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B. IMPROVING METHODS OF HANDLING FARM PRODUCTS 



182. The Loss Due to Bad Methods of Handling Eggs. M. E. 

 Pennington and H. C. Pierce 577 



183. The Influence of Refrigerated Cars and Steamboats on the 

 Fruit Industry. William A. Taylor 582 



184. Lowering the Cost of Team Hauling. Frank Andrews . . 587 



C. RAILWAY EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES 



185. Methods of Handling Shipments of Fruit and Vegetables. 

 Frank Andrews 589 



186. Concentration and Storage-in-Transit Privileges. T. F. 

 Powell 595 



187. Car Supply in Relation to Marketing the Wheat Crop of 

 1914. G. C. White 597 



188. Terminal Facilities. Report of Committee on Terminals and 

 Transportation of New York State Food Investigating Com- 

 mission 599 



D. SOME PHASES OF THE STORAGE PROBLEM 



189. Regulating the Sale of Cold-Storage Eggs. New York 

 Department of Foods and Markets 603 



190. The Length of Time for Which Goods are Stored. George 



K. Holmes . 605 



191. The Limit to Cold-Storage Speculation. M . Lippitt Larkin 608 



192. Warehousing Helps the Farmer to Get Better Prices. 

 Edwin Hobby 612 



XI. THE RENT AND VALUE OF FARM LAND 

 INTRODUCTION 614 



A. THE BASIS IN DIFFERENTIAL RETURN 



193. The Ricardian Doctrine. David Ricardo 616 



194. The Rent of Agricultural Land. F. W. Taussig .... 619 



B. THE NATURE OF COMPETITION FOR THE USE OF LAND 



195. The Differential Productivity of Farmers. Henry C. Taylor 622 



196. When the Immigrant Competes for Land. H. A. Millis 626 



C. THE RENTING CONTRACT 



197. Contract or Commercial Rent vs. Economic Rent. Immi- 

 gration Commission 626 



108. Methods of Renting Land in Iowa. O. G. Lloyd . . . 627 



109. Tenant Systems at the South 



o) In Mississippi. E. A. Boeger 630 



6) In Texas. Charles B. Austin 631 



