446 



INDEX 



Packers, transportation and distribu- 

 tion by, 376 



Packing house, by-products, utiliza- 

 tion of, 376 

 Government inspection in, 



378 

 situation, evils of, remedies 



for, 384 

 houses, cooperative, 387 



inspection and grading in, 



377 



Palmer, D. B., on educating the con- 

 sumer, 149 



Parcel post and express compared, 196 

 marketing, 140 

 shipping eggs by, 141 



perishable farm produce 



by, 142 

 Parker, Field Management and Crop 



Rotation, 436 



Peaches, California, collective mar- 

 keting of, 146 



Pearson, R. A., Agricultural Organiza- 

 tions in Europe, 310 

 Peasant proprietor in Holland, 35 

 proprietors, 34 



in Denmark, 36 

 proprietorship in Norway cited, 



32 



on the Continent, 32 

 Peffer, Senator, Report of, on Agri- 

 cultural Depression, 26, 27 

 Perishability, risks from, 147 

 Pests and diseases, effects on agri- 

 culture, 19 



"Phantom grain" question, 351 

 Pickell, J. R., Agricultural Argentina, 



363, 423 

 Pierson, C. W., Rise and Fall of the 



Grange movement, 310 

 Pit scalpers, 351 

 Plant industry, bureau of, 318 

 Plunkett, Sir Horace, on rural life 



problems, 7 



Political reforms, how to secure, 307 

 Poole, R. R., quoted, 44 

 Pope, J. E., cited, 226 

 Population, city, increase over coun- 

 try, 51 



Malthusian theory of, 425 

 Populist Party, 304 

 Pork, fresh, in cold storage, 220 

 Porter, W. R., on farm labor, 106 

 Potato marketing, 132 



production, fluctuations, 16 

 Potatoes, government inspection of, 



323 



improperly packed, 194 

 marketing of, discussions on, 145 



Powell, G. H., on citrus fruit selling, 



42 



consumer's dollar, 146 

 Powers, LeGrand, on decline in price 

 of agricultural products, 41, 

 quoted, 45, 106, 108, 408 

 Pratt, E. A., on small holders, 28, 36, 74 

 Press, Agricultural, and Scientific 



Fanning, 282 

 Price and value, 239 

 equilibrium, 229 

 fair, 229 



conclusions on, 240 

 fixing, 229 



collective bargaining of, 241 

 in practice, 230 

 fluctuation, risks in, 147 

 fluctuations, 246-249, 271 

 theory, 227 



Price, T., on the good and wise cor- 

 poration, 67 



Prices, effect of cold storage on, 221 

 extreme, of wheat, corn and 



oats, 246-249 

 just, 228, 229 

 Problem of land trading, as Vermont 



sees it, 72 

 Production, cost of, importance of, 



257 



Prom, Brynjolf, quoted, 44 

 Prosperity, farmer's, variable factors 



in, 20 



Protection, Hamilton on, 399, 400 

 of agriculture, theory of, 405 

 Protective policy in 1816, 399 



tariff, 397 



and conditions in 1789, 398 

 policy, introductory state- 

 ment, 397, 398 

 theory and practice, 398 

 workings in New England, 



398 



Publications (see Literature) 

 Public roads, bureau of, 321 



Quaintance, H. W., Influence of Farm 

 Machinery on Production and 

 Labor, 108, 129 



Question, soil exhaustion, 428 



Railroad forestry management, 194 



marketing service, 193 

 Railroads, 188 



and agricultural education, 192 



and the farmer, 191 



discontent against, 189-191 



evils of, 188 



securing new settlers, 192 

 Railway finance, 191 



