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INDEX 



University of Wisconsin: emphasizes agri- 

 cultural economics, 68; survey of, 129 



Vesecky, John, favors reciprocal trade: 529 

 Volstead, Andrew: Minnesota congressman, 

 288; defeats Shipstead, 345 



Wallace, Henry A.: editor of Wallace/ 

 Farmer, 401; turns Democrat, 402; on ori- 

 gins of A.A.A., 453; favored for Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, 465; favors inflation, 

 467; launches A.A.A., 471; on livestock 

 surplus, 474-75; speaks in Des Moines, 

 485-86; troubles with A.A.A., 487; ever 

 normal granary, 508; on treatment of 

 tenants, 515; defends A.A.A., 522; on elec- 

 tions of 1938, 525; supports farm program, 

 53 2 > 5355 supports certificate payment 



plan, 537 



Wallace, Henry C.: member Country Life 

 Commission, 62; editor Wallaces' Farmer, 

 266; export plan, 282; on cooperatives, 

 290; encourages pooling, 293; opposes 

 Grain Marketing Company, 300; favors 

 farm conference, 332; calls conference, 



379 



Warehouse Act (1916), scope extended: 340 



War Finance Corporation: life extended, 

 288, 325; powers expanded, 330; sup- 

 ported, 333; powers continued, 335 



Warren, George F., author of Farm Man- 

 agement: 69 



Weeks, John W., Secretary of War: 331 



Weinstock, Harris, favors integrated market- 

 ing: 275 



Weld, Louis D. H., writes on cooperative 

 marketing: 287 



Western Middle West: defined, 4; map, 5; 

 reform center, 7; tenancy in, 14; migra- 

 tion from, 16; Populist legacy in, 33; re- 

 forms in, 51; promotes insurgency, 54; 

 cooperative movement in, 57-58; boom 

 and depression, 101-5; Nonpar tisan 

 League, 149; Farmers' Union in, 222, 229; 

 Farm Bureau in, 256; grain cooperatives 



in, 265; influence on Farm Bureau, 270; 

 leadership in cooperatives, 286; wheat- 

 pooling movement in, 293; milk strikes, 

 309; cooperative purchasing, 319; sup- 

 ports farm bloc, 324, 336; Progressive vic- 

 tories in, 342-43; La Follette's appeal to, 

 366; McNary-Haugenism in, 372, 378, 387; 

 proposed alliance with South, 397; elec- 

 tions of 1930, 428; role in A.A.A., 452; 

 price-fixing program in, 484; drought of 

 1934, 494-96; federal aid to, 511; urban 

 population in, 539; agitation in, 540; farm 

 orders in, 541; farms in, 559 



Wetmore, Frank, advises cooperative: 299 



Wheat farming: extent of, 9; improvements 

 in, 10 ; conditions of marketing, 74; war 

 stimulation, 90-94; foreign competition, 

 105; Equity plans for, 118; marketing 

 grievances, 132, 150; one-crop system, 

 i55n.; encouraged by cooperatives, 288; 

 in i92o's, 375, 384; projected aid to, 410; 

 farm strike, 441; wheat-price advance, 467; 

 concerns A.A.A., 474; black-stem rust, 497; 

 acreage curtailed (1939), 524; effect of 

 World War II, 537 



Wheat pools: favored by Everitt, 114; "hold- 

 your-wheat" campaign, 135; in 1920'$, 

 291-303; in 1929, 410 



Wheeler, Burton K.: candidate for Vice- 

 President, 364; favors "cost of produc- 

 tion," 533; introduces certificate payment 



Plan. 537 



White, William Allen: quoted, 54; on 

 Farmers' Union, 224 



Wickard, C. R., A.A.A. official: 520 



Williams, Carl, member Federal Farm 

 Board: 409 



Wilson, C. S., member Federal Farm 

 Board: 409 



Wilson, James: Secretary of Agriculture, 

 225; on New York farming, 262 



Wilson, M. L.: plan for farm relief, 454; 

 wins converts, 455; defends domestic al- 

 lotments, 463; A.A.A. official, 487; on 

 foreign markets, 529 



