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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. 

 Food and dairy laws. 

 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 



1. Definitions. 



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

 nical, and the scientific phases of agriculture. 



