CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DEFINED AND DESCRIBED i 



II. ECONOMIC MOTIVES AND IDEALS IN AGRICULTURE . . 13 



III. DEVELOPMENT or THE FARMER'S ECONOMIC PROBLEM . 20 



IV. ECONOMIC GOODS AND THEIR VALUATION ... 31 

 V. THE CHOICE OF CROPS 43 



VI. ECONOMICS OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY ... 54 

 VII. MISCELLANEOUS WORK CORRELATED WITH CROP AND 



LIVESTOCK ENTERPRISES 62 



VIII. WHAT SHOULD THE NATION PRODUCE? .... 68 



LX. LAND AS A BASIS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION . 79 



X. FARM EQUIPMENT 93 



XI. THE HUMAN BASIS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION . 102 

 XII. THE CHOICE AND THE COMBINATION OF THE GRADES OF 



THE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION 116 



XIII. THE PROPORTIONS OF THE FACTORS OF PRODUCTION . 132 



XIV. THE SIZE OF FARMS 154 



XV. FARM LABOR AND WAGES 168 



XVI. FARM CREDIT AND THE RATE OF INTEREST . . .178 



XVII. RENTS AND PROFITS . . . . . . .190 



XVIII. THE VALUE OF FARM LAND AND EQUIPMENTS . . 204 



XIX. THE FARMER'S MEANS OF ACQUIRING LAND . . .215 



XX. TENANT FARMERS IN THE UNITED STATES PRIOR TO 1880 238 



XXI. FARM OWNERSHIP AND TENANCY IN THE UNITED STATES 



SINCE 1880 251 



XXII. FORMS OF LAND TENURE IN THE UNITED STATES . .270 

 XXIII. FORMS OF LAND TENURE IN THE UNITED STATES (Con- 

 tinued) 285 



