CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION i 



I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES 



The Influence of the Crops upon Business in America, by A. P. Andrew 5 

 The Influence of Farm Machinery on Production and Labor, by H. W. 



Quaintance . . ' 32 



Crop Yields and Prices, and our Future Food Supply, by G. F. Warren . 10 1 



Some Suggestions for City Persons who desire to Farm, by G. F. Warren 130 

 Iowa and Bavaria Crop Yields per Acre and per Man, by E. A. 



Goldenweiser 148 



11. AGRICULTURAL HISTORY 



A. European 



Agriculture in the Middle Ages, by William F. Allen 151 



Inclosures in England in the Sixteenth Century, by Edwin F. Gay . . 163 

 Yeoman Farming in Oxfordshire from the Sixteenth Century to the 



Nineteenth, by H. L. Gray 183 



The Decline of Landowning Farmers in England, by H. C. Taylor . . 204 

 The Epochs of German Agrarian History and Agrarian Policy, by Dr. 



Carl J. Fuchs 223 



B. American 



The Disposition of Our Public Lands, by A. B. Hart 254 



Southern Agriculture, 1 790-1 860, by M. B. Hammond 267 



The Agricultural Development of the\Vest during the Civil War, by 



E. D. Fite 302 



Agricultural Development in the United States, 1 900-1 gio, by J. L. 



Coulter 317 



The Movement of Wheat-Growing: A Study of a Leading State, by 



C. W. Thompson 337 



III. LAND TENURE 



A. Ownership 



The Law and Custom of Primogeniture, by George C. Brodrick . . . 352 



The Land System of France, by T. E. Cliffe Leslie 410 



The Land System of Belgium and Holland, by mile de Laveleye . . 433 



The State Small-Holdings in Denmark, by H. Rider Haggard . . . 478 



