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134. Conditions of Supply. F. W. Taussig 427 



135. Monopoly Price. Henry Rogers Seager 436 



B. THE SUPPLY SIDE OF AGRICULTURAL PRICES 



136. The Effect of Oversupply on Price. C. Wood Davis . . . 437 



137. Limited Supply and High Prices. Massachusetts Commis- 

 sion on Cost of Living 440 



138. Production and Population. Victor H. Olmsted .... 443 



139. Miscellaneous Features of Market Supply 447 



140. The Present Difficulty of the Specialty Farmer. G. Harold 

 Powell .... 450 



C. SOME PHASES OF COST OF PRODUCTION 



141. Decreasing Costs under Intensive Methods. Lawrence G. 

 Dodge ... 452 



142. Lower Costs to the Large Producer. Minnesota Experiment 

 Station .... 453 



143. Increasing Costs in the Production of Beef. /. S. Cotton and 



W. F. Ward . 455 



D. THE NATURE AND INFLUENCE OF DEMAND 



144. The Nature of Demand for Agricultural Products. John G. 

 Thompson 456 



145. The Erratic Psychology of Demand. George K. Holmes . 461 



146. Demand and Market Price of Fresh Fruits. A. U. Chancy 465 



147. Increasing Demand and Rising Prices. Massachusetts Com- 

 mission on Cost of Living 469 



148. Substitution as a Factor in Price-Making. Edward T. 

 Peters 470 



149. Miscellaneous Features of Demand 472 



E. SOME AGENCIES OF PRICE CONTROL 



150. Coffee "Valorization" in Brazil. Lincoln Hutchinson . . 474 



151. Invoking Government Aid for Cotton Prices. Congressional 

 Record 479 



152. Cornering the Market. American Review of Reviews . . 481 



153. Buying Trust and Producers' Pool. Anna Youngman . . 482 



F. THE MECHANISM OF THE MARKET AS INFLUENCING PRICES 



154. Supply and Demand Brought Together through the Agencies 



of the Market 485 



155. The R61e of the City Food Market 487 



DC MARKET METHODS AND PROBLEMS 

 INTRODUCTION 489 



A. ORGANIZED EXCHANGES 



156. Functions of Produce Exchanges. S. S. Huebner . . . 400 



157. Rules for the Grading of Grain. State Public Utilities Com- 

 mission of Illinois 496 



