CHAPTER VI 

 THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FARM, CONTINUED. 



THE PROPORTIONS IN WHICH THE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION 

 SHOULD BE BROUGHT TOGETHER, WITH ESPECIAL REFER- 

 ENCE TO INTENSITY OF CULTURE. 



Agriculture is said to be extensive or intensive 

 according to the amount of labor, capital-goods, 

 and managerial activity devoted to each acre of 

 land. When a small amount of labor, capital- 

 goods, and managerial activity is employed on 

 each acre of land the culture is said to be ex- 

 tensive, when a large amount, it is said to be 

 intensive. There is variation also in the amount 

 of labor which is associated with a given amount 

 of capital-goods. In the United States we use 

 relatively large amounts of capital-goods com- 

 pared with the amounts of labor employed, while 

 the reverse is true in China. There may be 

 wide variations, also, in the amount of managerial 

 activity associated with a given amount of labor 

 and capital-goods. At a given time and place 

 some definite proportion of each of these factors 

 should be associated if the best results are to be 

 attained. 



