Mechanizing cotton production in the American south: The tractor, 1915–1960

Musoke, Moses S.

doi:10.1016/0014-4983(81)90003-6

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“…49. According to Musoke [1981] the number of mechanical cotton pickers in the South increased from 1,522 in 1948 to 15,550 in 195315,550 in . Between 195215,550 in and 1965 the average annual increase in the number of pickers was 3,400.…”

Section: Figures For Manufacturing Employment Frommentioning

confidence: 98%

Wage labour deferred: The recreation of unfree labour in the US South

Angelo

1995

Journal of Peasant Studies

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Section: Figures For Manufacturing Employment Frommentioning

confidence: 98%

Wage labour deferred: The recreation of unfree labour in the US South

Angelo

1995

Journal of Peasant Studies

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“…97-100). It was until the start of mechanized cotton harvesting during the mid 1940s that barely any capital was used in cotton production (Musoke, 1981;Cogan, 1982;Wright, 1986;Heinicke, 1994).…”

Section: The Organization Of Cotton Productionmentioning

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Effects of Agricultural Productivity Shocks on Female Labor Supply: Evidence from the Boll Weevil Plague in the US South

Ager

Brückner

Herz³

2014

SSRN Journal

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In the beginning of the 1890s, counties located in the Cotton Belt of the American South were hit by an agricultural plague, the boll weevil, that adversely affected cotton production and hence the demand for labor. We use variation in the incidence of the boll weevil multiplied with counties' initial cotton share to construct instrumental variables estimates of the labor supply curve. Controlling for county and state-by-time fixed effects, we find a significant positive response of labor supply to changes in labor income. The effect is particularly large for females, consistent with evidence that females had a comparative advantage in picking cotton.

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“…In counties where the AAA had little or no presence, in-migration of these low-income groups may have led to an increase in malaria's incidence due to imported cases of malaria and increases in the at-risk 3 Cotton was an important AAA crop in the South. Since cotton production was relatively labor intensive prior to 1940 (Musoke 1981), idled cotton land may have reduced mosquito-human contact. 4 Humphreys (2001) appears to be the first scholar to posit that the AAA may have been a key factor in eradicating malaria from the United States since the AAA encouraged migration away from rural farm counties.…”

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Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the 1930s United States

Barreca¹,

Fishback²,

Kantor³

2011

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The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) caused a population shift in the United States in the 1930s. Evaluating the effects of the AAA on the incidence of malaria can therefore offer important lessons regarding the broader consequences of demographic changes. Using a quasi-first difference model and a robust set of controls, we find a negative association between AAA expenditures and malaria death rates at the county level. Further, we find the AAA caused relatively low-income groups to migrate from counties with high-risk malaria ecologies. These results suggest that the AAA-induced migration played an important role in the reduction of malaria.

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Mechanizing cotton production in the American south: The tractor, 1915–1960

Cited by 12 publications

References 22 publications

Wage labour deferred: The recreation of unfree labour in the US South

Wage labour deferred: The recreation of unfree labour in the US South

Effects of Agricultural Productivity Shocks on Female Labor Supply: Evidence from the Boll Weevil Plague in the US South

Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the 1930s United States

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