CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURING, COMMERCE 1 



II. ANARCHY OF AGRICULTURE 15 



III. FARMING VERSUS LAND SPECULATION 24 



IV. THE "BACK TO THE LAND" MOVEMENT 31 



V. LAND TENURE 53 



VI. ECONOMIC CONDITION OF THE FARMER 83 



VII. AGRICULTURAL LABOR 96 



VIII. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND THE TRUST QUESTION 115 



IX. MARKETING AND THE MIDDLEMAN 130 



X. COOPERATION 158 



XI. CREDIT. 174 



XII. TRANSPORTATION 188 



XIII. INSURANCE 205 



XIV. COLD STORAGE 214 



XV. AGRICULTURAL PRICES AND VALORIZATION 225 



XVI. COST OF PRODUCTION AND FARM ACCOUNTING 250 



XVII. SPECULATION 262 



XVIII. THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS 279 



XIX. FARMERS' ORGANIZATIONS 285 



XX. STATE AID 312 



XXI. THE COUNTY AGENT 329 



XXII. THE GRAIN TRADE 337 



XXIII. LIVE-STOCK AND MEAT INDUSTRY 365 



XXIV. TAXATION PROBLEMS; SINGLE TAX; PROTECTIVE TARIFF 393 



XXV. FOREIGN COMPETITION 409 



XXVI. FOOD SUPPLY PROBLEM 425 



INDEX .... 437 



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