942 and '1943. As far as passenger travel is concerned, the measure of production used does not take into ac count the discomfort resulting from overcrowded cars and the pressing into service of old and out-of-date equip ment. But gigantic troop movements were executed and huge quantities of war material were hauled. Productivity of labor in the railroad industry began. Declining in 1944 and by 1946 was only slightly above gross farm production per hour. Nd other farm product and probably no old and established industry. Can match the gains made in production of food grains per hour of labor during the last 30 years. The climb was even steeper for wheat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.