CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 

 VIII. 



IX, 



XL 



XII. 



XIII. 



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THE FORCES AND CONDITIONS WHICH DETER- 

 MINE THE PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 136 

 THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, WITH ES- 

 PECIAL REFERENCE TO THE RENT OF FARM 

 LAND AND TO THE CONDITIONS WHICH ENABLE 

 FARMERS TO SAVE FROM THEIR EARNINGS 152 

 THE PRINCIPLES TO BE FOLLOWED IN ESTI- 

 MATING THE VALUE OF FARM LAND AND 



EQUIPMENTS . . 



THE FARMER'S MEANS OF ACQUIRING LAND 



185 

 198 

 198 

 209 

 215 

 218 

 224 



Section I. Free Land . 



Section II. Gift and Inheritance 



Section III. Savings 



Section IV. Credit 



Section V. The Taxation of Mortgages 



Section VI. The Need of a System for Ob- 

 taining Credit on Land, the 

 District Credit Associations in 

 Germany . . . 226 



TENANCY AND LANDOWNERSHIP IN THE UNITED 



STATES 

 Section 



235 



The Decline in the Percentage 

 of Landowning Farmers . 237 



Section II. Land Values and Landowner- 

 ship . . .244 



Section III. Landownership and Tenancy 



Among the Negroes . 250 



Section IV. The Ownership of Rented 



Farms . . . 257 



Section V. The Relations Between Land- 

 lords and Tenants in the United 

 States . . . 260 



THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN 

 LANDLORDS AND TENANTS IN ENGLAND . 286 



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