Increased bird density on egg production operations has led to high electricity consumption and manure handling problems. Anaerobic diqestion offers a source of energy (biogas) and a consistent method of manure management. This paper reports the results of a computer simulation model desiqned to...

Part-time farming in Maryland and the Northeast with full-time off-farm employment of one or more of the farm operators is competitive incomewise with many types and sizes of commercial farms. Individuals, families, and society in general will benefit in the future from the encouragement of...

Affected by industrialization, aqriculture in New England adapts to economic changes. Farms have become either large commercial units or small part time farms. Distributions of farm income have changed from an inverted-J distribution to a u-shaped distribution in the past three decades. Farm...

Regression analysis was used to analyze the geographic distribution of physicians Ln the Northeastern u.s. The ratio of general practitioners (GP's) to population, and specialists to population was calculated for each of the 299 counties in the region. The independent variable es were...

Production of milk under various pricing policies were examined for a representative dairy farm operating under the base- excess plan. Three pricing scenarios ~re examined to determine calving schedule, milk production, and shadow prices . The period May- July was most profitable, and December-...

The composition of revenues in general purpose local governments in the Northeast in 1977 is examined and compared with the pattern found in 1957. The oomposition of local government revenues varies between types of local governments and between states . In general, local governments in the New...