INDEX 



Alexander, Mr. R. E., 82 

 Ashley, Prof. Sir W. J., 250 

 Argentina, 16, 18 

 Australia, 19-21 

 Wheat pool, 281 



Biffen, 81-82 



Board of Agriculture, 65 



Brown, Dr. W. Jethro, 273-274 



Canada, 18 



Canterbury Agricultural College, 



64, 286, Chap. v. 

 Capital, 205-208 



Census and Statistics Office, 118 

 Climate, 26-27 



In New Zealand, 39-52 

 College Hunter's, 92-94 

 Consumption of wheat, 2-4 

 Corn Laws, 179 



Correlation, 119-123, Appendix ii. 

 Cost of Production, Chap. ix. 



Estimates of, 225-235 



In relation to market price, 237- 

 238 



Leeston Soldiers' Settlement 



and, 240-241 

 Couteur, Le, 79 

 Cropping, 210-212 

 Cultivation, 27 



In New Zealand, 52-54 



Dairy farming, 127-129 

 Demand for wheat, 139 



Inelastic, 156 

 Depopulation, 198-200 

 Depression of the eighties, 105-7 

 Diminishing returns, Law of, 113 

 Discount, rate of, 186 



Education, 200, 294 



Ely, Professor R. T., 249 



Emery on Speculation, 146, 147, 



149, 151 



Experimental error, 86-88 

 Experimental farms, 63-5 

 Exports, graph of, 101, Table 



xxxviii. 



Fallowing, 52-54 



Farmers' Union, The, 249-255 



Ferrar, W., 81 



Fertilisers, 24-26 



In New Zealand, 37-39 

 Financing of farmers, 207-208 

 Fisher, Professor Irving, 159, 160, 



163, 167, 295 

 Flour Millers' Association, The, 



242-248 

 Frozen mutton, 106-107 



Gold, 98-99 



Government encouragement to the 



wheat industry, 63 

 Grading, 58 

 Graduated Land Tax, 184 



Hall, Mr. Edwin, 36 

 Hallett, F. F., 80 

 Harvesting, 28 



In New Zealand, 54-56 

 High Farming, 107-109 

 Hilgendorf, Dr. F. W., 39, 228, 



Chap. v. 

 History of wheat production in 



New Zealand, Chap. vi. 

 Hunter's, 75 



Imports, graph of, 100, Table 



xxxviii. 

 Index numbers, Appendix iii. 



Jevons, Professors W.S. and H. S., 

 116-118 



Labour, 59-63, 197-204 

 Land, 186-198 



Price of, 297 



Tenures, 190-195. 

 Large scale production, 102, 107- 



108 



Layton, W. T., 166 

 Lochow, von, 80 



Management, Farm, 293-294 

 Market, defined, 134-136 



The wheat, 5-7, 136-137 

 Marketing, 7-9, 28-29, 56, 292-298 



In New Zealand, 9-13 

 Marshall, Professor A., 218 

 Mass selection, 81, 84-85 

 Mcllraith, Dr. J. W., 175, 186, 



259, 296 



Mendel's Law, 81-82 

 Mixed farming, 108, 127 



"New Zealand Farmer," 225 

 Nillson, Dr. H., 79 



Organisation, 209 



Pearl, 74 



Pigou, Professor A. 0., 282 



Price of agricultural land, 104, 222 



Price of wheat, contents of Chap. 



vii. 

 Prices, effects of falling and rising, 



105-107 



Forecast, 295-297 

 Of flour, 269 



Public control of, 266-281 

 Relation of price of wheat to 

 general level, 162-164, 169-170 

 Steadiness, 178-182 



