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Part Time Farmers Prominent In Soil Bank
A Penn State study shows half of Soil Bank participants in southeastern Pennsylvania earned half or more of their income from non farm sources. Labor shortages and ill health push farmers into the program. The 1957 survey in three counties finds land in reserve nearly as productive as non reserve land, with crop output dipping slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PSU
Sol Bank
Pennsylvania
Agricultural Experiment Station
Pennsylvania State University
G. E. Brandon
J. P. Houck
College of Agriculture
Penn State
Brandon and Houck
Soul Bank
Soil Bank