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V. Business Co-operation in Agriculture. 

 Historical sketch. 

 Present status. 



Production. 



Marketing. 



Buying. 



Miscellaneous business co-operation. 

 Difficulties and tendencies. 



VI. Agriculture and Legislation. 



Land laws and land policies of the United States. 

 Agriculture and the tariff. 

 Taxation and agriculture. 

 \J Food and dairy laws. 

 v Government aid to agriculture. 



VII. General Problems. 

 Agricultural labor. 

 Machinery and agriculture. 

 Interest rates, indebtedness, etc. 

 Tenant farming. 

 Large vs. small farming. 

 Business methods. 

 Immigration and agriculture. 



OUTLINE FOR A BRIEF COURSE IN RURAL 

 SOCIOLOGY 



INTRODUCTION 



i. Definitions. 



2. Relation of the sociological to the economic, the tech- 

 nical, and the scientific phases of agriculture. 



