442 



INDEX 



Farmers' income, 83, 95 



compared with city incomes, 



90 

 Federal government report 



on, 83, 84 

 other estimates, 87 

 "survey" method of deter- 

 mining, 87 

 institutes, 315 

 labor income calculated, 89 

 b'ving, what the farm contributes 



to, 95 



middleman, the, 152 

 mutual insurance companies, 



205 

 national headquarters, 287-289 



organizations, 311 

 organizations, benefits from, 285 

 chapter on, 285 

 difficulty of classifying, 286 

 local, 300 

 national, 290 

 political background of, 



303 



problems to face, 307 

 publications on, 309, 310 

 parties in the past, 303 

 Fanning, bonanza, 43-45 



effects of, 44 

 conclusions on, 92 

 conditions in foreign countries, 



publications on, 52 

 by corporations, 66 

 does it pay? 83 

 example of successful, 84-86 

 financial profitableness of, 332 

 future of, 52 

 in China and Japan, 428 

 industry in New Zealand, 40 

 methods, successful, 434 

 practices, best, popularized, 86 

 publications on, 52 

 report of Roosevelt Country 



Life Commission on, 7-10 

 versus land speculation, chapter 



on, 24 



Federal Farm Loan Act, 180-182 

 Land Banks, the twelve, 186 

 Money Trust Investigation, 11 

 Reserve System and agriculture, 



183 

 Trade Commission, report on 



packing industry, 382 

 Fertilizer, saving of, in Germany, 38 

 Field crops in Canada, 419 

 Filley, H. C., cited, 154 

 Fire patrol, 319 



Flour and wheat prices from farmer 



to consumer, 143 

 Food problem, 425 



supply problem, chapter on, 425 



Eublications on, 435 

 es, government control of 

 in Germany during World 

 War, 244-246 



Foods, seasonal production of, 214 

 Foodstuffs and manufactures, value 



of, 413 

 Foreign competition in agriculture, 



chapter on, 409 

 publications on, 422, 423 

 trade, its changes, its signifi- 

 cance, 411 

 Forest service, 318 

 Forestry and landscape gardening, 194 

 Forgan, David R., Grain Financing, 



363 



France cited regarding small farms, 33 

 Frear, D. W., on marketing small 



fruits and vegetables, 147 

 Free trade in land, 69 

 principle, 404 

 Fruits, citrus, statistics, 146 



Gallatin's memorial, 403 

 Galpin, C. J., cited, 74 

 Gambling, 275 



Webster's definition of, 266 

 Gaston, H., Nonpartisan League, 310 

 George, Henry, on Progress and Pov- 

 erty, 30 



German farmer, customs of, 36 

 Gleaners, 311 



Goldenweiser, E. A., The Farmer's In- 

 come, 95 



Government regulation of cold stor- 

 age, 222 

 Grain, cash, 348 



crops, distribution of cost per 



acre, 253-254 



statistics of movement of, 23 

 elevator manager, 343 



problems, 342 



elevators, Buenos Aires, 414 

 exchange, Chicago Board of 



Trade, 346 

 evolution of the organized, 



347 



exchanges, trading on, 349, 350 

 futures, 348 

 market, manipulation of the, 350 



a wide, 350 



markets in Argentina, 337 

 mixing in elevators, 345 

 price fluctuations of, 271 



