tion plus a reasonable profit," and the 

 Hoover farm program, bitterly opposed 

 by conservative business agencies and 

 alienated farm groups alike. The failure 

 of all schemes to bring relief resulted in 

 the farm strike, which culminated in a 

 melodramatic outburst of violence. Fi- 

 nally came the New Deal farm program, 

 which temporarily quieted the fears of 

 farmers. 



THEODORE SALOUTOS and his co- 

 author have spent sixteen years in study 

 and research on problems discussed in 

 their book. Mr. Saloutos has traveled 

 extensively over the Middle West, at- 

 tending farm meetings, visiting head- 

 quarters of farmers' organizations, and 

 talking with farmers, farm leaders, or- 

 ganizers, and legislators. Author of 

 numerous articles in historical journals, 

 Mr. Saloutos received his Ph.D. degree 

 (1940) at the University of Wisconsin 

 and is now Associate Professor of His- 

 tory at the University of California, 

 Los Angeles. 



JOHN D. HICKS, on leave from the 

 University of California, Berkeley, is 

 Visiting Professor of American History 

 at Cambridge University during the cur- 

 rent year. He holds a Ph.D. degree 

 (1916) from the University of Wisconsin 

 and an M.A. degree (1950) from Cam- 

 bridge. A former member of the faculty 

 of the University of Wisconsin, Mr. 

 Hicks is known throughout the United 

 States as the author of four other books 

 and many articles and as a past president 

 of the Agricultural Historical Society 

 and the Mississippi Valley Historical 

 Association. 



