Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Economic Study of Land Utilization in Southern Alberta
Since the use of land In the vulcan-lomond area has been the focal interest of the study, some means of defining the land use was necessary, and the most useful definition was found to be that which measures the intensity of the use of land. By intensity is meant the relative amount Of such factors as labour, machinery, live stock and management utilized on a Specified land unit. Intensive farming Is characterized by the use of relatively large amounts of productive factors on land; while extensive farming is characterized by the utilization of relatively smaller quantities Emphasis has been placed on the adjustments which have occurred in the agriculture as judged by the intensity of the use of land.
At the time of first settlement farms were of almost equal size and the use of capital, equipment and labour on each farm varied little from district to district. However, the growing knowledge of the conditions of accessibility.
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