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21. State the need of organized exchanges to deal in real estate. 



22. Give the views of Henry Wallace on tenancy. 



23. Give the main points in the "Declaration on Farm Tenancy" issued by 



the Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers Association. 



24. Cite statistics from 9 states illustrating the rule that cheap land means 



few tenants, dear land many tenants. 



QUESTIONS SUGGESTED BY THE TEXT 



1. State your approval or disapproval of Simons's theory of capitalism in 



agriculture, and give reasons for your position. 



2. Formulate a land policy for the United States which will recognize and 



preserve the good features of tenancy and eliminate the bad features. 



3. Formulate a workable Land Certification program. 



4. State the case for organized Real Estate Exchanges built up on principles 



akin to those of the Grain Exchanges. Give the working of some such 

 Real Estate Exchange. 



5. Complete the tables hi Appendices by adding statistics from the 1920 



census. 



6. Prepare tables of statistics from the Census Reports, showing per cent of 



farms mortgaged by decades, 1890-1920 (a) by Grand Divisions, and 

 (6) for each State separately. 



REFERENCES 



1. BENTON, A. H.: "Farm Tenancy and Leases." Bulletin 178, Univer- 

 sity of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, St. Paul, Dec., 1918. 

 Statistics are given showing that "Farm tenancy has been rapidly increasing 

 in Minnesota, particularly in the southwestern part of the State where the 

 average land values are highest." 



2. ELY, RICHARD T.: "Private Colonization of Land." American Eco- 

 nomic Review, Sept. 1918, pp. 522-548. 



3. ELY, RICHARD T., AND GALPIN, CHARLES J.: "Tenancy in an Ideal 

 System of Land Ownership." American Economic Review, Vol. 9, pp. 180-212 

 (March 1919). Also reprinted in bulletin form by the American Association 

 for Agricultural Legislation, Madison, Wisconsin, 1919. 



4. GALPIN, C. J., AND HOAG, EMILY F.: "Farm Tenancy: an Analysis of 

 the Occupancy of 500 Farms." Research Bulletin 44, Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, University of Wisconsin, Feb., 1919. 



5. HAGGARD, H. RIDER: "The Poor and the Land." London, 1905. 



6. PRATT, E. A.: "Small Holders. What They Must Do to Succeed." 

 London, 1909. 



7. WENDT, DR. C. L.: "A Partnership, Not a Tenancy." The Dakota 

 Farmer, July 1, 1918. 



8. Report of the Land Settlement Board of the State of California. Sacra- 

 mento, June 30, 1918, and later annual reports. Farm allotments and farm 

 laborers' allotments in the Durham State Land Settlement. State Land 

 Settlement Board, Sacramento, May, 1918. 



9. International Institute of Agriculture, Rome. "Monthly Bulletin of 

 Economic and Social Intelligence" (changed to "International Review of 

 Agricultural Economics" January, 1916). 



Finland. "Results of Interior Colonization." Nov., 1916, 106-114; Jan., 

 1917, 90-114. 



Russia.- "Results of the New Agrarian Reform," Dec., 1916; Feb., 1917, 

 89-107. "Activity of the Peasants' Land Bank," Oct., 1917, 34-51. "Aboli- 

 tion of Landed Property," May, 1918, 437-438. 



