TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PART I. HISTORICAL, SURVEY 



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When the change from hand to machine methods took place I 



Hand methods compared with machine methods 2 



Output of farm machinery II 



PART II. MACHINERY AND PRODUCTION 



Chap. i. The course of agricultural production contrasted with 



the increase in the population, 1840-1900 12 



The principal crops as shown by the reports of the 



Census 12 



The relative growth of the population and the cereal 



production 13 



Chap. 2. Concerning the increase in cultivated area per farm 

 worker and the greater effectiveness of farm workers 

 when aided by machinery as shown by statistics of the 



Census 15 



Chap. 3. Concerning the greater effectiveness of farm workers 

 when aided by the use of machinery as shown by sta- 

 tistics of the Department of Labor 19 



Chap. 4. The cost of production by hand and by machine methods 23 



Certain of the principal crops 25 



Farm crops generally 26 



Chap. 5. Influence of machinery upon fluctuations in quantity of 



product 27 - 



Chap. 6. Influence of machinery upon the quality of products.. 28 



PART III. MACHINERY AND LABOR 



Chap. i. The saving of labor 29 



Labor saving effect of machinery in the production 



of the nine principal crops 29 



Chap. 2. The displacement of labor 30 ^ 



The absolute displacement TJ 31 



In all farm work in the New England States 31 



In the work of producing the nine principal crops 32 



The relative displacement 34 



In the different geographical divisions of the country 34 



Extent of the relative displacement 36 



The shifting of the people among the different oc- 

 cupation classes 37 



