INDEX 



439 



Share tenancy, 2S5-301 ; the one-fourth 

 system, 288, '289 ; the one-third system, 

 289, 290 ; the two-fifths system, 290, 

 291 ; the one-half system, 291-300 ; 

 the two-thirds system, 301 ; when 

 preferred, 286, 287. 



Share tenant, 146. 



Sheep regions, sg. 



Sibley estate, 26S. 



Silage, 44. 



Size of farms, 154-167; ancient beliefs 

 regarding, 166, 167 ; and size of 

 families, 158; and tenancy, 258; 

 cotton, 155, 156; effect of weather 

 on, 156; effect of profits illustrated, 

 161; factors limiting, 165-167; 

 socially considered, 164, 165; wheat, 

 155 ; in England, 318. 



Skill, 106. 



Slaves, in i860, 262. 



Small fanners, disappearance of in 

 England, 318. 



S il. character of, 128. 



Specialization, 43 ; in production, 24. 



Specific costs, 372. 



Speculative values, 213. 



Spillman, W. J., viii. 



Standardization, 38. 



Statistical method, 426-431. 



Substitutions, 37. 



Sugar beets, competition with corn, 49. 



Supplementary crops, 44. 



Surveys, community, 387 ; farm manage- 

 ment, 407 ; health, 3S7 ; rural, 385, 

 386 ; social, 386. 



Tarpleywick farm, 414, 416, 417. 



Taxation, 234, 277. 



Tenancy, and age of farmer, 259, 261, 

 264, 265 ; as stepping stone, 271 ; 

 forms of in England, 323-351; in- 

 crease in, 1880 to 1890, 256; in 

 United States, 238-304; in United 

 States prior to 1880, 238-250; in 

 United States since 1880, 251-269; 

 is a certain amount a good thing, 270 ; 



percentage of in 1880, 252; share vs. 

 cash, 285 ; sources of information, 

 238. 



Tenant-right, 340. 



Tenants, farms operated by, 254; 

 colored, 263. See Tenancy. 



Tobacco, 44; price control of in Ken- 

 tucky, 41. 



Topography of United States, 85. 



Townshend, Charles, 306, 307. 



Trade mark, 38. 



True, A. C, 224. 



Trust company, 180. 



Tull, J., 306, 307. 



Type of farming, Central Elinois, 56. 



Unimproved land, 87. 

 Unit of organization, 159. 

 Utility, 33, 36. 



Valuation, basis of, 409 ; of ensilage, 

 411; of equipments, 210-212; of 

 hay, 411; of live stock, 41s; of 

 machinery, 413. 



Value, 31-42; of a tidy farm, 275. See 

 Land values. 



Village, problems of, 388. 



Wadsworth estate, 246-249. 



Wadsworth, James, 248. 



Wages, 169-172 ; iron law of, 199. 



Wages system vs. tenancy, 258. 



Walker, Francis A., 193. 



Wants, 1, 102. 



Warren, G. F., viii, 159. 



Weeds, noxious, 275. 



Wheat, 44; farms, size of, 155; labor 



requirements in producing, 99 ; prices, 



40. 

 Wisconsin cheese producers' federation, 



364. 



Wool, 59. 



Work, concentrating attention on, 109 ; 

 habit, 107 ; miscellaneous, 62 ; work- 

 ing to schedule, 109. 



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