INDEX 



Accounts, chap, vii; cost, 398 ff., 405 ff.; 



interpretation of, 376, 390, 395-96; 



purpose of, 374 ff., 385; specimen 



forms, 379, 380, 386-90, 392-97. 

 Advertising, 107-15, 467, 485-86, 532. 

 Agriculture: commercial, 8-10, 18, 68- 



77; feudal, 35-52; frontiers of, 126, 



130, 146 ff. 

 Amortization of loans, 769, 780, 785, 



795- 



Area of farming land, 129. 

 Auction markets, 513. 



Back-to-the-land movement, 221. 



Banks and rural credits, 723, 756-64; 

 land banks, 764, 777, 784 ff., 789 ff. 



"Basis" contracts, 500, 507. 



Bonds: debenture, 726, 730, 754; drain- 

 age? 7375 farm loan: of federal land 

 banks, 794; of joint-stock land banks, 

 79}) 7951 in Massachusetts, 778; in 

 Missouri, 787; in Oklahoma, 781. 



Broker, methods of, 524. 



California state commission markets, 

 553- 



Canadian wheat growing, 130. 



Capital: accounts, 380 ff.; and co- 

 operation, 370; and interest rates, 

 chap, xiii; and rural credits, 723, 741; 

 depreciation of, 267-68, 300, 302; in- 

 crease of, 265-67, 276-83, 307; serv- 

 ices of, 269-76, 306, 688; working, 

 292. 



Children in agriculture, 360, 856. 



Cold storage: in transit, 582; of eggs, 

 580; regulated by law, 603; specula- 

 tion, 608; time of storage, 605. 



Commercial agriculture, 8-10, 18, 68- 

 77- 



Commission dealers, 515, 521, 527, 534- 

 35- 



Conservation: of land, 128, 190; of 

 capital, 284-92, 296-304. 



Consumption: standards of, 79-82, 

 115-22; principles, 82 ff. 



Co-operation: benefits of, 261-64; \ n 

 production, 366, 368, 370; possi- 

 bilities of, 370; 



in marketing: gains from, 556; 

 cheese, 5 23 ; grain and live stock, 545 ; 

 tobacco, 482; vegetables and fruit, 

 548; with national organization 

 (Landwrlschaflsraf), 561; 



in rural credits, 769. 



Co-operative demonstration work, 252. 



Cornering the market, 481. 



Cost: accounting, 398,405; and profits, 

 870; constant, 327-28; diminishing, 

 326, 452; increasing, 326, 455; of 

 borrowing, 694; of feeding stock, 357; 

 of living, raised by increased demand, 

 440,469; of marketing, 547; of plant 

 food, 359; of team hauling, 587; of 

 transportation, 567; law of least 

 social, 84, 94-98. 



County farm bureau, 262. 



Credits, rural. See Rural Credits. 



Crop liens, 746. 



Crops, choice of, 328-29; range of 

 growth, 331; records of, 386, 397. 



Demand: and value, 416, 418; elas- 

 ticity of, 425, 456, 468; factors of, 

 465, 472, 482; for capital, 688; for 

 labor, 800, 806, 810, 814; increased, 

 and high prices, 469; peculiarities of, 

 461; schedule of, 461. 



Depreciation: account, 384; of live 

 stock, 304; of machinery, 300; shown 

 in inventory, 383. 



Diminishing returns: principle of, 181, 

 182, 327; industrial law of, 325; to 

 all factors of production, 319, 324-25; 

 to capital, 324; to labor, 323; to 

 land, 319-22. 



Distribution: of wealth, 614; of prod- 

 ucts, see Markets. 



Drainage, 154-56; bonds, 737. 



Dry farming, 146-54- 



Economic vs. technical considerations in 

 agriculture, 19. 



Education, rural, 249. 



Efficiency, from co-operation, 261-04 

 (see also Co-operation); in feeding, 

 357; hi marketing, 513, 537, 547J 

 relation to consumption, 124; in rela- 

 tion to tenure, 260, 648; in using horse 



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