A Simulation Model of Agricultural Settlement Applied to the Canadian Prairies, 1898-1911
This paper develops an alternative to the Nerlovian model of settlement, by simulating the extension of the feasible region of cultivation. The model is applied to a wheat-growing area of Saskatchewan that experience rapid settlement from 1898-1911. Comparisons of actual wheat cultivation with the simulated feasible region indicate that settler adjusted quickly to the feasible region. It also appears the extension of rail lines and the increase in mean wheat yields were responsible for nearly all of the increase in the area on which it was profitable to grow wheat.
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1980
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Authors: | Lewis, Frank D. |
Institutions: | Economics Department, Queen's University |
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