An economic survey of family farms on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1953
By: by Troy Mullins
Contributors: United States. Agricultural Research Service. Office of Experiment Stations. Territorial Experiment Stations Division
Series: ARS -- 24-2; ARS 24 -- 2.
Published: 1954
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Economic surveys; Family farms
Other titles: Family farms on St. Croix, Virgin Islands, 1953
Notes: Caption title.

"November 1954."

At head of title on page i: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Office of Experiment Stations, Territorial Experiment Stations Division.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Introduction ; Scope and method of study; title: Description of Families Surveyed: Age distribution and size of families ; Occupational experience of operators ; Attitudes towards farming; title: Description and Economic Analysis of Farms: Tenure of operators and size of farms ; General land use and farm enterprises ; Farm investment and debt load ; Sources of income ; Farm operating expenses ; Noncash income and costs ; Total family earnings ; Operator's returns to labor and management; title: Comparison of farms incomes with earnings in other occupations: Examination of Major Enterprises: Sugarcane ; Beef cattle; title: Some Alternative Farm Plans: Incomes with average yields and 1953 prices ; Incomes with variable yields and prices; title: General interest in farm ownership and qualifications of applicants; title: Appendix.