The task assigned was to estimate a function describing the demand for nonfood by nonfarmers(the total pupolation excluding the pupolation on farms). It was then decided to estimate also a demand functions for food and for nonfood by farmers and by th...
The task assigned was to estimate a function describing the demand for nonfood by nonfarmers(the total pupolation excluding the pupolation on farms). It was then decided to estimate also a demand functions for food and for nonfood by farmers and by the total population, the reason being partly that these functions would be of some interest and usefulness in themselves and partly that the consistency or inconsistency of the different functions with each other would provide a partial check on the validity of each of them. Thus, the objective was to obtain estimates of the following six demand relations.