Acknowledgments 



The Economic Statistics Committee of the American Agricultural Economics 

 Association, chaired by Leroy J. Hushak, Professor, Department of Agricultural 

 Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University, arranged for helpful 

 reviews by: 



• Harry Mapp, Professor, Oklahoma State University, and 



• James B. Johnson, Professor, Montana State University. 



Edward Reinsel, Office of the Administrator, Economic Research Service, U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture, coordinated the preparation of this and other volumes of 

 the handbook. Judith Latham edited the manuscript. Carolyn Riley designed the 

 cover and art work. Gwen Harris typed various drafts of the manuscript, and Patty 

 Beavers prepared the camera copy. 



