CONTENTS 



PAOB 



Preface v 



CHAPTER 



I. The Feeding op the Nation 3 



II. OtJR Agricultural Possibilities and Problems 13 



III, The Cost of Living and the Food Supply . . 19 



rv. Gambling in Wheat 27 



V. The Packers and the Cattlemen 46 



VI. Cold Storage and Food Speculation 53 



VII. The Middlemen and Distributers 65 



VIII. The Transportation Embargo 77 



IX. Why There Is Not More Food 86 



X. Denmark: An Experiment Station in Agricul- 

 ture 103 



XI. How Australia Controls the Food Problem . 117 



XII. Opening up the Land to Settlement .... 128 



XIII. Food Control in Germany 139 



XIV. From Producer to Consumer 157 



XV. Other Items in the Family Budget 177 



XVI. Freeing the Highways op the Nation .... 184 



XVII, The Embargo on Farming 192 



XVIII, Land for the Landless 201 



XIX. Exploiting the Would-be Farmer 213 



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