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INDEX 



160; newspaper, 162; membership, 163; 

 successes at polls, 168; charged with social- 

 ism, 169; program, 171; accomplishments, 

 176; expansion, 177; charged with pro- 

 Germanism, 181; war record, 183; defeat 

 in Minnesota, 187; success in North Da- 

 kota, 190; industrial program, 192-94; 

 litigation, 195; internal dissension, 196; 

 in elections of 1920, 197-99; reasons for 

 decline, 204-18; differences with Farm 

 Bureau, 282; supports La Follette, 356; 

 contributions of, 546 



Norbeck, Peter: elected to U.S. Senate, 397; 

 on acreage reductions, 419; sponsors farm- 

 relief measure, 456, 457 



Norris, George W.: senator from Nebraska, 

 336; threatens Republicans, 351; supports 

 debenture plan, 406; re-elected, 428 



Norris Grain Corporation bill, La Follette 

 on: 367 



North Dakota: reforms in, 52; business fail- 

 ures in, 108; Equity expansion into, 132; 

 terminal elevator movement, 139; Non- 

 partisan League, 149-205; proposed new 

 constitution, 172; election of 1918, 190; 

 League program, 192-94; recall election, 

 204; Farm Bureau Federation in, 213; 

 Farmers' Union in, 232-34; election of 

 1922, 348; election of 1926, 397; election 

 of 1930, 428; farm strike in, 446; wheat 

 embargo, 483; dought in, 494; mortgage 

 relief in, 499 



Northwest Wheat Growers, Associated, ac- 

 tivities: 293 



Nourse, Edwin A., quoted: 562 



Nye, Gerald P.: supports La Follette, 356; 

 favors "cost of production," 533 



Office of Farm Management: see Farm 

 Management, Office of 



Oklahoma: Farmers' Union in, 237; co- 

 operatives in, 288 



Olson, Floyd B.: elected governor, 428; at- 

 titude toward farm strike, 445, 451; pro- 

 tests to, 449; price-fixing demands of, 484 



Omaha, Nebraska: livestock market, 84; co- 

 operative exchange center, 241, 304; hear- 

 ings on packers, 327; milk strike in, 444 



O'Neal, Edward A.: Farm Bureau presi- 

 dent, 456; on congressional program, 461; 

 on death of A.A.A., 503; criticizes Re- 

 publican platform, 507; favors trade pacts, 

 529; supports administration program, 

 533; southerner, 541; work of, 548 



Packers and Stockyards Act, terms of: 326 

 Packing industry: see Meat-packing indus- 

 try 

 Palmer, A Mitchell, consults with packers: 



326 

 Parity prices: difficulties in establishing, 478; 



demands for, 523; significance of, 558 

 Patrons of Husbandry: see Grange 

 Payne-Aldrich tariff, opposition to: 54 

 Peek, George N.: proposes export corpora- 

 tion, 282; war record of, 377; favors two- 

 price system, 378; interest in export de- 

 benture, 390; supports Smith, 403; confers 

 on domestic allotment plan, 456; on 

 Jones bill, 462; mentioned for Secretary 

 of Agriculture, 465; influence on A.A.A., 

 469; administers A.A.A., 471; troubles, 

 487-88 

 Philipp, Emanuel, Wisconsin governor: 40, 



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Pierce, James, Iowa farm journalist: 346 

 Pinchot, Gifford, member Country Life 



Commission: 62 

 Pladsen, Emil: Wisconsin Nonpar tisan 



Leaguer, 210; correspondence, 211-12 

 Plowman's pilgrimage, goes to Washington: 



501 



Plunkett, Sir Horace, encourages coopera- 

 tives: 62 

 Poe, Clarence, North Carolina farm-journal 



editor: 225 

 Pommerening, E. C., Wisconsin Equity 



leader: 144 



Pope, James, U.S. senator: 525 

 Population: decline in country, 26; com- 



