CONTENTS 



Page 

 PUBLISHER'S FOREWORD ix 



PREFACE xiii 



I THE LAND 1 



The Point of View of the People; Economic Controls of 

 Land Use; Natural Forces Controlling Land Use; The 

 Land as It Is 



II THE FARM LAND 26 



The Westward March Begins; The First Federal Land 

 Policies East vs. West; The Triumph of the West; The 

 Land Grows Scarce; Free Land; The Life of the Pioneer; 

 The Growth of the "Farm Problem"; Farm vs. Factory; 

 The Farmers Strike; The Problem of the Land; Tenancy 

 and Poor Land Use; One-Crop Farming and the Soil; 

 Government Policies on Land Use; Farmers and Taxes; 

 Farmers and Crop Control; Agricultural Adjustments; 

 Expanding Land Use; Balanced Land Use; Land Man' 

 agement; Emergency Farm Aid Money; State Control 

 of Land Use; Soil Conservation District Law; Zoning; 

 Land-Use Programs Are Fitted Together; The Civilian 

 Conservation Corps; The Farmer; The Farmer Looks 

 Ahead; The American Peasant 



III WATER 100 



The Hydrologic Cycle; The Work of Water; Run-Off; 

 Erosion; The Effect of Uneven Stream Flow; Control of 

 Water Floods; Federal Control of Floods; Headwaters 

 Control; Division of Costs of Flood Control; Federal 

 Control of Navigation; Power; Swamp Land; The Arid 

 West; Irrigation; Interstate Control of Water; Water 

 for Drinking 



