| Abstrakt: |
The effects of world and national conditions affecting agriculture — particularly the marketing of farm products – on service industry in South Australian country towns are demonstrated for the period since 1945. For twelve selected towns from the wheat–sheep belt and its margins, analysis is carried out of the correlation between trends in retailing (shop numbers and shop employment) and trends in farm numbers, the farm workforce, and gross farm income in the towns' trade areas. Considerable variations are shown to occur in the strength of these correlations, both regionally and over time, and a partial explanation is given. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
