PRINCIPLES OF RURAL 

 ECONOMICS 



By THOMAS NIXON CARVER, Harvard University 

 xx + 386 pages 



" Principles of Rural Economics " takes up such questions as 

 farm management, cooperative buying and selling, and the place 

 of agriculture. in national economy. 



What is good agriculture in its national significance ; why rural 

 migrations are from densely to sparsely populated areas ; why 

 agriculture is necessarily an industry of small units ; why rural 

 people are more generally self-employed than urban people ; 

 why, and under what conditions, agricultural cooperation is de- 

 sirable and possible these and a number of other questions 

 of tremendous practical importance in rural life are carefully 

 worked out in the text. Chapters are included on the history of 

 modern agriculture, the factors of agricultural production, man- 

 agement, the distribution of the agricultural income, and prob- 

 lems of the rural social life. 



SELECTED READINGS IN 

 RURAL ECONOMICS 



Edited by THOMAS NIXON CARVER, Harvard University 

 974 P a g e s 



.THIS volume makes available a great deal of excellent sup- 

 plementary material otherwise inconvenient of access. Consid- 

 erable space is devoted to the historical matter necessary for a 

 thorough understanding of the subject, and such questions as 

 agricultural labor, rural marketing, and the farmer's business 

 are fully discussed. The book contains in all forty-two selec- 

 tions by recognized authorities. 



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