INDEX 



575 



cooperatives, 66; dairy cooperatives, 69; 

 business failures, 108; cooperative market- 

 ing agencies, 134; Nonpartisan League in, 

 177, 186; election of 1920, 197-98; Farm- 

 ers' Union in, 234; milk producers, 311; 

 creameries, 313; Farmer-Labor party, 344- 

 47; election of 1923, 353; Council of Agri- 

 culture, 395; election of 1926, 397; elec- 

 tion of 1930, 428; opposition to F.F.B., 

 431; farm-strike threat, 449; A.A.A. loans 

 in, 486; drought in, 494; mortgage relief 

 in, 499 



Minnesota Farmers' Exchange, terminal 

 marketing agency: 134 



Missouri: reforms in, 50-51; livestock mar- 

 keting in, 81; Farmers' Union in, 223; 

 cooperatives in, 265, 317; election of 1930, 

 428; "boot heel" counties, 515 



Missouri Farmers' Association, marketing 

 agency: 317 



Moley, Raymond, advises Roosevelt: 455 



Moline Plow Company, Peek's connection 

 with: 377 



Montana, business failures in, 108; rapid 

 growth of Equity, 140-41; Nonpartisan 

 organizers in, 186; election of 1918, 190; 

 election of 1920, 197-98; drought of 1934, 



494 



Morgenthau, Henry, Jr.: Roosevelt sup- 

 porter, 460; favored for Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, 465 



Morrill Act (1862), promotes agricultural 

 education: 28 



Mortgages: held by speculators, 15; effect of 

 rising land values, 23; during depression 

 of 1920, 104; League program criticized, 

 200; farm-strike program on foreclosures, 

 448; F.C.A. relief, 498 



Mumford, H. W., on Livestock Marketing 

 Committee: 279 



Muscle Shoals project: favored by farm con- 

 ference, 333; plan to manufacture ferti- 

 lizers, 340 



National Agricultural Conference, meets in 



Washington (1922): 332 



National Agricultural Credit Corporations, 

 established: 340 



National Board of Farm Organizations, 

 antedates Farm Bureau: 256-58 



National Industrial Conference Board: rec- 

 ommends cooperatives, 288; represents 

 business interests, 393; protests against, 



398 



National Livestock Marketing Association: 

 formed, 424; difficulties of, 426 



National Monetary Commission, on rural 

 credits: 85 



National Producers' Alliance, proposed 

 union with Equity Exchange: 232 



National Recovery Administration: effect on 

 prices, 479; farmers' attitude toward, 482; 

 takes over A.A.A. codes, 488; outlawed by 

 Supreme Court, 500 



National Wheat Growers' Association, mar- 

 keting activities: 293 



Nebraska: reforms in, 52; legislation on co- 

 operatives, 64; livestock marketing in, 81; 

 Nonpartisan organizers in, 186; League 

 activities in, 188; Farmers' Union in, 226- 

 29; opposition to Barrett, 237; Omaha 

 Livestock Exchange, 304; election of 1922, 

 349; election of 1926, 396; election of 

 1930, 428; A.A.A. loans in, 486; drought 

 of 1934, 494. 



Nelson, John M., Wisconsin journalist: 36 



Nestos, R. A.: candidate for governor of 

 North Dakota, 203; inaugural, 205; con- 

 servatism, 348 



New Deal: need for haste, 466; A.A.A. pro- 

 gram, 468; F.C.A. program, 469, 498; 

 production control, 471; factions in, 487; 

 after one year, 490; supported by Farm 

 Bureau, 507; combats farm tenancy, 509; 

 ever normal granary, 516; opposition to, 

 519; election setbacks (1938), 525; trade 

 pacts, 527 



Nonpartisan League: succeeds Equity, 141; 

 activities in Wisconsin, 142-44; in North 

 Dakota, 149-59; propaganda methods, 



