viii Contents 



CHAPTER V 



THE MECHANISM OF CYCLES 



The Prices of Agricultural Commodities Correlated with the 



Yield of the Several Crops 94 



Rising and Falling Prices as Related to Yield-Price Curves . 100 



The Volume of the Crops and the Activity of Industry . . 103 



A New Type of Demand Curves 110 



The Fundamental, Persistent Cause of Economic Cycles . . 116 



CHAPTER VI 



SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS . . 135 



