SO OUTLINES OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 



McConnell and Carp, "A Study of Cotton Market Conditions with a View 

 to Their Improvement," Bulletin 476, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 

 see also Bulletin 457. 



U.S. Commissioner of Corporations, Report on Cotton Exchanges. 



, Report on the Beef Industry. 



jr-, Report on the Tobacco Industry. 



U.S. Department of Labor, " Butter Prices from Producer to Consumer," 

 Bulletin 164, Bureau of Labor Statistics. 



"Sugar Prices from Refiner to Consumer," Bulletin 121, Bureau of 



Labor Statistics. 



TOPICS FOR SPECIAL PAPERS 



An almost infinite number of suitable themes will occur to the person 

 who examines those lines of marketing with which he is most closely 

 in touch. A few others may be mentioned: 



The Good and Evil of Speculative Trading. 



Anti-Option Bills and the Regulation of Future Dealing. 



National Grades for Farm Products. 



The Usefulness and Limitations of Auction Selling. 



Methods of Handling and Selling Tobacco, Wool, or Other Local Product. 



Modern Organization of the Trade in Perishables. 



City Marketing Problems, Public Markets, Parcel Post, etc. 



Achievements and Difficulties of Co-operative Selling Associations. 



How Wide Should Be the Scope of the Co-operative Selling System ? 



The Movement toward Federation of Local Co-operative Associations. 



The Market News Service of the Bureau of Markets. 



The Market Department (or regulations) of (your state). 



Market Developments of the Last Three Years in New York. 



The New California Legislation. 



Foreign Trade in American Farm Products (or some particular article) . 



