FACTORS OF PRODUCTION 



whereas the natural fertility of the soil of the 

 United States is superior to that of these Euro- 

 pean countries. 1 



Thus it seems that, compared to European 

 countries, we use a small percentage of our total 

 area as farm land, we expend a small amount of 

 labor and capital per acre, and we win a small 

 product per acre; though our product is larger (in 

 quantity at least) per capita of those engaged in 

 the industry than that of the older countries. 



LITERATURE 



Twelfth Census (1900) volumes V and VI. 



Report of the Industrial Commission, volumes VI, X, XIX. 



Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture. 



Population and Food Products, U. S. Dept. of Agr. Div. of 

 Statistics, Bulletin No. 24 (1903). 



The Crop Reporter, published by the Dept. of Agriculture. 



The Agricultural Returns, published annually by the Board 

 of Agriculture of England. 



The Imperial Census of Germany for 1895. 



Der Betrieb der Deutschen Landivirtschaft am Schluss des 

 19. Jahrhunderts, by Drs. Werner and Albert. Ber- 

 lin, 1900. 



a See Bulletin No. 22, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Office of 

 Exp. Station, p. 166. 



