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INDEX 



comparing profits of, 46; new varie- 

 ties, 00 ; rule for choosing, 47 ; sup- 

 plementary, 44; usually fed, 54; 

 usually sold, 54 ; variation in value 

 of, 87; what should the nation pro- 

 duce, 68-78. 

 Curtis, Charles F., 54. 



Dairy cows, specialized types, dual 



purpose, 60, 61. 

 Dairy industry, 59. 

 Darwin, evolution, 114. 

 Demand, elasticity of, 37 ; for goods, 



34; stability of, 37; unevenness of, 



187. 

 Diminishing returns, 92, 132 ; depressing 



effect of, 92. 

 Distribution, illustrated, 201, 202; of 



labor, 45. 

 Diversification, 43. 

 Dry farming, 90. 

 Duty, 17. 



Economic, capacity, 79; efficiency, 80; 

 ideals, 68-71; ideals, individual and 

 public, 70, 71; policy, 75; pro- 

 ductivity, 84. 



Economics, and farm management, 10, 

 n; defined, 1 ; goods, 31 ; individual 

 vs. national point of view, 11, 12; of 

 live stock, 54; relation to other 

 sciences, 7-10. 



Efficiency, 39, 8o, 92, 117; and choice 

 of land, labor and equipment, 198, 

 199; causes of variation, 105-113, 

 123; defined, 116, 117; effects of 

 variations in on rents and profits, 194 ; 

 grades, choice of, 124-126; of cows, 

 97, 98; illustrated, 118-123; varia- 

 tion of in men, 103-105 ; variations 

 in, 193- 



Ellsworth, H. L., 250. 



Ely, Richard T., viii. 



England, a land of tenant farmers, 323 ; 

 decline of landowning farmers in, 

 305-322. 



Ensilage, valuation of, 411. 



Equipment, classified, 93-95 ; improve- 

 ment of, 96-98; increasing new 

 supply, 100; quality of new supply, 

 100; proportion to use, 149-151; 

 valuation of, 210-212. 



Exchange value, 34. See Value. 



Expenditure, 414. 



Experimental method, 43i~433- 



Factors of production, discussion of, 

 land, 79-92 ; equipment, 93-101 ; 

 labor, 102-115; combination of grades 

 of, 1 1 6-13 1 ; compared, 115. 



Fair price, 375. 



Faithfulness, 111. 



Family, farm, 157; rural, 390; the unit 

 in agriculture, 103. 



Farm, account, 408; credit, 178-185; 

 enterprises, correlation of, 62-67 ; 

 equipments, 93; family, national 

 attention centered on, 383 ; home, 

 157; houses classified by tenure and 

 age, 264, 265; household, 389; 

 household, problems of, 390; labor, 

 52, 168-177; laborers, number of, 

 172-173; life, reorganization, 389; 

 life, social side of, 380-404 ; machinery, 

 95 ; management, viii, 29, 297 ; 

 organization, 43-167 ; management 

 problems, 62; minimum size of, 

 158, 159; ownership and age of 

 farmer, 264, 265 ; ownership and 

 tenancy, 251-269; property classi- 

 fied, 94, 95 ; work, analysis of, 63- 

 67 ; work, planning of, 62-67. 



Farmers and middlemen, 357-365 ; 

 the issue between, 360. 



Farmers' clubs, 392. 



Farmers, energy limitations on, 162- 

 164; tenant in U. S., 238-250; train- 

 ing needed, 7. 



Farms, classified by area, 155; operated 

 by managers, 267; operated by 

 owners, 253 ; operated by tenants, 

 254; size of, 154-167. 



Federal Farm Loan Act, 183, 184. 



Feed, prices, 431; records, 418. 



Feeds, fertilizer value of, 54-56. 



Fetter, Frank A., 205. 



Fluctuations in values, 36. 



Free land, 215. 



Future outlook, depressing, 93; op- 

 timistic, 101. 



Galpin, C. J., 380, 387. 

 Geographical method, 424-426. 

 Gift, 221. 

 Grades, established, 38. 



Habit, 15, 107. 



Hamilton, Alexander, 216. 



Hay, 44; prices, 429; valuation of, 411. 



Help, 105. See Labor. 



Hired man, goal of, 176, 177. 



