CONTENTS xiii 



PAGK 



A. Truck-growing Region 275 



An Irrigated Region 276 



A Hilly Dairy Region in New York 276 



A Dairy Region in Illinois 278 



Farms in the Corn-belt 278 



The Hard Winter Wheat Region 282 



^A Spring Wheat Region ....... 285 



A Dry Farming Region . 286 



Size of Farms in Some Typical States 287 



Conclusions on the Size of Farm 289 



CHAPTER 9 

 CAPITAL 



Relation of Capital to Profits 290 



Distribution of Capital 294 



Relation of Capital to Type of Farming .... 295 



Economy of Cash Purchases ...... 295 



Farm Mortgages 297 



Keeping One's Credit Good 298 



Agricultural Credit a Public Question 299 



"W VYS OF FARMING WITH SMALL CAPITAL : 



Ways of Securing Capital 303 



Changes from Hired-man to Tenant and Owner . . . 304 



More Capital Necessary than Formerly .... 305 



First Get an Education ........ 305 



Starting as a Hired-man ....... 307 



Starting as a Tenant ........ 309 



Effect of Rising Land Values on Buying Land . . . 312 



Cash and Share Rental 313 



Farming as a Part Owner ....... 313 



Types of Farming with Small Capital 314 



LIFE INSURANCE FOR FARMERS : 



Forms of Life Insurance 315 



Typical Results with Different Policies .... 318 



CHAPTER 10 

 METHODS OF RENTING LAND 



Basis of Rental 321 



Methods of Share Renting 323 



Share of Crops . . . . . . . . 323 



Share of Receipts 324 



Everything Furnished by the Landlord .... 325 



Systems too Rigid 326 



Relation of Systems of Rental to Profits . . . .327 



