CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. INTRODUCTION .... 3 



II. THE FACTORS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 9 



Section I. Land . . . n 



Section II. Capital-Goods . . 17 



Section III. Population . . 20 



III. THE ECONOMIC PROPERTIES OF THE FACTORS 



OF PRODUCTION .... 24 

 Section I. Land ... 24 



Section II. Capital-Goods . . 29 



Section III. Labor ... 33 



IV. THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN THE ORGANIZATION 

 OF THE FARM .... 39 



V. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FARM . . 59 



Section I . The Selection of Land and Capi- 

 tal-Goods, or the Grades of the 

 Factors of Production which 

 should be Brought Together 59 

 Section II. The Selection of Crops and the 

 Organization of the Field- 

 System ... 65 

 Section III. The Place of Animal Husband- 

 ry in the Economy of the 

 Farm ... 77 



VI. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FARM, CONTINUED; 

 THE PROPORTIONS IN WHICH THE FACTORS OF 

 PRODUCTION SHOULD BE BROUGHT TOGETHER, 

 WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO INTENSITY OF 

 CULTURE ..... 88 



VII. THE SIZE OF FARMS . . . .117 



Section I. The Economic Principles 

 which Determine the Size of 

 Farms . . ; 117 



Section II. The Size of Farms in Various 



Countries . . . 128 



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