CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION i 



PART ONE. 



SEED TIME FOR REVOLT. Conditions prior to 1872 . . 13 



PART TWO. 

 THE UPSTANDING CROP. 1872 . . . . . .28 



PART THREE. 

 THE FARMER SWINGS HIS SCYTHE. The great Lock-Out of 1874 49 



PART FOUR. 

 THE AFTERMATH OF THISTLES. The 'Eighties .... 67 



PART FIVE. 

 THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT. 



I. The 'Nineties . . . . . . . .96 



II. A Gleam of Sunshine: 1894. .121 



PART SIX. 

 STIRRINGS OF NEW LIFE. 1900 . . . . . . 145 



PART SEVEN. 

 GROWTH UNDER STORMY SKIES. 1910-14 ..... 177 



PART EIGHT. 

 WHAT OF THE HARVEST ? 



I. The Autumn of 1914 233 



II. The Organizer at Work . . . . . -259 



III. The Corn Production Act at Work . . . .288 



IV. 1920 .......... 317 



CHIEF BOOKS AND PAPERS USED ...... 332 



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