Prairie summerfallow intensity : an analysis of 1981 census data / Les Macartney.: CS21-601/8E-PDF

"This descriptive study provides background information for the current debate on the benefits and costs of the summerfallow practice in the Prairies. The study focuses mainly on dryland grain farms with some land in fallow. The relation between the ratio of summerfallow to cultivated area (called summerfallow intensity) and the following nine variables is examined: farm cultivated area, farm organization, land tenure, age of operator, days of off-farm work, fertilizer and agriculture chemical expenses, machinery value and gross farm sales. Data are analyzed by soil zone, a proxy for soil moisture. Cross tabulation and correlation are the statistical tools used"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Statistics Canada. Agriculture Statistics Division.
Title Prairie summerfallow intensity : an analysis of 1981 census data / Les Macartney.
Series title Working paper ; no. 8
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Intensité de la pratique de la jachère dans les Prairies : une analyse des données du recensement de 1981.
Digitized edition from print [produced by Statistics Canada].
"September 1984."
Includes bibliographic references.
Publishing information Ottawa : Statistics Canada, 1984.
Author / Contributor Macartney, Les.
Description iii, 76 p.
Catalogue number
  • CS21-601/8E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 21-601E, no. 8
Subject terms Agriculture
Census data
Crop rotation
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