INDEX 



385 



Middleman, the, 272 



Migration, rural, 338 



Migrations, rural as distinguished 

 from urban, 125; rural, toward 

 abundant land, 126; urban, toward 

 wider markets, 127 



Milk, price of, 332 



Money and capital, 207 



Morality and good farming, 351 



Mule, the, 81, 262 



Nimmo, Joseph, 10 note 



Open-field system, 38 

 Oranges, price of, 332 

 Organization of rural interests, 380 

 Ownership vs. tenancy, 226 

 Oxen, 259 



Parcels post, 273 



Pastoral stage, 8, 30 



Patton, J. H., 101 note 



Peaches, price of, 332 



Peanuts, price of, 332 



Peasant farming, inefficiency of, 

 197 



Plunket, Sir Horace, 372 



Population, rural, 334; rural districts 

 the seed bed of, 25 



Pork-packing industry, 83 



Potatoes, price of, 332 



Poultry, price of, 332 



Power, animal vs. mechanical, 256 



Powers, L. G., 194 



Prairies, 87 



Problems of farm management, out- 

 line, 223 



Producers' goods, 204 



Productivity, marginal, 292 



Profits, 315 



Property, in land, 35 ; private, 38 



Proportions, law of, 216 



Public-land policy, United States, 74 



Quaintance, H. W., 195 



Raiffeisen system, 279 



Railroads, 98 



Religion and good farming, 345 



Rent, 296; differential law of, 299; 

 as determined by marginal produc- 

 tivity, 299 



Reorganization, period of, 108 



Rice, price of, 332 



Risk, as related to profits, 325 



Rotation of crops, 239 



Rural life during the colonial era, 72 



Rural migrations toward abundant 

 land, 126 



School, the country, 359 

 Scientific management, 271 

 Seasonal character of agriculture, 17 

 Security as a factor in prosperity, 214 

 Self-employment of farmers, 18 

 Selling, problems of, 282 

 Servants, indentured, 69 

 Sexes in farming communities, rela- 

 tion of, 22 



Sheep, in American colonies, 90 

 Shorthorn cattle, 60 

 Size of farms, 239 

 Slavery, effect of cotton industry on, 



79 



Slaves, negro, 69 

 Small-scale farming, 249 

 Social life, rural, 342 

 Social service, 355 

 Speculation in farm crops, 284 

 Sports, rural, 366 

 Standard of living, 364 

 Standards, rural vs. urban, 370 

 Staple products vs. specialties, 235 

 Stock raising, 1 1 1 

 Strawberries, price of, 332 

 Success, conditions of agricultural, 13 

 Surveying, rectangular system of, 75 



