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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Appendix Tables -- Preface -- Original Half Title -- I. Introduction -- The Issues -- Hypotheses -- Objectives -- II. Agricultural Production, Research and Extension -- A Quantitative Description -- Conceptual Background -- Data Measurement -- Labor -- Capital -- Land -- Purchased Inputs -- Output and Input Trends -- Research and Extension -- Temporal Aggregation of Research -- Spatial Aggregation of Research -- III. Productivity Growth in US Agriculture -- Calculation of Index Numbers -- Methodology -- Results -- Convergence -- Econometric Assessment -- Theory -- Results -- Growth Accounting -- IV. The Economic Effects of Research and Extension -- Methodology -- Conventional Inputs -- Nonconventional Inputs -- Results -- Elasticity of Factor Substitution and Demand Elasticities -- Factor Bias -- Induced Innovation -- Returns to Local and Spillin Research -- V. Conclusion -- Results -- Questions for Further Research -- Implications -- Appendix -- References -- Index.