X PREFACE 



information about the farmer's economic life, even where no compre- 

 hensive grasp of principles is attempted, many of these selections 

 should prove helpful. 



The purpose of the book will be achieved if it be found to be a 

 reservoir whose contents have been kept in a sufficiently fluid state 

 so that many may come and draw to fill their different measures for 

 their diverse needs and if the average quality of the contents be 

 found good. 



It is apparent that I am under heavy obligations to the many 

 writers and publishers whose generous contributions have gone so far 

 toward the making of this book. Their names appear from page to 

 page. To others I am indebted for many helpful suggestions con- 

 cerning the selection or organization of the material: to Associate 

 Professor James A. Field and Assistant Professor Harold G. Moulton, 

 of the University of Chicago, Dr. Charles L. Stewart, of the Univer- 

 sity of Illinois, and to my colleague, Mr. J. S. Waterman. 



E. G. N. 



UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS 

 September 10, 1916 



