CONTENTS 



PART I 



PAGE 



CHAPTER I 

 INTRODUCTION ....... 7 



CHAPTER II 



DETERMINATION OF METHOD . . . . .14 

 CHAPTER III 



QUESTIONS OF PRINCIPLE . . . . .37 



PART II 



CHAPTER IV 

 PRIMARY RESULTS ...... 60 



1. Labour 60 



2. Farm-yard Manure . . . . . .73 



3. Crops 75 



4. Animal Products . . . . . .91 



CHAPTER V 

 SECONDARY RESULTS ...... 99 



1. The Measurement of the Standard of Production 



in Agriculture . . . . . .99 



2. The Size of Agricultural Holdings in Relation to 



Efficiency 105 



3. The Relation of Labour Cost to Earnings and to 



the Cost of Living . . . . .107 



4. The Distribution of the Net Returns of Agri- 



culture 109 



APPENDIX 



AN ALTERNATIVE BASIS FOR COST DETERMINATION . 113 

 BIBLIOGRAPHY .116 



THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL 

 ECONOMICS 138 



INDEX , 139 



