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INDEX 



Corn Belt Committee: formed, 386; meets in 

 Des Moines, 389; reassembles, 394; op- 

 poses Hoover, 402; supports Smith, 403; 

 dissensions in, 432 



Corn Belt Liberty League: opposes New 

 Deal, 519; increasing activity, 520; claims 

 successes, 526 



Cornell University, interest in agricultural 

 economics: 69 



Corporations: Iowa regulations of, 44; sup- 

 port county-agent movement, 263; pooling 

 practices, 292 



Cost of production: statistics presented, 394; 

 North Dakota legislation on, 482-84; gov- 

 ernment opposition to, 485; asked for all 

 commodities, 489; discussed, 523; bill be- 

 fore Congress, 532; supporters of, 533 



Cotton: price drop, 397; plowed under, 500; 

 grown in Missouri "boot heel," 515; under 

 ever normal granary, 518; remains south- 

 ern staple, 541 



Coulter, John Lee, writes on cooperative 

 marketing: 287 



Country Life Commission: on farm pros- 

 perity, 20; emphasis on cooperatives, 61; 

 on rural credit, 84; Barrett appointed to, 

 221; report of, 261 



County agents: see American Farm Bureau 

 Federation 



Coxey, Jacob, on Socialist party: 225 



Crandall, C. B., on livestock marketing: 424 



Crawford, Coe I., South Dakota governor: 



5 1 



Creameries: in Twin Cities area, 311; co- 

 operative control of, 312; Land O'Lakes 

 Creameries, 314 

 Credit: see Agricultural credit 

 Crop-insurance program, considered: 508 

 Cummins, A. B.: Iowa reformer, 40; poli- 

 tical career, 41-47; on Payne-Aldrich tar- 

 iff, 54; opposed by Brookhart, 345 



Dairy industry: extent of, 10; advantages of, 

 12; cheese cooperatives, 59; stimulated by 

 war, 97-98; Nebraska creameries, 240; 



Chicago milk strike, 309; milk-market- 

 ing associations, 311; A.A.A. plans for, 

 478; butter problem, 489 



Davis, A. C., Farmers' Union leader: 236-37 



Davis, C. C.: McNary-Haugenite, 390; con- 

 sulted on domestic allotment, 456; A.A.A. 

 official, 471; supported by Wallace, 487; 

 suggests state A.A.A.'s, 503 



Davis, Jonathan, Kansas governor: 350 



Davis, Joseph S., on domestic allotment ori- 

 gins: 455 



Dawes, C. G., Vice-President: 391 



Day, Clifford H., leads "plowman's pilgrim- 

 age": 501 



Debs, Eugene V., influence on Nonpartisan 

 League: 167 



Deneen, C. S., Illinois governor: 52 



Denman, C. B., member Federal Farm 

 Board: 409 



Department of Agriculture: see Agriculture, 

 Department of 



Depression of 1920-22: effect of land boom, 

 101-4; loss of European markets, 105; in- 

 dustrial recovery, 109; farmer agitation 

 during, 321 



Depression of 1929-39: effect on Farmers' 

 Union, 227; encourages pooling, 292; on 

 Pacific Coast, 542 



Dickinson, L. J.: farm-bloc leader, 324; pro- 

 poses surplus control, 389; opinions of, 

 398; elected to U.S. Senate, 428 



Direct primary: advocated by La Follette, 

 37; in Iowa, 45; in Illinois, 52 



Divet, A. G., Nonpartisan League opponent: 



153 



Dockage, system criticized: 76 

 Domestic allotment plan: origins of, 453; 

 Wilson's ideas on, 454; interest in, 455; 

 favored by farm orders, 461; opposition 

 to, 463; for wheat, 474; supporters of, 533 

 Drake, Benjamin, reform leader: 133 

 Drought of 1934: extent of, 493-94; emer- 

 gency relief, 495 



Duis, George E., on wheat pooling: 292 

 Dust storms, warrant soil conservation: 505 



